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RE: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site
From: "Richard Golodner" <rgolodner () infratection com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:02:50 -0500
Joe asked today: " Do I even need to spend time wondering about shock-tolerant cabinets, or should I instead be concentrating on finding the right company to wrap the cabinets for shipping, and to do the shipping itself?" Joe, after having done a lot of this I found it was very expensive to find shock proof cabinets and a good air freight shipper. Any shipper of electronic goods will understand the requirements needed to protect their (your) cargo. It is costly for them to have damages occur in shipping which is why a good company will go the extra mile. Cushioned pallet wraps, additional padding and so forth come with the service you purchase. For my company, the bottom line was that it seemed redundant to pay for insurance, which is a must and have the racks built into shockproof cabinets. The cabinets were not needed at the data centers, so we called it overkill and have never had any problems with the company we used. Your stuff is departing from LAX I would imagine. If you need a recommendation or just some names so you can look for yourself, please feel free to contact me off list. I hope this helps everyone a bit. Sincerely, Richard Golodner
Current thread:
- shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Joe Abley (Apr 06)
- RE: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Richard Golodner (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Peter Beckman (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Bill Woodcock (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Lamar Owen (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Justin M. Streiner (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Patrick W. Gilmore (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Leo Bicknell (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Darren Bolding (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Owen DeLong (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Matthew Kaufman (Apr 06)
- Re: shipping pre-built cabinets vs. build-on-site Robert E. Seastrom (Apr 07)
(Thread continues...)