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Re: [Shop-talk] Shipping a gearbox

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shipping a gearbox
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 11:17:33 -0400
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Regarding pallet size:  If it's too small to grab with a fork lift or
pallet jack, you're going to incite some harsh language.  Just sayin'...

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:14 AM <eric@megageek.com> wrote:

> >Neil ask about shipping a gearbox.
>
> I'm not sure what size you are talking about, but here are some ideas.
>
> Anything over 75 or 80 lbs should be palletized.  You can make a pallet
> just larger than the unit.
>
> I simple way to do it is to find a hard sized box (wood or metal.)  then
> bolt the gearbox to the pallet and the box. Go from the bottom of the top
> layer of the pallet, through the box's floor, and into mount points on the
> gearbox.
>
> I hope this makes sense.  I would also cut out some cardboard pryrminds to
> tape to the top so then don't stack other items on top.
>
> Let me know if you have any other quesitons.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mule
>
>
>
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> Waldo Emerson
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Regarding pallet size:=C2=A0 If it&#39;s too small to grab=
 with a fork lift or pallet jack, you&#39;re going to incite some harsh lan=
guage.=C2=A0 Just sayin&#39;...</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:14 AM &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:eric@megageek.com";>eric@megageek.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef=
t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"san=
s-serif">&gt;Neil ask about shipping a gearbox.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I&#39;m not sure what size you are=
 talking
about, but here are some ideas.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Anything over 75 or 80 lbs should =
be
palletized.=C2=A0 You can make a pallet just larger than the unit.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I simple way to do it is to find a=
 hard
sized box (wood or metal.) =C2=A0then bolt the gearbox to the pallet and
the box. Go from the bottom of the top layer of the pallet, through the
box&#39;s floor, and into mount points on the gearbox.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I hope this makes sense.=C2=A0 I w=
ould
also cut out some cardboard pryrminds to tape to the top so then don&#39;t
stack other items on top.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Let me know if you have any other =
quesitons.</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
Thanks</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Mule</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</font>
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