shipping seats

[1975porsche]

need to ship two 911 seats in california from two hours north of lancaster ,to lancaster for me to pickup on arrival from Canada. Any ideas would help thanks.

[NY65912]

Take apart, wrap (cardboard/shrink wrap) and ship Greyhound??

[Unobtanium-inc]

Go to a U-Haul store and grab a Grand Wardrobe box. You can get them all in there usually. - Matt

[jm13004]

I just shipped BMW seats. After trying unsuccessfully to find the right size cardboard boxes, I went to the UPS store. The kid there packed both seats into the right size boxes, filled them with Styrofoam peanuts, and taped them up for Greyhound shipment. All for $40....done.

[charwood77]

I shipped 2 early 911 seats via greyhound in 1 wardrobe box from home depot. the seats fit like tetris pieces.

[boyt911sc]

Recently shipped two (2) Carrera seats from Philadelphia to Monterey, CA using a heavy duty U-haul wardrobe box. Box arrived on time.

Tony

[KTL]

Originally Posted by charwood77

the seats fit like tetris pieces.

That's the key right there. You "mirror" the seats so they fit together to form a rectangle so to speak. One seat sits upright like it normally sits in the car, the other seat is flipped bottom side up to mesh the seats together. Pack them tightly so they don't move around. YOu'd be surprised how good seats can be at trying to punch their way out of a box!

I pity the fool (not meant rudely, it's a phrase from Mr. T of the A Team TV show that us "old" 1980's generation people use) who receives jm13004's seats. Packing peanuts are Satan's joke on mankind for packing material. The stuff doesn't do diddly squat for protecting the package contents. All it does is make the recipient go bonkers insane angry when he's got to collect all those static electrified peanuts and get rid of them!

[al lkosmal]

I've shipped a couple of seat pairs and received a pair via Greyhound. Packed as described (tetris style) with good results.

al

styrofoam peanuts make me want to bite people, but that's just me....I could be wrong.

[KTL]

Originally Posted by al lkosmal

styrofoam peanuts make me want to bite people, but that's just me....I could be wrong.

I'm right there with you Al. They're the worst. All they're good for is filler material to keep things semi supported in the box. No protective benefit whatsoever and oh the static annoyingness!

I once had someone send me a muffler and he didn't cover the pipe ends. So I had a muffler filled with peanuts! I wonder how many blew out when the guy I sold it to started up the car for the first time.....