there is a light weight PVC for water drains that is part foam also.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Midgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Shipping an antenna > Yes, I have shipped such packages. > I believe UPS's limit is 165" total, length and girth. Your package > in a PVC tube shouldn't be a problem. > BTW, there are different wall thicknesses of PVC..the stuff used for > drain pipe has thinner walls, but the same O.D. so the same fittings > work between types of pipe. So, if it makes any difference concerning > getting the item in the tube, choose the thin wall drain pipe instead > of schedule 40 or some such, which is rated for higher pressure and > has thicker walls. > > At 06:20 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote: >>I need to get a 10 foot long fiberglass antenna from Florida to >>Connecticut. It can probably be encased in some PVC plastic tubing. >>It'll weigh between 20 and 30 pounds when packaged. >> >>UPS and FedEx have some crazy size and weight limitations. At least >>the UPS web site tells me the maximum length plus girth (essentially >>circumference or square surface dimension) but FedEx is less >>user-friendly. >> >>Anyone have any experience shipping this kind of thing? It's NOT a >>22 ft Super StationMaster but it IS one piece. I don't really want >>to spend hundreds of dollars to ship it via a commercial trucking >>company, especially considering what I'm paying for the antenna. >> >>Thanks. >>Bob M. >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > Thanks, > Robin Midgett K4IDC > 615-322-5836 office - rolls to pager > 615-835-7699 pager > 615-301-1642 home > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.people.vanderbilt.edu/~robin.midgett/index.htm > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
