Shipping a one piece recurve

[picapica]

I have received a couple of recurves in two USPS triangular Priority Mail tubes.  One was split open, slid around the other and adjusted to length; the ends of the bow were wrapped in bubble wrap; the whole assembly was well taped up.
Mark

[curlis]

Again, thank you all.

[Jim Wright]

If heavy tubes for shipping rugs and even heavier and stronger PVC pipe tubes are as vulnerable as some have suggested, think about just how vulnerable your bow is to damage inside a cardboard box held together with tape.

[Jon in North Idaho]

farnortharchery.com
these cases are awesome for shipping

[imbowhunt10]

How to Resources is an excellent way.

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Originally posted by Jim Wright:
If heavy tubes for shipping rugs and even heavier and stronger PVC pipe tubes are as vulnerable as some have suggested, think about just how vulnerable your bow is to damage inside a cardboard box held together with tape.

The reason the tubes are bad is because they roll off the conveyor belts, and roll off loading docks,roll around inside the trucks... etc... etc...

Those tubes are fine if you tape a cardboard corner on them so they wont roll around...

[Bud B.]

Lowe's or similar store. Ask for a refrigerator box and see if they'll let you cut one side to take with you. It's heavy duty STRONG cardboard. And long too  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I usually peruse the local Automotive Body repair shops.

They Usually have boxes that either work or are close with a little modification.  Typically its heavy duty cardboard.

If all I have is a big sheet, I usually make a Triangular box by scoring the cardboard then bend it along the score line.  Pad the bow well, wrap it in bubble wrap and tape the crap out of the box.

So far so good.  I have also used Jack's How to above, works well.

[Bowwild]

Every 1-piece recurve I've had shipped too me from the bowyer came in a simple rectangle box (4-5 of them). None damaged yet. A Rose Oak Ultra Delight SE scared me a bit a few weeks ago. The end of the box was bent. I opened it in the post office in front of the staff to make sure it was ok. It was.

Personally, I've cobbled together rectangle boxes, mostly from rifle boxes. I have never had a 1-piece with a profile narrow enough to fit in PVC or Carpet tube that wasn't so large it cost a fortune to ship.

Definitely lots of packing material; bubble wrap the bow, double/triple the ends, and make sure the bow, with it's packing buffer, doesn't have any "wiggle" room.

[Keefer]

If you know an electriction you can get them to save you their baseboard heat box's also cause they are the perfect size for most recurved bows even static tip...The box's I get electric heat in I save once in a while just in case I have a bow I want to trade or sell and the cardboard is somewhat extra thick but I put carpet padding on the ends and bubble wrap the heck out of all the bows I have shipped...I go overboard but I want the person receiving to be very happy with the bow..One other thing I have done was take a few pictures of the bow in the box with any serial numbers and also a few pics of the condition of the completed job I did with the words "FRAGILE" written on all sides as proof that I took extra care of the boxing of the bow...

After shipping my Jack HJoward recurves many  times - I finally invested in a aluminum bow case by -I think it was montana case--  I forget the cost-- very sturdy--  will also hold arrows and some other stuff--  
Today one must factor in the cost of extra baggage-- weight--   be ready to keep the case with the outfitter. If you are flying out -- in a bush plane, there will be no room--  
The other option --  ship the bow in advance--
bring a back up TD bow-- send the outfitter some arrows-- I would not send by mail--   UPS or Fed X -- I Just shipped a hat to Canada--  took  over a month-- the hat was tracked-- it went all over the place--
Good hunting   Rob   www.classicsportsman.com