How do you guys ship bows ??

[Cody Roiter]

Hello Guys, I been trying to find boxes to ship bows in and didn't know where you come across them... Or what other ways you guy send bows.. Or what the best way to send Target bows is since they are longer and have more meat on them.......... ???

Any Help would be great,

Cody

[Mike Shaw]

Cody: I find a new house being built and get all the vinyl siding boxes they have. I cut them to fit the bow and never had a problem. wrap the bow in bubble wrap and extra pad the tips .     Mike

[Rick Enos]

Cody,If you have a UPS store around your town you can purchase a ski box.Made for sending out skis.There not cheap.Best thing to do is find a long box at a appliance store or sporting goods store & manufactor one.

[portugeejn]

Cody,
I don't have a lot of advice to where to find them, since I have kept and recycled packages that have been used to send bows to me (if they were well packaged).  

With the exception of one bow that had a custom built wooden box (it was the best bow packing job I've ever seen!), they have been in thick cardboard boxes or tubes (such as the center of carpet rolls or long thick cardboard boxes that contained construction items such as flooring).  

They were larger than the actual bow (say a 6" tube or  or 5"x7" box to hold a 2" diameter longbow, with bubble wrap or newspapers taped around the ends and around the grip area, holding the bow firmly in the center of the box/tube.  I think this is so there was a good "crush" area that could be damaged without ever actually hitting the bow.  Often the other empty space would be filled with newspaper but not always.

I do think the thing (IMHO) that made the BIGGEST difference was the majority of what I have received and everything I have shipped came or was shipped USPS Priority.  The longer the package is in the hands of the shipper, the more likely it is to be damaged (in my experience with shipping and/or receiving 9 bows, and a few years of shipping/receiving experience in my career).

Anyway, there you go for what it is worth!

Ron

[Blackhawk]

Cody, check the USPS website.  They have all shapes and sizes of boxes, and all you have to do is order on line...and they are FREE.  I have used the triangular boxes from USPS and taped two together.  

Some folks poopoo using them, but I have never had a problem sending or receiving them.

Longbows work better in them and the recurves can be a tight fit.

[Horney Toad]

You can go to an auto custom shop and get boxes for bug shields.

[Bjorn]

The long triangular boxes from USPS and FedEx are free. Put two of them together and it is long enough fro bows up to 64" and a bit more. The FedEx box is a bit bigger. You can order them on line for free.

[Cody Roiter]

So all I do is send my address on the order form and I don't pay for a thing ?....  Very cool I need to look that up.........

Thanks guys,

Cody

[BobT]

Originally posted by Blackhawk:
Cody, check the USPS website.  They have all shapes and sizes of boxes, and all you have to do is order on line...and they are FREE.  I have used the triangular boxes from USPS and taped two together.  

Some folks poopoo using them, but I have never had a problem sending or receiving them.

Cody,

Fwiw the only two bows I have ever had damaged in shipment were two that arrived in those free USPS boxes! The best way I have found is either a PVC tube or heavy cardboard shipping tubes/carpet tubes. Some of the carpet tubes are not very thick though.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

For protecting the tips and keeping them from poking through, I cut the neck off of a couple pop bottles and stick them over the tips and tape them in place.

[Zmonster]

I just found a great source for long boxes that fit beefier recurves better. Go to your local furniture store and ask for the bed frame boxes. Most are heavy duty and open from the side like a trunk.

Kind regards