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Shipping: UPS Ground vs. FedEx Ground
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"John N9JG" wrote: Back in the minicomputer days, we had a disk drive for a DEC PDP11-70 on order. In those days drives were large and heavy, and a single drive might take up one-third of a rack. Well, the freight truck driver pulled up near the loading dock, opened the rear doors and backed the semi up to the loading dock. The driver got out again and looked around for unloading help. Not finding any help, he climbed inside the trailer and rolled the 120 pound crate out the back of the truck and down onto the loading dock. The height difference between the floor of the trailer and the loading dock was about four feet. The driver pulled forward, closed the trailer doors and drove off. Needless to say the drive didn't work, and the shock detector inside the packing crate indicated the drive had suffered at least one large impulse during shipment from the factory to the customer. back in the "old days" didn't ups have a 70 lb limit on all boxes? |
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