Re: Packaging equipment for transport
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I wasnt going to get involved here, but the advice given on moving equipment: packing blankets, move a full load at a time, prevent movement, etc. is right on the mark.
I moved my business myself: 60 x 500 miles one way, over 3000 pieces of capitol equipment, thousands of pounds of hardware, $60,000 in truck rental, fuel, food and wages for helpers, all documented of course. No damage.
No acceleration damage or vibration damage or hypothetical damage, maybe one smashed knob from the worker not being careful unloading. Took me 1-1/2 years to move it all.
But it survived!
So, if you have a small vehicle (I used 28 foot commercial trucks, biggest you can drive without a CDL), and moving blankets, and pack tight, protecting the faces with blankets or styrofoam sheets, then you will be fine!! Unloading when you are tired is the worst, most errors occur then. I moved all my rack gear on the side! Not flat! You can pack more and better and it does not slide!. Light cardboard boxes then go on top. Do not drive like Steve McQueen in Bullit!
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YMMV
Jeff Kruth
In a message dated 10/22/2021 1:42:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, roy.thistle@... writes:
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 08:24 AM, Eric wrote:
the trick to moving things safely is to PREVENT them from starting to move.
Yes! But realistically, heavy units are going to move... if only a fraction... and parts assemblies, inside a units case, are going to experience acceleration/de-acceleration. And so, internal parts assemblies will be subject to forces that will possibly move them... or possibly break them.? Theoretically, if you welded the steel case of an instrument to a trailer floor...so it can't move... you might yet find internal damage... after some rough moving.? IMO, the goal is to minimise the intensity of the forces acting on the entire unit... not just the case. Careful driving could be the dominant factor in doing that.
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