I just got this bow in today and thought I would point out how not to ship a bow. I felt sick when I saw this package with the limb tip hanging out and the box all crushed up and torn.
This bow was shipping in two used triangle boxes taped together. Luckily this bow survived. Hopefully this post will help save a bow.
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Looks like luck was on your side.
What bow is it? Pics? I like to look at bows.
thanks
Pitiful! :clapper:
Very lucky.... :eek:
I have gotten new bows shipped from boyers not packed much better. One was just in a paper bag sleeve in the box. The other had a little something on the tips and in a box just like that, but that was all. I even got one once that was put in a piece of cardboard that was folded in half over the bow and taped on three edges. So far so good, but scares me when I get them packed that way.
The bow is fine and I'm not going to point fingers at anyone or show the bow. I just want to show what can happen if you don't ship a bow correctly.
Thanks goodness that made it. My $800 wapiti custom recurve came like was mentioned above. Cardboard folded over and taped.
I want to see the bow!! Looks good from the tips, where is the pic. and what is it?? Shawn
Glad the bow survived. The best way I have found to ship bows or fishing rods is either in long boxes that you can get if you know people who own box companies packed full of padding or in a round cardboard carpet tube. I suppose the best way would be in PVC pipe with caps on either end but I have never had a problem packing things the ways I mentioned above.
Yikes. I once received a bow packed up like that. There was no damage to the box (or the bow), but it kinda scared me thinking what could have been.
I'm glad your bow made it ok.
The box was too big to keep the bow from moving around.
The trick to using a triangle box for your bow is to make it to fit the bow.
2"wide with two 4" sides.
When you put the bow in wrap the handle and start taping the bow in at the handle making it as tight around the handle as possible so the bow can not move out of that spot.
Next wrap the tips and tape the ends shut.
Now you can place tape in 4 or so places on either ends from center and you're ready to ship and it doesn't matter what happens the bow tips can not be punched out through the end of your package.
Just my 2 cents worth.
God bless,Mudd
I used to ship in round pvc tubes, but with the problems of them rolling around, I have changed to a lightweight pvc tube inside of a cardboard box, Hasn't cost me anymore this way and I feel better knowing it is protected and can't roll.
And they would be the 1st one to blame the shipping company. Thanks for sharing this.
Sometimes I wonder if the mail carrier, who delivers to my house, tears up the cartons before he gets out of his truck, just to see the expression on my face. :dunno:
I've always suspected he might be a little bit twisted.
Glad it survived. I got one one time that was tightly wraped with ablack plastic trash bag and tape. No doubt as to what was inside. It also was lost in postal service for three e xtra weeks before being delievered.
Scary! Glad the bow made it ok though. Soooooooo, what did ya get?! :bigsmyl:
Glad it worked out Shawn!
Glad it worked out Shawn!
Hey Roy! Remember the Big Jim you got from me!? You had to call and talk about that packing job! :)
I've received 2 from a very good bowyer in triangular boxes taped.....both boxes torn....1 with limb tip exposed...but in sock...the other with tear in center of box.....both bows were ok...but I was nervous.......
I had a Dwyer sent that i bought in the classifieds in triangular boxes...all I recieved was a portion of the box inside of a clear plastic bag marked missing contents.....the shipper had to file claim with usps and was reimbursed.....
Long story short.....use a tube.
Sorry double post
I have to admit, I shipped one like that several years ago. It was before I knew better. Nothing happened, but I won't do it again that way. I like thick cardboard tubes...they are much sturdier.
I have shipped in heavy PCV tubes and had 6" broke off the end of one hanging by a piece of tape, bow was fine but I will never know how USPS broke that tube.
Danny, UPS (not USPS) did the same with a bow I shipped to a fellow TradGanger in a heavy pvc pipe. Left it at the recipient's door with about 6" of the end missing and the bow sticking out.
Any time you ship a bow you have that risk of damage I believe no matter how you pack it. Some methods just seem to be more vulnerable than others.
Remember when you ship with USPS and it has to go by air. The postal srvice doesn't own any planes. They use FedEx and commercial Airlines to fly there packages. Who knows what happens when the airline workers are moving them on and off the planes. We know what happens to some of our suit cases.
When a letter carrier gets a damaged package he or she is supposed to get that package stamped recieved damaged with there local post office name stamped with it.
lucky, lucky,lucky, I always insure for twice the value on most items.
I'm guilty of shipping like that once. The bow didn't poke through, and it was fine, but the buyer sent me a friendly email expressing his concerns. I pack them better now.
I've shipped plenty in triangle boxes before, but like Mudd mentioned I'm almost always fabricating the box to fit the bow. Double wrap with cellophane or bubble wrap, reinforce the tips with cardboard protection and craft a tightly fitting box to prevent internal jostling around has always worked well for me.
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That is how you receive a bow from Andy McCoy at Bezaleel Bowworks
For you one or two piece long bow guys, if you go to LOWES or some similar place, they will have carpet tubes, that they roll their carpet up on. We get them for free. They are perfect, very durable, perhaps more so than PVC.
This is a bow that will be headed out in the morning, completely wrapped in bubble wrap and tucked in tightly in this tube.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Danny Rowan:
I have shipped in heavy PCV tubes and had 6" broke off the end of one hanging by a piece of tape, bow was fine but I will never know how USPS broke that tube.
Pvc can be pretty brittle, especially if its old or been in the sun. I would avoid shipping in pvc, because a small fall onto a hard surface can break the tube pretty easily. I had this happen years ago and all i got was an empty tube on the doorstep. Luckily ups located the bow and it was fine.
I had a TD bow mailed to me not taken apart.It was in a triangle box.Cost twice a much to ship?
3arrows you didn't get that bow from Mississippi did you? My buddy did the exact same thing with a Widow psa he sold! ha He was like man I can't believe how much shipping was and I asked did he break it down and he just hung his head and said nope... Here's your sign ha
Another vote for takedown bows for ease of shipping and transport.........as long as they ARE disassembled! :thumbsup:
One bowyer told me he ships all his new bows in two triangle boxes!! I can't believe it.
Every bowyer I've bought a new bow from has shipped it in either a triangular cardboard box or a rectanguler one. None have shipped in a tube. I have never had one damaged yet. And if my wife knew how many that has been, I could be in trouble.
I shipped a longbow in a thick cardboard tube last week....it(the tube) arrived broken in half. Luckily the bow was undamaged.
I shipped a supply of 54 caliber lead roundballs, enclosed in heavy plastic boxes, 50 each, in heavy cardboard packaging and wrapped in multiple layers of duct tape. Inside one of the plastic boxes was a set of very hard-to-find brass scope mounts. I know they're very hard to find because they broke the cardboard outer box, lost ONE of the plastic boxes that was inside, and of course it was the one containing the very hard-to-find brass scope mounts....
QuoteOriginally posted by dnovo:
Every bowyer I've bought a new bow from has shipped it in either a triangular cardboard box or a rectanguler one. None have shipped in a tube. I have never had one damaged yet. And if my wife knew how many that has been, I could be in trouble.
Surprising. My bowyer ships everything in a tube. Super tough.
I also have gotten bows in these triangle flimsy boxs and the bows survived but thats because I was lucky and so was the person who shipped. These need to be protected because the shipping today takes on new levells of destruction most of us see when we get our boxs and its rough. I can see arrows but not an expensive bow. Flimsy boxs save on weight but it can cost a lot in aggravation and heart ache should the item get damaged because of poor handling procedures along the way.
I had a friend that worked at UPS, and he told me to never ship in a round tube. He says they stack a bunch of boxes on pallets and use a fork lift to move it, the round tubes roll off and get ran over by the fork lift.I think maybe the best way would be a tube inside of triangle or rectangles box so it wont roll. I usually just use two triangles taped together just like your bow came in,lol, but so far no damage and most bows that i bought came the same way too.
I was in the corrugated packaging business, making cardboard boxes, for 41 years. The triangle boxes you get at the post office should not be used to ship high value items with any weight to them. Corrugated board is incredibly strong when designed correctly. For shipping bows, rectangular, shallow, multiwall design boxes are best or as many have mentioned ship them in PCV tubes or the carpet tube ..... do not ship them in singlewall triangle boxes from the post office or you will most likely be disappointed. I always wrap all the pieces of a bow before packing it into a box or tube with bubble wrap, newspaper, or something cushioning for added protection and I do not spare the tape. Good luck to all .....