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| Brainstorming the Boxes URGENT REQUEST |
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| jpanhalt:
"So I'm asking the Net. Does anyone know of a supplier of boxes on the US east coast, with a stock of suitable solid cardboard boxes close to that size? Who could deliver to Roseville CA this week or early next?" I think you mean West coast of the US. ;) Every move I have made where I packed my own boxes was done with used boxes. They are just a fraction of the cost of new and have been used once or never (i.e., left over stock with a company label). I am not referring to dealers with just a few. The places I have bought from had pallet loads of the same box. I did a quick search of used shipping boxes in Sacramento area, and there are several hits. Since you are buying a significant quantity, there is a small likelihood the seller will deliver to your site for a small cost. |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on January 13, 2022, 04:44:34 pm --- --- Quote from: ozcar on January 13, 2022, 04:30:16 pm ---Can you take over the lease of the storage unit, or get them moved to your own unit? Then take your time to work out what to do. --- End quote --- That's not a crazy idea but it's the sort of thing that is very difficult to manage/organise without "boots on the ground" with local knowledge. --- End quote --- According to the link Terrahertz has already done that AND rented extra units to store boxes temporarily. But in the end the manuals need to be moved at some point. Another optimisation is to sort through the manuals to figure out what is worth keeping and what not. Likely there are many duplicates / commonly available manuals. Digitizing the manuals (and throwing them into the paper bin afterwards) may even be cheaper than shipping them. Unless ofcourse the aim is the preserve the physical manual and not just the contents. However, preserving the physical manuals should also include preserving the paper itself. Most post WW2 paper has an acidity which causes the paper to self destruct (yellowing of pages). |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: edavid on January 13, 2022, 08:37:39 pm --- --- Quote from: nctnico on January 13, 2022, 08:12:15 pm --- However, preserving the physical manuals should also include preserving the paper itself. Most post WW2 paper has an acidity which causes the paper to self destruct (yellowing of pages). --- End quote --- In my experience, that's not a problem with vintage test equipment manuals, like the HP manual pictured. --- End quote --- When I look at the pictures, I see quite a few manuals (not the majority, but still a significant number) which show signs of yellowing of the paper. There is no way to tell the state of what is further back in the unit. |
| Ground_Loop:
It might be cheaper in terms of labor and material to have wooden crates built on site. It would require far fewer crates than boxes, fill geometry would not be critical and they can be safely stacked. I only suggest this because I've had it done in the past specifically for cross ocean shipments. |
| edavid:
--- Quote from: Ground_Loop on January 13, 2022, 09:06:17 pm ---It might be cheaper in terms of labor and material to have wooden crates built on site. It would require far fewer crates than boxes, fill geometry would not be critical and they can be safely stacked. I only suggest this because I've had it done in the past specifically for cross ocean shipments. --- End quote --- This has the same problem as the Gaylord idea - how would you get the crates into the shipping container on the truck? |
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