I agree with Nsgarch as to crating and palleting. BAX Global is very good on big heavy items but you have to have a business to use them, or they will hit you with a heavy residential pick up charge. I will say that if you use UPS Store for crating and insuring, they cannot claim inadequate packing since they did the packing. the biggest problem, I would guess is arriving at a valuation for the speakers; this would really be an issue IF one were damaged as most carriers will not pay for the pair.
Boxing and shipping BIG speakers? Whats best?
Hi all,
Im trying to help my Dad who is selling his large vintage speakers. There are no boxes for them. Each speaker is roughly
36x24x16 in. and weighs ~90 lbs ea.
Can anyone recommend a shipper/store that would build a box/crate for these. I am pretty sure UPS Store can build whats needed..but question wheather it would truly be adaquate. Of course he would NOT actually ship from UPS ;-) or there would be no speakers left upon arrival...
I suggested either shipping with ABF or Bax Global as both are superb for large items, and I have some experience with these carriers. He has to ship these from Atlanta to Oregon and need some help with this info..also best way to position the speakers so that the woofers are least subject to damage. (I.E. ship upright or with woofs down etc...) These are bass cabinets and the mids are Janszen Electrostatic elements which would ship seperately.
here a link...http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1174350262
Many thanks for any and all info!
Best,
Ken
Im trying to help my Dad who is selling his large vintage speakers. There are no boxes for them. Each speaker is roughly
36x24x16 in. and weighs ~90 lbs ea.
Can anyone recommend a shipper/store that would build a box/crate for these. I am pretty sure UPS Store can build whats needed..but question wheather it would truly be adaquate. Of course he would NOT actually ship from UPS ;-) or there would be no speakers left upon arrival...
I suggested either shipping with ABF or Bax Global as both are superb for large items, and I have some experience with these carriers. He has to ship these from Atlanta to Oregon and need some help with this info..also best way to position the speakers so that the woofers are least subject to damage. (I.E. ship upright or with woofs down etc...) These are bass cabinets and the mids are Janszen Electrostatic elements which would ship seperately.
here a link...http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1174350262
Many thanks for any and all info!
Best,
Ken