Update on FEDEX and my dented 32" barrel..

[William Davis]

Claims and liability aside.

Few shipping companies own the long distance conveyance. It’s contracted out to trucks or rail-truck piggyback & less often airplanes. Trailers are 9 feet high inside and packages are stacked without regard to packing or continents. Your package could be on the bottom or top.

Only defense is good packaging, and the best is not always good enough.

William

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by William Davis

Claims and liability aside.

Few shipping companies own the long distance conveyance. It’s contracted out to trucks or rail-truck piggyback & less often airplanes. Trailers are 9 feet high inside and packages are stacked without regard to packing or continents. Your package could be on the bottom or top.

Only defense is good packaging, and the best is not always good enough.

William

but, i think the point here was that the outside packaging was not damaged, but the barrels were