Shipping weight question

I typically send multiple boxes but not for this reason. It's just safer to send out several decoys with every trade, just to keep the feds off our scent.

 

35lbs is about my limit before I feel like a box has reached its max.

 

Whats in the decoy box? Scented lotions and candles? Crabby patties?

 

I see what you're getting at...

We should start trading via helicopter!

 

20 and less per box is my rule.

 

I send 60-65 lb boxes to Denmark quite regularly. It ends up a lot cheaper, and i haven't had any problems with any of my boxes (9 sofar). Generally though, the most i send domestically is a fully loaded styro shipper, around 40-45lbs.

 

For heavier boxes, I do box in a box. Helps distribute the weight a little more. Doing two separate boxes does cost more. The cost is more dependent on the distance shipped than it is the weight. Hence, two boxes is twice as much.

 

40 to 60 lb. Trades?

Wow, this proves the unmitigated fact that among the trading community I am a mere Houston Texan standing on a field of New England Patriots.

I can't imagine the cost of that..... the beer, the freight, the divorce attorney, the actual loss of half my stuff, the damage to my rep as my wife'a attorney uses my BA handle to post endless "What's the value of X?" threads in the trading forum to determine what "exactly" is my wife's "fair share" of the value my cellar.........

I shudder at the thought of all of that....... Yep, I guess I'm stuck in the 20lb and under club!

 

As a trustee for the Bruery RS, I send out 40lb boxes all the time. That is close to the weight of a full 12 bottle shipper, their bottles are heavy.

 

Good God son, what does that end up costing you per box son?

 

I assume you mean the danish boxes. It's about $150 a box. But when you figure I can easily get 40-45 bottles in each box, the tickers are happy. ;-)

 

The heaviest box ive ever shipped was 46 pounds. After I got an online shipping account, the heaviest box I have sent out was 5 pounds. Actually, All of them are 5 pounds.

 

Ah yes, gotta keep them tickers ticking.

 

I don't care how much it is - I fit it into one box. I've shipped a few 120 pound speaker cabinets through UPS/FedEx. 60 pounds of beer is nothing big after that.

 

True, though after ~67.5lbs, it switches from Priority to Express. That's been the main reason i've stopped in the 60's.

 

I don't see where weight matters one bit so long as the box can support it. In fact, you're probably safer with a heavier/sturdier box, as it is much harder for them to throw around. Biggest I ever received was about 65, and that was a monster of a box. Typically I find I'm just more limited by box capacity than weight.

 

Everything I ship is ground/home delivery. I regularly ship 70+ pound boxes (not beer) that require signature and are insured for $1 to 3 thousand and its usually around $50. Most I've paid for beer is about $35. It probably helps that I live more central rather than the East/West coast

 

Weight isn't the biggest factor - the destination is. With UPS, going from a 20 to 30lb box usually increases my rate to IL from about $24 to $28.