Shipping a PTRD
- Thread starter Nyles
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I can guess which one...it might be cheaper to take a few days off and drive...
stencollector
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I shipped one in a sono tube a couple years back. John at Wolverine was shipping his the same way. I seem to recall it ran around $60 or so insured from Manitoba to BC. I cut 5/8 plywood circles to make endcaps and staple them with a staplegun. To make the ends stronger, you can set the cap in about 3" and fold the tube over the end of the cap.
The only problem you may run into now on it is that Canada Post has started enforcing the weight limitation more. You used to just pay an overweight surcharge. I think the max weight is now 55 pounds, it used to be about 63. The rifle can have the rear portion removed to make it shorter. The rear portion can also be mailed separately if the weight becomes an issue.
The only problem you may run into now on it is that Canada Post has started enforcing the weight limitation more. You used to just pay an overweight surcharge. I think the max weight is now 55 pounds, it used to be about 63. The rifle can have the rear portion removed to make it shorter. The rear portion can also be mailed separately if the weight becomes an issue.
stencollector
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No problem, always happy to share.
I'll be heading over in about a month or so myself.....see you there maybe.
#1bcshooter
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Wow only $60. from Man to BC ! I am currently waiting on shipping cost for a M2 50 BMG from the East coast to BC , so far I've been told aprox $300.00 !
stencollector
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Not a chance it should be that high. As long as you can keep the parcel below the max weight, parcel post is a bargain. If it is too heavy, have things like the barrel jacket or the top cover removed and mailed separately. For size you are allowed a total of 120 inches. So with a 12" round sono tube (= 24 inches....with and height) you can go to 96 inches long. Thats an 8 foot long tube. You don't need that long for a 50 cal. A bofors barrel is barely that.
If you have the shippers postal code, you can run the dimensions and weight of a max parcel on the Canada Post website and get a better idea. $300 sounds pretty steep to me.
As an aside, a good way to secure the gun in the sonic tube is to wrap the gun with a plastic bag, place it into the tube or box, then spray foam insulation into the tube at each end. It will reduce the chance that the Canada Post monkeys can break the parcel. Be sure and oil the gun first.
#1bcshooter
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Excuse my ignorance but what is a sonic tube ?
stencollector
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That's the round heavy cardboard tubing used for cement forms. They are at home depot in 8 foot lengths in 6, 8 and 12" diameters, as well as + sizes of each so they can slip into each other.
You pay an extra $1 (or is it $3) to mail a round tube. I like them myself. I have sent many oddball guns in them, and never lost one yet. Ask Tootall about receiving his....the kids thought it was a gift for them.
You pay an extra $1 (or is it $3) to mail a round tube. I like them myself. I have sent many oddball guns in them, and never lost one yet. Ask Tootall about receiving his....the kids thought it was a gift for them.
#1bcshooter
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Thanks
Not sonic, sono.
It is a cardboard form for pouring concrete.
This is the very one that Sten is refering to.
And as for the CP monkeys trying to bust up your stuff, they do try!
EDIT, I see Sten beat me to the post. Anyway, the sonotube has a drrawing of a swingset on it, as you might want to bury the legs in concrete. So my kids thought they were getting a swing set!
It is a cardboard form for pouring concrete.
This is the very one that Sten is refering to.
And as for the CP monkeys trying to bust up your stuff, they do try!
EDIT, I see Sten beat me to the post. Anyway, the sonotube has a drrawing of a swingset on it, as you might want to bury the legs in concrete. So my kids thought they were getting a swing set!
#1bcshooter
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Not sonic, sono.
It is a cardboard form for pouring concrete.
This is the very one that Sten is refering to.
And as for the CP monkeys trying to bust up your stuff, they do try!
That would concern me
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
Not sonic, sono.
It is a cardboard form for pouring concrete.
This is the very one that Sten is refering to.
And as for the CP monkeys trying to bust up your stuff, they do try!
That would concern me
If I recall correctly, I used some foam as dunnage in that parcel. It wasn't enough to defeat the monkeys. That is why I recommend the filling of the parcel cavity with spray foam. It actually makes the parcel tougher.
In all honesty, that was the only sono tube parcel that CP ever managed to break. I did have a guy tell me that when he received his M1919, the end cap came off once he got it home. That is why I now fold the cardboard over the end. Makes it 100X stronger.
As I said before, however, I have never lost a parcel when shipped in these tubes. I also recommend multi address labels, and also write the address right onto the parcel with a black felt marker, so even if the monkeys rip off the labels, it will still have an address.
stencollector
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Canada post guidelines say no wooden crates. The monkeys might get a splinter launching it into the truck. I guess you could mind you, you would have wrap it in cardboard afterward. On a heavy or large gun like the PTRD or M2, you would be pushing the weight limit using wood.
