Moving tube equipment

I should have left the "lazy" part and I am sincerely sorry for stating that and then starting a thread about it!!!
My plan was to pack them in their original boxes with some type of material (bubble wrap, peanuts etc) to prevent any movement, put in my car and drive judicially.  Obviously if I get hit by a truck the last thing I'm going to be worried about is a tube amp.
Thanks

I've moved tube HiFi gear (tubes installed) 100's of times in cars and vans (for short distances) without mishap.

These were mainly Dynaco ST70's and MC30's being used as PA amps.

Same goes with tube guitar amps.

However, when doing so for long distances (Des Moines to Los Angeles) the power amps always needed to be re-biased.

Not certain I would still do so in the Los Angeles area due to the high % of BAD drivers and the need to lock ones brakes and/or take evasive manuevers.

DeKay

Remember, there are thousands of tube guitar amps in use all over the globe, shipped everywhere, ruthlessly dragged into clubs and rehearsal spaces often against their will, dropped from loading ramps like my 70s Twin Reverb (saved by its Anvil case), knocked over by bar fights, roadies, angry girlfriends, angry boyfriends, large dogs, etc., and driven for days in the trunks of cars barely protected by a flimsy vinyl cover (the amps not the cars). Take your amps on an hour and a half drive? No problemo.

Travel with them in the amp. My experience is they should be re-biased when you get to the new location. Over time tubes settle in an expansion-contraction pattern when you switch them on and off and rattling them during the move disturbs that slightly. Some lint inside the tube structure might dislodge and cause the tube to operate with slightly different bias settings. For guitar amps the tubes have settled into their life with the angry musician and their partner and don't need as much attention.