I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson

I used that approach to shipping when our family went to Holland in
1995. My Dad, my brother, and I each bought a european table radio, plus
one of my uncles gave us one as well. We packed them in cardboard boxes,
and dropped them off at the "special baggage" area on our return flight.
Everything arrived in one piece. They were about 20-25lb each, packaged.

Shawn K
www.thisoldradio.com

Phil Nelson wrote:
I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson wrote:


I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

Probably no worse that what happens at UPS... :-)

They beat UPS! Ken

robert casey wrote:

Phil Nelson wrote:


I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine
the bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

Probably no worse that what happens at UPS... :-)

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as
a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time
ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson


It seems that most military gear should be designed to take some extra hard
abuse. I just would not want my luggage at the bottom of the chute when it
came sliding down!!

Larry

UPS destroyed a boat anchor for me, packed in it's own military shipping
crate. Unbelieveable. Ken

Larry Fowkes wrote:

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as

a

piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time

ago,

so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson



It seems that most military gear should be designed to take some extra hard
abuse. I just would not want my luggage at the bottom of the chute when it
came sliding down!!

Larry

In article vnKVd.35813$755.7246@lakeread05,
Ken wrote:

UPS destroyed a boat anchor for me, packed in it's own military shipping
crate. Unbelieveable. Ken

All too believable, I'm afraid.

I had a *well packed* - lots of bubblewrap, foam rubber, etc - WS19
shipped by UPS last year. It was mint (unissued) when it started out,
and arrived with every single case surface dented, and one of the
"brush guards" (strong metal grill to protect the front panel from
operator boots, etc) severely bent).

I said at the time, I wouldn't trust them to ship an anvil safely,
unless it was surrounded by a metre-thickness of bubblewrap.

More recently, I had this to say to another poster (Hi Mike!):

I only bought the 141 because it was local and I could collect - I'm
beginning to see the wisdom of the military packaging instructions in
one of my signals manuals: "It should be remembered that goods in transit
receive very rough handling, a free drop onto concrete from a height of
4' 6" is not improbable, and packaging should as far as possible be made
to meet these conditions".

They've used UPS, I can tell....

UPS and CityLink are now on my "under NO circumstances whatsoever" list,
while Parcelforce (the package destruction arm of the Royal Mail) are
rapidly heading in that direction for failing to deliver a parcel (or any
notification thereof) on Christmas Eve, and then returning it to sender
(again without any attempt to contact the office - which is manned 24x7).
I'm now waiting for it to arrive back in Canada so I can have it reshipped
by some reliable service...

Chris.



--
The steady state of disks is full.
-- Ken Thompson

In article ,
"Larry Fowkes" wrote:

"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
k.net...
I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as
a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time
ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson


It seems that most military gear should be designed to take some extra hard
abuse.

Not really. There's loads of stuff on "careful packing" for shipment,
and the kit is normally mounted on shock absorbers for mobile use.

I just would not want my luggage at the bottom of the chute when it
came sliding down!!

Or underneath when it is thrown out of the aircraft?

Chris.

--
The steady state of disks is full.
-- Ken Thompson

That wouldn't work now. A 90lb package would be overweight and
guaranteed to require a sizable fee (unless you know the gate
agent...hi!!). But... at least you'd know where it was!!!!!

Phil Nelson wrote:
I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military boatanchor as a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some time ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson wrote:
I just got email from a guy who checked a 90+ pound military
boatanchor as a
piece of LUGGAGE on a flight from the UK to the US. This was some
time ago,
so apparently he wasn't charged for the extra weight.

I'm amazed that it survived, even if packed in a box. Can you
imagine the
bang when that thing came rocketing down the conveyors?!

:-)

Phil Nelson



I watched the Airtran folks load luggage onto planes when we were
waiting around Atlanta airport Saturday. They were tossing bags with no
concern about the contents.