How to ship shafts

[Reaper 0]

What is the best way to ship hockey shafts in terms of packing them?

Is there a good way to ship more than one at a time?

Thanks in advance.

[jimmy 194]

If you have a box, that'd be good enough. I wouldn't go overboard with packing materials. I can them from my suppliers either loose in a box, or wraped in shrink wrap in a bundle. Never have damage, even with UPS hard handling.

[Accord 0]

I've found that poster tubes are the best, the only problem is finding a poster tube that's long enough, sometimes you can overlap two postertubes and then just reinforce it with packing tape, works like a charm.

Also, many people just take regular boxes and cut them up and make their own custom boxes that they ship sticks and shafts in.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Buzz_LightBeer send me a stick wrapped in a garbage bag, and taped with clear packing tape...pretty solid job. The packing slip was taped right at the blade.

Not courier, good ole Postal System too.

Box (or tube) would probably be a good idea, especially if your delivery guys are overly rough with stuff...but like I said, mine was flawless when i got it.

[mack 44]

Box + bubble wrap has worked for anything I've shipped.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

What is the best way to ship hockey shafts in terms of packing them?

Is there a good way to ship more than one at a time?

Thanks in advance.

You can save on shipping if you use a wood chipper first.....

;)

However, I have found that the tube works well as well (UPS used to have those triangular "tubes" - can cut/splice two of those together with some duct tape and then you have yourself something).

OR.... I wonder if you could get one of those ski-boxes that the airlines use (to package skiis when flying)?

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Buzz_LightBeer send me a stick wrapped in a garbage bag, and taped with clear packing tape...pretty solid job. The packing slip was taped right at the blade.

Not courier, good ole Postal System too.

Box (or tube) would probably be a good idea, especially if your delivery guys are overly rough with stuff...but like I said, mine was flawless when i got it.

This reminds me - back in the day when I used to order my Busch sticks straight from the Montreal factory, they used to ship the sticks wrapped all in bubble wrap and clear packaging tape. It was a bit of a trick trying to get all that bubble wrap/tape off, but I never had a single problem with any of them and I probably ordered a half dozen or so over the years in that fashion.

[hehatemefrisbee 0]

go to your LHS, and ask if they have any spare boxes from stick manufacturers first.

If not, dont worry, just wrap it in bubble wrap, and put it in a garbage bag. Works for me.

[Keith 0]

they used to ship the sticks wrapped all in bubble wrap and clear packaging tape. It was a bit of a trick trying to get all that bubble wrap/tape off, but I never had a single problem with any of them and I probably ordered a half dozen or so over the years in that fashion.

That's how I have always done it.

[bulletproof_funk 0]

Roll it in part of a cardboard box. Or pad the ends with newspaper so the corners aren't accidentally chipped during shipping, then just wrap it up with a garbage bag.

[the iceman 132]

Your courier station (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.) might have boxes that are long enough for a shaft to fit.

[mickz 107]

They have triangular tubes available for free at Ikea.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

The PO can supply you with tubes. Get two of them and tape in the middle :)

[mickz 107]

The PO can supply you with tubes. Get two of them and tape in the middle :)

Free?

[Nigel 0]

For shafts and sticks I've wrapped them in bubble wrap then covered it with brown paper wrap.

[Chadd 916]

For shafts and sticks I've wrapped them in bubble wrap then covered it with brown paper wrap.

I've used a coke case turned inside out and wrapped around bubble wrap.

[Eazy_b97 1]

Green Plastic Garbage bag

[mickz 107]

Green Plastic Garbage bag

... and hockey tape = ) boy did I have fun trying to rip off the garbage bag. The sticks arrived exactly like the pictures shown.

[EBondo 237]

Oh yeah on that topic, what the heck did you use to wrap the L-2 kovalchuk71??? Man that thing took me seriously like a half hour to take off!!!!

[mik3 1]

I lucked out, I just got my innovatives from the hockey shop, when I sell the shaft I have on ebay I'm not going to have to tear up coke cases.

[mickz 107]

I've never bought any sticks from an online store before. What materials do they use?

[mik3 1]

I've never bought any sticks from an online store before. What materials do they use?

when I bought 3 synergys from one place I got them in a huge tube then another mini-tube cut to cover the blades and a TON of packing tape to fill the gap.