Best Way To Ship a Rig

[rapper4mpi 0]

I'll be shipping my gear via FedEx with full insurance etc... My question is this, what do you recommend for actually packing the rig in a box to protect it and the Cypres from abuse? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
-Rap

[Ron 10]

I ship my rig all the time via FedEx...and I also work for FedEx.

I just put the whole rig, put it in a trash bag in a box that it fits in, and send it out.

Put your address on the inside of the box on the rig, as well as outside the box.

Ron
FedEx Service Assurance
TPA/RSW

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[skybytch 273]

Definitely put the rig in a plastic bag! We usually add some packing material (newspapers, peanuts, etc) to take up the extra room in the box - not to protect the rig so much as in the hopes that it will help the box keep it's shape.

Include your phone number with your address inside the box - preferably a number that you can always be reached at.

[keskeie 0]

By the way, everyone, it seemed to me (after my research before I mailed mine off) that Fedex Ground with insurance is cheaper than UPS or the postal service, and it's only taking 4 days to get from CA to FL. Of course, I had to drive to a Fedex Ground office, I don't know how high the prices go if you have it picked up or go through a private "Mailboxes Etc" type of place....

But it only cost me $25, and that was with $2600 worth of insurance.

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[rapper4mpi 0]

Thanks for all the advice. It is going to cost about $35 to ship ground via FedEx w/ $5,000 in insurance. Mail Boxes Etc. charges $5 to receive the package, not too shabby!
-Rap