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Title: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: R. Combs on June 12, 2010, 04:20:00 PM
Anyone that has shipped arrows over seas, how did you package them so that they wouldn't get damaged? I am sure that a regular cardboard arrow box would never make it to Australia.I was thinking of maybe some kind of tubes, but I am not sure that that is the way to go either. Any help would be appreciated.

Rick
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: JEFF B on June 12, 2010, 04:24:00 PM
plastic down pipe capped both ends works just fine. thats how i send arrows.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: Jon Stewart on June 12, 2010, 06:13:00 PM
Carpet tube works good also.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: Ben Maher on June 13, 2010, 06:17:00 AM
Rick, i often get arrows in a cardboard box from the states and they seem to arrive ok ...
just let me know what ya need to fix you up for postage .
payment is pending with Doug ...

Ben
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: jcar315 on June 13, 2010, 08:00:00 AM
2nd what Jeff B says. I have shipped a bunch of arrows to Australia and if "arrow safety" is your concern than the plastic pipe is the ticket. I used a section of the black drain pipe.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: R. Combs on June 13, 2010, 08:48:00 AM
Sounds good Ben. I am going to check on postage Monday. I just want to make sure that they get there in one piece.

Rick
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: metsastaja on June 13, 2010, 10:37:00 AM
Using internal plugs vs end caps of larger diameter will save you postage.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: Paul Mattson on June 13, 2010, 01:15:00 PM
I have shipped many times to Australia and NZ. I have always used cardboard arrows boxes and never had a problem.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: Craig on June 13, 2010, 01:18:00 PM
Same as BadgerArrow said.
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: R. Combs on June 13, 2010, 01:20:00 PM
Thanks Paul,

I'm going to give it a try with the cardboard arrow box.

Rick
Title: Re: Shipping arrows over seas ?
Post by: Rusty in Fla. on June 13, 2010, 03:16:00 PM
I drive a truck delivering to grocery stores and when we pick up bananas from our vendor they are shipped, stacked very high on the pallets. On each corner there is a plastic piece that looks like a piece of angle iron only it is made from some kind of plastic. These reinforce the corners and keep the boxes from tumbling over in shipment and handling. If you shop at a large grocery store where bananas arrive by the pallet you might ask for some of these corner pieces to reinforce the corners of a regular arrow box.
If that were wrapped with strapping tape it would be pretty much bulletproof.