On 11/05/14 13:02, Jason wrote: > I'm interested in talking with someone who has experience shipping hardware > that has been pulled from a working environment. The assumption is that it > would not use a normal carriers such as UPS of Fedex, but via private > freight. > > Assuming that 20 x 1U switches and a handful of 10U chassis's were to be > shipped, has anyone found a productive way to package them in something other > than the boxes they come in? Has anyone tried to crate / pallet pack them or > something more efficient? > > > If so, please contact me offline if you are willing to share your experience. > > > Jason
Had a bunch (9) Dell C1100 shipped from Cali to Mtl on a 1/4 pallet thru UPS LTE. Cost barely $900 and 4h of import/export paperwork. To my surprise it arrived on a wooden pallet, which is fine... but each servers was just stacked on it, wrap with packing film, and 1 plastic strap and a bit of cardboard on the corners. I can only praise the driver and the handlers... none where beat up. TLDR: Shipping on pallet is fine, most carrier (at least the guys i dealt with) are professional, just do your own packing =D