shipping one-piece bows advice?

[Tim Finley]

Again, never use a round tube of any kind pvc or cardboard they roll on the conveyors and get crushed, also the triangular boxes dont work that well either . Kenny Ms got the right set up next best is a sturdy cardboard box that lays flat and can be stacked .

[KOOK68]

Last longbow I shipped, I used a rectangular downspout. I bought a pool noodle and put it over the tips. Like the pipe insulation above, but the noodle is bigger, and holds the bow tighter in the tube

[Scott Barr]

Wow.  I knew I would get some great ideas, and I did.  Thanks.  I cut and pasted several ideas I really liked and saved so that next time this will not be such a chore.  For sure I would never have thought about the pipe packages being in greater danger of being crushed than ones that do not role and lie flat.

Appreciate all the advice.

Scott

[Bjorn]

Rob our moderator did a great write up on boxing bows. It is most likely in the classifieds.

[Chuck Jones]

I've shipped over 3000 longbows in plain square boxes, and never had one broken. I wrap the bow in butcher paper, and pad the ends and middle with newsprint paper.

I've shipped about 100 bows in pvc tubes and had 2 of them broken, because the tube obviously slipped off the conveyor belt.

Even if you use a plastic tube; be sure and tape a square or triangular box over it.