11/03 score!!

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Fred Cisin wrote:
> > > > For that distance, I'd use Craters & Freighters.  A
> > > > clotheswasher sized 11/03 cabinet is not going to be dinged up
> > > > by typical freight handling, just wrap and strap to a pallet
> > > > ought to be good enough.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't bet on it.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Richard wrote:
> > I own one of these cabinets, so I would bet on it.  Of course
> > there's no guarantees.  People can drive a forklift straight
> > through your shipment no matter how well crated it is.
>
> Which machines are heavy enough to destroy the forklift instead of
> your computer?

Just build yourself a crate out of 1/2" thick steel, and make sure you 
put some foam padding inside of it.

With any luck, the forklift operator will crush the pallet behind it 
instead.

I've actually had a shipper drive a forklift through the front of a 3420 
tape drive, that I was shipping to NL.  It wasn't pretty. :(

Pat
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