I'll agree - that's one heavy beast.
I think my motions through, and in packaging I use it's weight to my advantage - compressing foam for fit checks etc. I have to do it solo.
My packing sequence:
several wraps of thin plastic (The 1980 is standing sideways on the turntable and rotated) with the ends folded over and everything securely taped - for water and finish protection.
then some cardboard boxes are converted to sheets, and the sheets of cardboard are wrapped around the unit. Taped securely.
Then extra bands of 2" packing tape over the cardboard and encircling the whole unit, like 3 or 4 layers.
Then a couple of pieces of folded over paper with 4+ paperback books inside are then encircled by 2" tape over the first bands, the books (when removed) leaving slack in the five layer or so (for strength) tape wraps as HANDLES.
Then I lay down the unit and use my arms as forklift tines in those handles to lift the unit up, swivel over and lower the unit into the box. (the "white whale", an ATA instrument shipping container.)
Stand the container on it's side to compress one sides' foam and stuff in other sides' foam.
Stand the container on it's other side to finish stuffing the first sides' foam. It should then not be ABLE to move side to side.
Repeat for front and back stuffing.
Between the foam, foam stuffing and the ATA container I have shipped MANY SX-1980's without incident.
And, for HALF of those trips I wasn't the one who packed it, I shipped the White Whale empty to GET it.
I think my motions through, and in packaging I use it's weight to my advantage - compressing foam for fit checks etc. I have to do it solo.
My packing sequence:
several wraps of thin plastic (The 1980 is standing sideways on the turntable and rotated) with the ends folded over and everything securely taped - for water and finish protection.
then some cardboard boxes are converted to sheets, and the sheets of cardboard are wrapped around the unit. Taped securely.
Then extra bands of 2" packing tape over the cardboard and encircling the whole unit, like 3 or 4 layers.
Then a couple of pieces of folded over paper with 4+ paperback books inside are then encircled by 2" tape over the first bands, the books (when removed) leaving slack in the five layer or so (for strength) tape wraps as HANDLES.
Then I lay down the unit and use my arms as forklift tines in those handles to lift the unit up, swivel over and lower the unit into the box. (the "white whale", an ATA instrument shipping container.)
Stand the container on it's side to compress one sides' foam and stuff in other sides' foam.
Stand the container on it's other side to finish stuffing the first sides' foam. It should then not be ABLE to move side to side.
Repeat for front and back stuffing.
Between the foam, foam stuffing and the ATA container I have shipped MANY SX-1980's without incident.
And, for HALF of those trips I wasn't the one who packed it, I shipped the White Whale empty to GET it.