homade barrel shipping boxes

[Willoughby]

when shipping barrels, get a peice of cardboard 2' longer than the barrel & 35' or so long
place on the edge of a table -let 2 1/2 hang over the edge - bend a crease
move 2 1/2' more -- & repeat till you have a triangle
then you dont need the table edge any more
just hold firmly & bend till you have doubled all 3 sides
tape
make 4 little trianges for each end of the tube
make them a little tight
fit into one end
tape
wrap paper around barrel enough to fill tube
add a little exstra length- bend over on ends
tape on other triangle end

the triangle box is stronger than a square box
& it wont roll off the conveyor belt & get lost in shipping
I had one roll off & get lost
they found it 2 months later after a claim was filed
NF uses this design to ship their scopes

simple -cheap - effective

hope this helps some one

 

[fredhorace77]

Or just go get a free triangle shaped box from USPS. Besides 35 feet of cardboard is a lot of cardboard to try to find

 

[itchyTF]

I think he meant 35 inches.

Don't know what the cost of PVC pipe is lately but it could be shipped in that also.

 

[fdshuster]

itchyTF: I use pvc pipe with end caps to store my switch-barrels, but to use them for shipping would still be with the rolling around problems, as noted above by Willoughby.

I've done the triangle homemade box's and they work fine.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

Thank you, Willoughby.
But I'm still not selling my spares.

 

[gotcha]

Agree the triangle a good idea, don't agree its much better than a square cardboard box. Just shipped a bbl'd action plus bolt to my Smith 1400 miles away via USPO, in 3" ID PVC pipe w/ end caps. Arrived intact w/ no damage. Its tuff enough to re-use for return & future shipments. Cleaning rods are shipped in cardboard tubes. I've never had one crushed or lost. On occassion the USPO & others could ruin a perfectly good Anvil. Seems like its all a roll of the dice.

 

[Kings X]

Try not to use the dome caps on the PVC tubes. A hard fall and the heavy barrel will pop the center out of the cap. Use the screw-in plug assemblies on both ends. We still tape over the end caps to keep from un-screwing.

 

[Lazydays]

Agree the triangle a good idea, don't agree its much better than a square cardboard box. Just shipped a bbl'd action plus bolt to my Smith 1400 miles away via USPO, in 3" ID PVC pipe w/ end caps. Arrived intact w/ no damage. Its tuff enough to re-use for return & future shipments. Cleaning rods are shipped in cardboard tubes. I've never had one crushed or lost. On occassion the USPO & others could ruin a perfectly good Anvil. Seems like its all a roll of the dice.

That's exactly how I recieved my last two barrels. PVC with the barrel wrapped in foam. After recieving them, I hung them vertically for about a month to help them reaclimate just like a crank shaft or a cam shaft.
gary

 

[tenring]

I save my barrel boxes for re-use. Several months ago, sold some wind flags with the stand alone poles. The vanes and daisy wheels went in a box, but the poles about 4' long when lowered, were a problem. I found some 3" x 45" PVC and bought caps for each end. Wrapped the poles in newspaper and after caps were on the ends, I taped both with duct tape. They arrived in good shape.