How NOT to ship a bow

[TxAg]

I have to admit, I shipped one like that several years ago. It was before I knew better. Nothing happened, but I won't do it again that way. I like thick cardboard tubes...they are much sturdier.

[Danny Rowan]

I have shipped in heavy PCV tubes and had 6" broke off the end of one hanging by a piece of tape, bow was fine but I will never know how USPS broke that tube.

[David Mitchell]

Danny, UPS (not USPS) did the same with a bow I shipped to a fellow TradGanger in a heavy pvc pipe.  Left it at the recipient's door with about 6" of the end missing and the bow sticking out.

Any time you ship a bow you have that risk of damage I believe no matter how you pack it. Some methods just seem to be more vulnerable than others.

[Craig]

Remember when you ship with USPS and it has to go by air. The postal srvice doesn't own any planes. They use FedEx and commercial Airlines to fly there packages. Who knows what happens when the airline workers are moving them on and off the planes.  We know what happens to some of our suit cases.

[Craig]

When a letter carrier gets a damaged package he or she is supposed to get that package stamped recieved damaged with there local post office name stamped with it.

[r-man]

lucky, lucky,lucky,  I always insure for twice the value on most items.

[skunkhound]

I'm guilty of shipping like that once. The bow didn't poke through, and it was fine, but the buyer sent me a friendly email expressing his concerns. I pack them better now.

[agtex42]

I've shipped plenty in triangle boxes before, but like Mudd mentioned I'm almost always fabricating the box to fit the bow. Double wrap with cellophane or bubble wrap, reinforce the tips with cardboard protection and craft a tightly fitting box to prevent internal jostling around has always worked well for me.

[Bear Heart]

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[Bear Heart]

[Bear Heart]

That is how you receive a bow from Andy McCoy at Bezaleel Bowworks

[elkbreath]

For you one or two piece long bow guys, if you go to LOWES or some similar place, they will have carpet tubes, that they roll their carpet up on.  We get them for free.  They are perfect, very durable, perhaps more so than PVC.  

This is a bow that will be headed out in the morning, completely wrapped in bubble wrap and tucked in tightly in this tube.  

 

[gringol]

Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
I have shipped in heavy PCV tubes and had 6" broke off the end of one hanging by a piece of tape, bow was fine but I will never know how USPS broke that tube.

Pvc can be pretty brittle, especially if its old or been in the sun.  I would avoid shipping in pvc, because a small fall onto a hard surface can break the tube pretty easily.  I had this happen years ago and all i got was an empty tube on the doorstep.  Luckily ups located the bow and it was fine.

[3arrows]

I had a TD bow mailed to me not taken apart.It was in a triangle box.Cost twice a much to ship?

[Cmane07]

3arrows you didn't get that bow from Mississippi did you? My buddy did the exact same thing with a Widow psa he sold! ha He was like man I can't believe how much shipping was and I asked did he break it down and he just hung his head and said nope... Here's your sign ha

[GrayRhino]

Another vote for takedown bows for ease of shipping and transport.........as long as they ARE disassembled!  

[Shifting Shadow]

One bowyer told me he ships all his new bows in two triangle boxes!! I can't believe it.

[dnovo]

Every bowyer I've bought a new bow from has shipped it in either a triangular cardboard box or a rectanguler one. None have shipped in a tube. I have never had one damaged yet. And if my wife knew how many that has been, I could be in trouble.

[longrifle346]

I shipped a longbow in a thick cardboard tube last week....it(the tube) arrived broken in half. Luckily the bow was undamaged.
I shipped a supply of 54 caliber lead roundballs, enclosed in heavy plastic boxes, 50 each, in heavy cardboard packaging and wrapped in multiple layers of duct tape. Inside one of the plastic boxes was a set of very hard-to-find brass scope mounts. I know they're very hard to find because they broke the cardboard outer box, lost ONE of the plastic boxes that was inside, and of course it was the one containing the very hard-to-find brass scope mounts....

[TxAg]

Originally posted by dnovo:
Every bowyer I've bought a new bow from has shipped it in either a triangular cardboard box or a rectanguler one. None have shipped in a tube. I have never had one damaged yet. And if my wife knew how many that has been, I could be in trouble.

Surprising. My bowyer ships everything in a tube. Super tough.