How To Ship 70 Saws Overseas...

[LonestarStihl]

I’m not far from San Antonio...only a few hours. I’d keep an eye on them for you

 

[bulletpruf]

Can you fit them in between saws on the pallets? You can zip tie them or event the green stretch wrap around them

Yes, I could fit them in between saws on the pallets, if I use the pallet tower.

 

[bulletpruf]

I would mass unload... accept a little loss, ship the choice ones. fly to states with a pocket full of cash and then reload with all new saws! Shopping is fun!

I will be selling the Dolmar CC116, JO-BU Junior, Partner R11's, Companion MS2's, Husky MS90A's, and Homelites (C9, SXL Auto). Everything else should be coming back with me.

thanks

Scott

 

[Little Al]

Our weight allowance is 18,500. We're there or past it now. If you go over, they supposedly charge you about $1 per pound. But I've never heard of anyone actually being charged. Whatever the case, I've got an old Alfa Romeo (72 GTV) that's in a million pieces in the garage. I plan to put that in a shipping container to get it back to the states. I'll pay for it out of pocket, and plan to put a bunch of tools in there, too.

Could you not "Make sure " the container with the the "Alfa" was FULL using a few saws to fill it if required

 

[bulletpruf]

Could you not "Make sure " the container with the the "Alfa" was FULL using a few saws to fill it if required

I may end up doing that, but I'm still not 100% sure that I'm going to ship the Alfa in a container.

Thanks

 

[bulletpruf]

Getting closer and I have updated the plan a bit. The movers will be here next week to fill up a single wooden shipping crate. Just the initial haul of garage stuff and a few household things that we won't be needing before we move to San Antonio in July.

Anyway, I plan to have about 35 saws ready to be packed and boxed next week; plan is to ship all my Jonsereds. I don't think I'm going to use the pallet Tower of Power; instead I think I'll just ask the shippers to individually box each saw.

Since I have 85 or so saws, that will be a pretty good start. And I won't be shipping 50 more saws; some I'll sell before I leave and some are already in Texas at my parents in Houston.

thanks

Scott

 

[ken morgan]

Sorry but over the years I have found that something that that size would be better in a hard sided box with a pallet underneath it. You can then stuff between the saws with padding like cardboard or what not. one time Marine Corps ship five car engines for me along with my tools. Important thing is just not go over your weight limit.

 

[bulletpruf]

Got 18 Jonsereds boxed individually and in a wooden shipping crate; the rest of the crate was filled some furniture and some other garage stuff. Figure I'll do one more partial move a few months with maybe 20 more saws, and then finish up the rest when we do our final move in June.

 

[Cody]

Might be too late, but wasn't sure if this was ever mentioned or not.

https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...ems/Instapak-Quick-Heavy-Duty-Bags-45-18-x-20

 

[bulletpruf]

Might be too late, but wasn't sure if this was ever mentioned or not.

https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...ems/Instapak-Quick-Heavy-Duty-Bags-45-18-x-20

Looks interesting. How exactly does it work? Is that the same concept as bagging a saw and then half-filling a box with expanding foam that you drop the saw in?

Thanks

 

[ken morgan]

Might be too late, but wasn't sure if this was ever mentioned or not.

https://www.uline.com/Product/Detai...ems/Instapak-Quick-Heavy-Duty-Bags-45-18-x-20

good info for shipping here.

 

[Cody]

Looks interesting. How exactly does it work? Is that the same concept as bagging a saw and then half-filling a box with expanding foam that you drop the saw in?

Thanks

When I was the lead in a shipping department we used them a lot for certain things. They come rolled, and folded once. There's two separate pouches inside the bag that you squeeze one, then mix them with your hands by squeezing them back and forth. They start to heat up and expand pretty quickly, rarely did I ever have one break through the bag and get foam outside of it. They're kind of spendy, would add at least $12 to each boxing of a saw but they're going to protect them better than pretty much anything. If we were shipping 100+ pound foundation hubs that's what we used, otherwise the hub would destroy the box in shipping to the point it was no longer inside a box.

 

[bulletpruf]

When I was the lead in a shipping department we used them a lot for certain things. They come rolled, and folded once. There's two separate pouches inside the bag that you squeeze one, then mix them with your hands by squeezing them back and forth. They start to heat up and expand pretty quickly, rarely did I ever have one break through the bag and get foam outside of it. They're kind of spendy, would add at least $12 to each boxing of a saw but they're going to protect them better than pretty much anything. If we were shipping 100+ pound foundation hubs that's what we used, otherwise the hub would destroy the box in shipping to the point it was no longer inside a box.

Thanks, Cody. I'll check into getting some of these.

Scott

 

[bulletpruf]

Move to the US was pushed to the right by a few months. Movers will be here in mid-July. I'll take the prior week off from work to get the garage prepped.

On the bars and chains, I will have to move about 80. Serious weight when you add it all up especially since I have quite a few long bars. I figure I'll keep the chains on the bars with zip ties and then wrap with shrink wrap/plastic wrap. And from there, I'll make some boxes with plywood and 1 x 2's or something like that. Something you can get a pallet jack under.

Have sold a few high-end saws to fund my Alfa Romeo restoration and will be selling a few more. Need to make some progress on selling the non-Holy Grail saws.

Scott

 

[Dub11]

Charter jet with all your saws on it is what I'd do.........

 

[bulletpruf]

Movers will be here in a week. I'm taking this week off work to organize the garage, get saws cleaned/drained/ready to ship, and get stuff tools packed up.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Good luck with your move and TY for your service.

 

[bulletpruf]

Making progress. Have about 55 saws (depending how you count) ready to be boxed up tomorrow. And already have 18 Jonsereds that were picked up a few months ago. Already have about 10 in Texas at my parents and 3 in a storage unit in North Carolina. Be glad when I can get them all in once place again.

 

[Huskybill]

Can you get plastic containers like Walmart has? I’d pack them in the plastic containers them crate them. I ship dirtbike engines in plastic containers there tough.

 

[bulletpruf]

Can you get plastic containers like Walmart has? I’d pack them in the plastic containers them crate them. I ship dirtbike engines in plastic containers there tough.

I'm going to grab a few but not for saws. Will use these for the heavier car parts - transmission stuff, an aluminum engine block, etc.