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I remember the last thing you packaged, it would have withstood a Kim Jong Um attack, was a brilliant job and appreciated but I bet your ears were burning while I unpacked it.
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years ago i bought a 2nd hand pc motherboard chip and ram with heatsink when it turned up it was in a tesco carrier bag
What about Polyurethane Liquid Foam. Cover doggy in plastic bag, vacuum to dog, make a separator and then fill the cavity?
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Yeah right
I remember the last thing you packaged, it would have withstood a Kim Jong Um attack, was a brilliant job and appreciated but I bet your ears were burning while I unpacked it.
The way the little yellow chubby fella's going, you might need it!!!
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Lay it on a car/bike tyre on a pallet. Tie it down with rope.
It won't fall over if it's already on its side and it wont crack off the edge of the base when they drop it.
Also a good way to get rid of unwanted tyres...
It won't fall over if it's already on its side and it wont crack off the edge of the base when they drop it.
Also a good way to get rid of unwanted tyres...
That is how we tell people to ship car engines - fully drained of oil. Sounds a bit brutal gor a plaster doggie though!
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That's the type of approach I'd go with, but with some tangible packing material inside the crate too. Foam crushes quite easily, so ought be used more to fill any voids and to limit movement rather than being the only/primary packing material.
wow small world! I've got a bandsaw just like that one!
Ha ha!
I wanted to change the pallet before shipping - it was on a Euro pallet 120x80 - would have been better on a 120x100 - but couldn't see an easy way to lift it off and change it. Glad it got there in 1 piece!
Probably the easiest way to pack one of those dog castings is a pallet box.
They are delivered flat packed usually. Just look for pallet box on Ebay - once used are often for sale.
Put a few screws through the base into the corners of the pallet for strength. Put a few battens in place on the bottom to secure the base and then fill it with binbags full of scrunched up newspaper. You can often pick these boxes up for less than £10 - I once bought a load for £3 each but all gone now!
They are delivered flat packed usually. Just look for pallet box on Ebay - once used are often for sale.
Put a few screws through the base into the corners of the pallet for strength. Put a few battens in place on the bottom to secure the base and then fill it with binbags full of scrunched up newspaper. You can often pick these boxes up for less than £10 - I once bought a load for £3 each but all gone now!
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I do similar , I'd also use 50 mm x 3-5 mm square plate washers either end of four pieces of 10 mm studding going through the pallet floor in drilled holes also putting a two 50 x 50 mm tx length of the pallet run inside the pallet . Put nylock nuts on the ends of the studding to pull the frame tight to the base . Whip off most of the excess with thin grinder blade and round the sharp edge with a file then paint the nuts & the tiny bit of extra thread in a thick bright red paint .
To make things easier get hold of a 13 mm hollow/ box socket & weld it on a long pipe that you have drilled for a tommy bar nut tightening game .
If you're clever you'll also get hold of a small vice set it on a block f wood so it can hold a ring spanner on the nuts inside of the pallet .. it leaves you hands free to sort out the positioning of the top securing frame and to use both hands whilst stood up to tighten the upper nuts on the studdings .
Any studding off cuts can be welded up to make longer lengths .
He ho the studding may also allow you to use cut to length chains as a lifting point , to get the palletized statue on a trolley & move it out of your garage to a vehicle with a tail lift for easy loading .
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Probably the easiest way to pack one of those dog castings is a pallet box.
They are delivered flat packed usually. Just look for pallet box on Ebay - once used are often for sale.
Put a few screws through the base into the corners of the pallet for strength. Put a few battens in place on the bottom to secure the base and then fill it with binbags full of scrunched up newspaper. You can often pick these boxes up for less than £10 - I once bought a load for £3 each but all gone now!
We received a box like that full of 16 chain saws to be repaired , each saw was drained & the rake covered in a couple of taped on hick unused sanitary towels . They were then put in a heavy duty poly bag then layered in sawdust till the box was full . Hell of a mess unpacking it but nothing was damaged in transit . We sent them back by the same method .
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Strap banding kits of 1000 clips, 1000metres of 12mm plastic band and the strapping tool can be purchased new from about £70.00 and upwards on the bay. Sometimes S/H ones do come up.......... I bought one with about 800 clips and 800 metres of 12mm band and the tool for £30.00 from Gumtree,
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i think i have a spare banding tool in the garage
ill try and remember to have a look tomorrow and let you know
ill try and remember to have a look tomorrow and let you know
Tesco.? Poor choice. Lol
