When equipment is damaged in shipment, it usually comes from movement
inside that package, not from external damage to the package itself.
Your packing material needs to be tailored to the weight of the
equipment. Packing peanuts and bubble wrap are good for articles up to
about 20 pounds. With equipment heavier than that, you need something
more substantial, like high density foam (not cushion grade foam rubber)
to secure the equipment.
Those large packing "sacks of air" are not good for anything weighing
more than a couple pounds. If they receive much pressure, they will burst.
Think what will happen if the package comes to an abrupt stop at the end
of a sorting conveyor.
I send and receive a lot of packages, and anytime I have observed damage
is when the equipment inside has contacted the side of the package.
I have not found that one carrier is worse than another. I use both UPS
and USPS frequently, and on occasion FedEx.
If you have delivery problems, blame it on the local delivery person -
baring some disaster in transit. I currently have delays pending due to
flooding in the area, but that kind of thing is not common.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/26/2017 9:36 AM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
This topic comes up frequently — especially on boatanchor lists where a lot of
heavy boxes get shipped around frequently.
I’ve had substantially roughed up packages (punctured exterior cardboard,
crushed corners, split seams, etc,) arrive by USPS, FedEx and UPS — and
consider them all to be equal opportunity offenders. And exceptions to
supposedly guaranteed arrival dates from all of them, too. But those instances
are relatively rare for any of them. In my experience it’s been far more common
for actual damage to the shipped item occurring as the result of sloppy,
non-commercial grade, “peanut”-style packing and the frequent use of used
packing materials than by the carriers themselves. They’re all pretty good (or
bad) depending on your perspective :-)
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