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Best packing material for shipping a heavy tube amp
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:50 pm
by DamienC
I've been trying to sell my Vox AC15CC1 for months now, and desperately trying to avoid having to list it on eBay. Nobody's biting locally through CL, so I think I'm going to cave and list it on eBay this week.
Can anyone recommend packing material/methods for a 50lb. tube combo amp? I'm a bit nervous about just buying a huge box and filling it with packing peanuts, there has to be a better method.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:03 pm
by Gabriel
Inner box and out outer box, each packed with foam peanuts, so effectively the amp is packed inside with two layers of barrier? Wouldn't be cheap to post though.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:08 pm
by benecol
Yep, this ^. Not much heavier, either.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:14 pm
by Mages
I did this with a marshall combo amp once. I made the box fit the amp with a snug 1 - 2 inch layer of packing peanuts all around it. it worked well; the guy was happy with the amp.
most amplifiers are designed to take a limited amount of knocking about so it doesn't really take a whole lot of extra protection. mostly you just want it to be snug in the box.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:17 pm
by Will
Take the tubes out and either wrap them in paper or fit them in a smaller box tucked inside the amp.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:53 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
it's a bitch, but when i shipped a cambridge twin i had years ago (not as heavy as chubes, but still a beast), i built a frame inside a cardboard box out of an old pallet (corners, and bracing pieces on the sides and bottom/top). i also made a box and jammed the amp into it snug like, then i packed peanuts between those two boxes.
the guy who got it said he kept it all in tact in case he needed to ship it again.
