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| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on January 11, 2022, 03:13:38 pm ---Background: Late 2021 I ebay-bought several thousand service manuals, stacked in a storage unit near Sacramento USA. Info: --- End quote --- :-DD When you did that I knew there was going to be a chapter of the saga like this. I'm glad that someone is saving these. I'm even gladder that it's not me! Good luck! |
| rsjsouza:
In the turn of the century, literature shipped to our company used to come tightly packed in a massive crate wrapped with rolls and rolls of plastic film, as suggested by Nico. I would explore this avenue. Also, once I saw a shipment using quite a few of those industrial shelving systems where the literature was neatly wrapped in plastic foil, and then the shelving itself was also wrapped in the foil. Although expensive, the advantage in that case was that the shelves used for transportation were also used to store the literature. This was about twenty years ago, so I don't remember all the details. By shelving I mean something like this: https://www.uline.com/Grp_263/Industrial-Wire-Shelving A cheaper and less sturdy alternative (probably single use) would be cheap bookcases from Walmart, for example. |
| IanB:
Bankers Boxes or equivalent filing boxes come in standard sizes like 24" x 12" x 10" and are readily available. Are you not able to make use of those? Look at suppliers like Office Depot or Staples. |
| TerraHertz:
--- Quote from: nctnico on January 13, 2022, 02:53:17 am ---Go for plastic bags to bundle the manuals! --- End quote --- NO! Good grief. Have you looked at the photos of the quantity? Any idea what would happen to a containerload of manuals 'sloshing around' loose? Plastic bags are slippery. You'd invent 'book mass liquifaction.' Also there are issues to do with Customs inspection, Quarantine potential fumigation, etc. Bags - just no. I suspect you are trolling. Such a hairbrained idea. I expect some box crushing in bottom layer or two. But at least things will be staying in one place. --- Quote from: IanB on January 13, 2022, 03:28:08 am ---Bankers Boxes or equivalent filing boxes come in standard sizes like 24" x 12" x 10" and are readily available. Are you not able to make use of those? Look at suppliers like Office Depot or Staples. --- End quote --- Height = 10" All shallow boxes like this are good for stacks of thin documents, that can fill the box right to the top. They just don't work for manuals that are often 3 to 4 inches thick. |
| SmallCog:
I’d consider using stillages (pallet sized boxes or tubs) These come in both cardboard, such as you may see full of watermelons or pumpkins, and plastic/metal Get your helpers to put the cardboard stillages into the container, stack the books, then possibly go a layer on top What’s your plan for unpacking? Having them on pallets will make unloading quicker saving on container hire fees if you’ve got access to a forklift Example: |
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