Big thanks to Mal for packing and sending me my new board last week, this is how you pack a board people!

That would cost more than the board to get it delivered to country SA

That's so making some Kiwi forklift operator drool.

Shouldn't need to happen.
Yayyyy for OHS that makes them lift everything with a fork.

gets around the world just fine, hits Australia and same packing is not strong enough hmmmm..

Swift n Shift Couriers

You'll be able to build an extension on your house with all that timber

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hoop said..
You'll be able to build an extension on your house with all that timber

Or replank the Duyfken...

..... and this is what happens if you don't
even tho the sender wrapped it in 2 layers of cardboard, Thanx E-go

To be fair. I'd fully expect the average warehouse worker to totally miss the pallet with the forklift and go straight through the board. That's in addition to putting a 500 kg pallet right in the middle of between the two support struts with the majority of the load rising on that middle piece of wood pushing directly onto the board.

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stehsegler said..
To be fair. I'd fully expect the average warehouse worker to totally miss the pallet with the forklift and go straight through the board. That's in addition to putting a 500 kg pallet right in the middle of between the two support struts with the majority of the load rising on that middle piece of wood pushing directly onto the board.

I had a board delivered with 2 holes through the box and board that perfectly match forklift forks and a sail that had been run over by a forklift.

I also had a perfect pyramid shaped hole in the bottom of a board , a perfect match to a sharp square something. Two layers of cardboard and bubble wrap on the inside .
First insure , take photos of board , then photos of packed board , inspect package before unwrapping. Photo any suss areas of packaging before unwrapping . If u don't do all this they will get out of it . Buggers .
I load boxes onto trucks every day and they are clearly and largely printed , Fragile , do not crush , top load . Some truckies climb all over them and don't give a sh.t . Some seem that they don't compute much . It worries me sometimes knowing they are driving a huge deadly truck at speed .

This is why I think "High Claim Item" " NO FORK" and "VERY FRAGILE" is far more useful than the "fragile" sticker that is on everything. Overuse of the latter combined with DILLIGAF attitude

Claim for the damage and then of course they say it is not packed well enough, you say its same packing as the manufacturer uses, and you had the above 3 warnings on it.
Can't see how they could avoid a claim.....

Do the stickers really mean anything if there is no insurance? When I used to send things with e-go, the 'handle like eggs' thing probably got used too much, but I am sure the other sticker which highlighted that it was insured was far more important to the driver than anything else. If its got to be handled carefully, that's one thing, but if I have to individually sign for it and declare there is no damage, that's another thing.

Does the driver/warehouse dude actually know its insured? Its just a brown box with shipping label....
If there is a way to highlight that its insured I'd love to know

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Mark _australia said..
Does the driver/warehouse dude actually know its insured? Its just a brown box with shipping label....
If there is a way to highlight that its insured I'd love to know

I thought there was a label that you attached to it showing this? Its ages since I used e-go, but when I did I think there were a few labels that they asked you to print out. I think they were 'handle like eggs', and 'ensure clean pod' or something like that. I had thought the last one was related to the insurance?

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Mark _australia said..
DILLIGAF attitude

...ok, so I think I've got the last three letters worked out. Might need help with the first four. Ps i'm not a forklift driver

I worked as a dock hand years ago, each fragile/handle like eggs/top load only/please be careful of my precious item sticker is seen as a challenge to throw it harder into the back of the truck, the ultimate challenge to break it was to put "valuable contents" on it.
Best way is to protect your items is to pack well and have a beer for Huey.

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musorianin said..

Mark _australia said..
DILLIGAF attitude

...ok, so I think I've got the last three letters worked out. Might need help with the first four. Ps i'm not a forklift driver

Do I Look Like I Give A F

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musorianin said..

Mark _australia said..
DILLIGAF attitude

...ok, so I think I've got the last three letters worked out. Might need help with the first four. Ps i'm not a forklift driver

Ahhummm
Google the phrase: it usually comes up in the URBAN dictionary , this case yes

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Von said..
I worked as a dock hand years ago, each fragile/handle like eggs/top load only/please be careful of my precious item sticker is seen as a challenge to throw it harder into the back of the truck, the ultimate challenge to break it was to put "valuable contents" on it.
Best way is to protect your items is to pack well and have a beer for Huey.

I worked for a airline , once we shipped a wedding cake that was 4 feet tall and across. Made it fine.

Because windsurf gear , boards Etc are mostly light weight , we loaded them on top, usually last in and first out.
Mental display above I hope is not reflective.

From my own experience, its frustrating to be successful in a claim when insurance is involved. Packing like the wood structor (photo OP) in the USA puts it onto a freight category , so over the road trucking.