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Title: shipping fragile items - take care.. Post by: Opcom on December 20, 2011, 08:58:43 PM since it's come up and we have all gotten 'round' boxes from time to time, these may be amusing. Or maybe infuriating.
UPS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIOy6XcM3s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgAq_KnDIPc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWe_ICjYJn0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1qUd9na_PQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pu-q1FPIyA There is a video on youtube showing a huge bin that dumps a ton of packages at a time down onto a belt. Very bad handling but normal in a sort hub. I can't find it now. That's one reason I never ship with them. fedex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKUDTPbDhnA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIUeiL__HFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAKhtYgoIqE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1mhz1-biEY USPS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evWc8_LYQyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnQ705gGcI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ChCQhJ6Utw Sometimes I am in need of process vacuum here. I have not bought a roughing pump yet because I sort of want one much bigger than an HVAC repairnan's unit, but I see now that if I could just harness the incredible suckiness of even one of these few delivery employees, I am certain the need would be met. The worst thing is we charge them with a responsibility of honor, to deliver our letters and boxes, and they would as soon burn them. and now, racing a UPS package car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N26O_kWM6jM UPS had those large brown vans (package cars) custom built to order for fuel efficiency from the small engines to the skiny tires. Title: Re: shipping fragile items - take care.. Post by: N0WEK on December 20, 2011, 10:00:27 PM Equal opportunity destruction! :o
Title: Re: shipping fragile items - take care.. Post by: k4kyv on December 20, 2011, 10:33:46 PM The bastards charge you an arm and a leg for shipping stuff, then have the audacity to tell you it's their job only to get the box from point A to point B, not their problem what happens to it en route.
Title: Re: shipping fragile items - take care.. Post by: Opcom on December 21, 2011, 06:46:05 PM not sure if handing it to a carrier creates a bailment or not.
Title: Re: shipping fragile items - take care.. Post by: k4kyv on December 22, 2011, 03:02:24 PM My suggestion is to use a box that is already rounded off. Build it like a soccer ball, so that each hemisphere is a geodesic dome, and use a lot of cushioning inside to protect the merchandise. NASA used a similar idea to successfully deliver the two Mars rovers. Upon impact, they bounced several time before coming to a halt, then deployed flawlessly. Given that they outlasted by many times their design life expectancy, the scheme obviously worked. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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