Shipping Vinyl LP's

Hey Mitch,
Try going to your local pack and ship and getting 13x13x4
or 13x13x6 boxes. You want to use multiple boxes as they
will be smaller and lighter and less likely to be damaged.

Plus you want to pack your albums "tight" to help prevent any possable warping if they spend time in a hot truck,
warehouse,etc... Put your padding around the albums, not
between them.

USPS Priority insured would get them to you fast, if you
are going all that way to do this yourself why go slow mail
to get them home.

Too bad I dont live closer to you, you could borrow my VPI
to clean your new vinyl.

Charlie

Use Fedex Ground and insure them for $2000 [so they won't screw around]. It will still be your cheapest and safest option. However, make sure you pack well.

I've used the U-Haul boxes sized 13x13x16 with great success. The trick is to cut up a second box such that it fits inside the first box and you end up with a double bottom that extends up the two 16" sides a few inches. It keeps the bottom from blowing out.

About 110 albums per box. Weighs in around 65 pounds. I've had good luck with USPS. Cost is about $25 with their Media Rate, but some of their counter help isn't aware of the rate or isn't aware that it applies to albums, but it specifically does.

Regards
Jim

Charlie,

With the addition of the LP's I'm getting from my brother-in-law, I will have approximately 900 LP's. I do plan to buy a first rate record cleaning machine one day. I'm going to Milwaukee to pick them up soon because my sister has threatened to throw them out if he doesn't get them out of her house soon. Admittedly, I just haven't had the time to seriously listen to my vinyl....I've played only about a dozen LP's a year for the past 10 years because of time constraints. BUT ONE DAY, when I do get the time to listen, I will be set...then I'll buy a record cleaning machine.

Thanks, to all of you for your tips. I think I will go with the 13 x 13 x 6 boxes and ship multiples of smaller boxes rather than bigger boxes.

mich