Shipping UPS is Ok if it s done corectly. The packaging must be strong enough to protect the contents from any movement. I use heavy cardboard boxes, lined with strofoam the item itself is wrapped in at leasst four wrappings of i" bubble wrap. There are 2 layers of bubble wrap in the bootom of the package, and 2 layers on top of the item. Ultimately the item is protectected by 10 inches of bubble wrap all the way around.1" of styrofoam all the way around that, then a double thickness cardboard shipping box.
You must insure each package for a minimum 1000.00. At that level, the driver weill inspect the packaging. He will deliver it to a clerk at the terminal. If the clerk feels the packaging is not up to par, the package will be opened and sent back to the sender to be corrected. Less than a grand, they don't care how the item is packaged.
USE NEXT DAY AIR! The item goes on the truck last, and is up on the rack,not thrown in the piles on the floor.
The stock I sent to Susquehannah Stockworks yesterday was shipped just as I described. Insured for 1000.00 shipping cost me 35.75. Expensive for a 3.5 hour trip, but I know it will arrive safely. If the original shipper would have done the same, I wouldn't be spending 400.00 for stock repair.
Bill
