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Muskyman:
Just started thinking about how I might ship my bow trade bow without it getting damaged.
So that’s my question for anyone who has done this before. Do you package it or just let UPS do the packaging. I have looked at shipping tubes but seems like they want to sell you 5 or 10 of them and I don’t need that many.
Thanks Mike

stuckinthemud:
Go to your local plumbers merchant and explain what you’re doing-lots of their pipes are shipped to them in really heavy duty card tubes. 

Muskyman:
Funny how things work out. I went to pickup a check from a contractor I did some work for and he was asking about my bow making and I told him about my need for a shipping tube and he said, I think I’ve got one in the warehouse. And he did. It’s a little bigger than I really need but it should work out fine. It’s probably a 6 inch tube and 3 or 4 would’ve worked but hay it’ll work fine. So problem solved. Good idea though stuckinthemud.

Hamish:
For future reference. I have used PVC pipes, with end caps fitted. Always mark the container with plenty of "Fragile" stickers, as I have heard plenty of stories about people driving trucks or forklifts over them.

Selfbowman:
I use 1/4” plywood and rip fence pickets in half. Build a 2-1/4 x 6 inch x the length of the bow. Never had one broke since doing this. USPO about fifteen dollars plus shipping. The next four you just buy pickets.

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