SHIPPING ONE PIECE R/D BOWS

Sologuy · December 05, 2021, 06:38:08 AM

Id like to hear how do you guys package up your bows for shipping ??

I hade a longbow btw, with a good amount of reflex / deflex

Roy from Pa · December 05, 2021, 07:13:57 AM

Best way is in a 3 or 4 inch plastic pipe, but that depends on how much recurve the bow has.

But the shipping employees hate round tubes because the tubes roll off the conveyor belts, so I put the pipe inside a rectangular shipping box also.

I've had bows damaged and even broken when shipping in cardboard boxes.

Make sure to get insurance on the package.

Crooked Stic · December 05, 2021, 07:55:08 PM

For what shipping cost now days go light as possible and short to.
The last LB I shipped had a lot of reflex. Had to make a box from plywood side strips and 1/4 on each side.

Appalachian Hillbilly · December 06, 2021, 07:08:19 AM

Pad the tips very well. I had a custom one piece I had ordered arrive with the tip overlay broken off. It had taken a bounce on the end of the tube and bow must have slid down inside. It was pretty well packed but still popped off.

Longcruise · December 06, 2021, 01:24:28 PM

I read about someone using plastic gutter downspouts for ASLs. Might try it out.

Flem · December 06, 2021, 06:02:45 PM

What he said^

This stuff works good and is fairly light;
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Advanced-Drainage-Systems-4-in-x-10-ft-Triplewall-Pipe-Solid-4550010/100135310?ITC=AUC-93137-23-12070

Sologuy · December 07, 2021, 07:22:54 AM

Quote from: Roy from Pa on December 05, 2021, 07:13:57 AM
Best way is in a 3 or 4 inch plastic pipe, but that depends on how much recurve the bow has.

Make sure to get insurance on the package.

My bow has too much reflex to go in a tube......

Roy from Pa · December 07, 2021, 07:55:33 AM

Build a box out of thin plywood or take your chances with cardboard then.

Flem · December 07, 2021, 05:13:52 PM

Take and wrap the bow with cling wrap, make a three sided box with cardboard and plastic sheetrock corners taped together. Put bow in box, center it and fill with cheap spray foam.

Longcruise · December 07, 2021, 08:01:57 PM

Quote from: Flem on December 07, 2021, 05:13:52 PM
Take and wrap the bow with cling wrap, make a three sided box with cardboard and plastic sheetrock corners taped together. Put bow in box, center it and fill with cheap spray foam.

Some good ideas there.

I was talking about the rectangular gutter to ground downspouts.

Jeff Freeman · December 09, 2021, 06:54:47 PM

I've used PVC down spouts many times with my Longbows. I've only had one that had cracked in the middle. The bow was fine. I cut a foamish rubber for the ends caps. Part of fits inside with a 3/8 cap. This way the reinforced tape doesn't cut it self on the PVC edge. JF