Recommended Carrier for Speaker Shipments

Call the manufacture. Get (buy) new packing material from them. Have them refer you to their shipper. Insure, insure, insure. Avoid UPS for anything over 10 pounds.

Swklein, you hit the nail right on the head! Congrats on your speaker recognition skills! (Vandy 3 -> 3A sig)

Hi
I bought a pair of acoustat tens with amplifiers. packing was OK but not robust. Every piece of wood was broken(fedex).
fortunately all I wanted was the amps, mangled but repairable.

My advice is pack very solid. The package needs to bounce well at 4 feet and land on the bottom. After you pack it, Take a very large oversize box or sheet of cardboard wrap it round and round and then rope it together with filamented tape, do not cut down to size, press down every inch of tape. The piece de resistance is an additional layer of clear 3M tape.
PS: do not buy tape at discount places like sams club.
The bubbbles in the tape are a sign of old age or poor quality. Fresh tape is clear with no bubbles. Target rules for fresh battery's and tape.

good luck you will need it.

mike

Bax Global is no better than the rest. I had 200 lb.speakers in the factory wooden crates, with all the inner protective
material as well. They hit the crate with a fork lift tip.The pressed wood just popped back out--givin the weight of the contents. Didn't see it before I signed; They wouldn't pay---like most of the other shippers. You need a lawyer to fight their lawyers.

Hi, Dave:

I think you made a post last week asking essentially this same question regarding shipment of your Vandy speakers to the factory for upgrade. I responded to your post, but want to reiterate for others who may read this thread that the most important factor here is to ship your speakers in their Vandersteen boxes. Did you contact the Vandy factory to ask their advice on shippers? If not, I suggest you do so.

Best regards -- SDC