Need help packing gear....dont have boxes no more

The box is really just a wrapper -- it's inside that counts. Get some boxes and rolls of bubble wrap at Office Depot, U-Haul, etc. and wind the bubble wrap around each piece several times to give it good padding. Fill the empty space in the box around the piece with lots of crumpled newspaper.

I could be going overboard here, but you might consider building a crate that would hold several pieces. It depends on the value of the equipment if it's worth it. If you are shipping by ground (it sounds like you are moving--just a guess). By ground it won't be as expensive and the crate will protect what is inside. In the crate should be lined with high density foam and then pack each unit in a cardboard box and bubble wrap. Any box can get crushed, but it's very unlikely a crate will. I had two very large crates built for my speakers when I moved. The moving company wouldn't insure them without the crates. The moving company also wanted $5000 for the crates, but I found a company that builds crates to make them for $200.

As a veteran of a number of international moves from the U.S. to points overseas, I can commiserate with you. Since your audio gear may be subjected to less than tender treatment, you need to find a way to pack your gear so it is both immobilized in its container, and cushioned from impacts.

My suggestion is to have custom boxes built for your most valued pieces of audio gear, and then have those boxes placed inside another box and fill the space between the inner and outer box with expanding foam. This is a technique that is often used by manufacturers that ship heavy items such as kilns, and it works very well.

Some of the "mail box for hire" companies that do custom packing have the capability to work with expanding foam. Look in your local yellow pages first, and if that doesn't turn up what you want, try the Internet.