Will this TT make it through shipping?

[dobyman]

I have packed and shipped a few TT's and they all made it through, but for some reason I was searching the web for articles or videos on packing, and I came across this one.

Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think this table would make it across the street. There is way too much empty space inside this box. The bubble wrap and cling wrap are too loose. And he uses peanuts!!
When I ship one, there is no movement inside the box at all. It is solid as a rock. With sheets of Styrofoam, never peanuts, never paper.
Am I wrong on this one?

 

[mkane]

Peanuts won't work. Nice and tight's the way to go. Also a box in a box, with foam board in between.

 

[bob06]

Give the guy a break. He's just getting rid of the trash he has laying around. I'm surprised he didn't throw a couple of empty beer cans in there.

 

[dobyman]

Give the guy a break. He's just getting rid of the trash he has laying around. I'm surprised he didn't throw a couple of empty beer cans in there.

 

[majick47]

Dobyman your not wrong and if someone follows those instructions re packing a table your correct it wont make it across the street. I'v shipped a few tables and packaged them with the materials you noted and not a foam peanut to be found. As noted zero movement of contents, styrafoam sheets all around and heavy bubble wrap, depending on weight/size double boxed to withstand being dropped on a corner from a height of 10' or more.

 

[jcamero]

"No Tape" he used it to secure the bubble wrap around the plinth. I would not ever use peanuts as a courtesy to the buyer, (to messy). Using paper is just damage waiting to happen. No common sense there. I would secure the cardboard layer between the platter and plinth, as well as subsequent layers.

 

[thomo57]

I've used peanuts before but I've put them into small plastic bags first
Squeezed the air out of them and used them..
They work a treat as you can mold them to fit different areas.