integerspin
Senior Retro Guru
I use bike boxes for any packing I do. I gave up asking if it was OK to take them[from Halfords] years ago, I just drive round the back and pick boxes out of the skip. If the skip is open and the boxes are wet, I bang on the door and ask for a dry box.
I have always cut the boxes down to suite whatever I am sending, I will be arranging for a bike to be sent to me in the next few days, I have sent hundreds of things in old boxes, I have never measured a box.
DHL and the other suspects didn't seem to care about dimensions or weight, I sent a 55kg transformer as 25kg, the driver did comment it was heavy as he struggled to get it in the van. I had some leaf springs sent to me and the clever fellow sending them wrapped them so I got an 8foot long parcel! Both went with DHL without any problems.
I have always cut the boxes down to suite whatever I am sending, I will be arranging for a bike to be sent to me in the next few days, I have sent hundreds of things in old boxes, I have never measured a box.
DHL and the other suspects didn't seem to care about dimensions or weight, I sent a 55kg transformer as 25kg, the driver did comment it was heavy as he struggled to get it in the van. I had some leaf springs sent to me and the clever fellow sending them wrapped them so I got an 8foot long parcel! Both went with DHL without any problems.
