Cab shipping question

emblymouse · #1 02-11-2011, 06:10 PM

Hi, did a search but haven't found this particular question answered before.
Is there increased danger of speaker damage if I ship a cab on it's back as opposed to vertical or on it's side? These are neo drivers so there won't be a weight strain from a heavy magnet.
Thanks in advance.

GrowlerBox · #2 02-11-2011, 06:17 PM

Here you go:
Fact or fiction? Transporting a cab lying down is bad for the speaker cones??
However, I am curious as to how you think you'll have any control over which way up it is once the shipping firm has their grubby little mitts on it? A "This Way Up" sticker? Good luck with that!

greenboy · #3 02-11-2011, 06:18 PM

What do you suppose UPS or Fed Ex do? Who thinks up this stuff we see every few weeks? Is God bored again?

emblymouse · #4 02-11-2011, 06:57 PM

Ok, that's it. I'm shipping it in a freakin' sphere and let the universe sort it out.

mntngrown · #5 02-11-2011, 07:11 PM

Had our UPS driver tell me it must be packaged to withstand dropping from the loading dock.
A TB'er shipped me a new old stock bass in a molded plastic case new o/s and it arrived with an impact dent in the case sufficient to cause a hole in it. Also got a Em 3015lf with a cracked frame.
It is luck only.
If you see my stuff offered for sale shipped it's cause I could not sell it local. If you do a search you will find TB members who worked in shipping and will explain intentional abuse by unhappy workers. Good Luck.

will33 · #6 02-11-2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by emblymouse

Hi, did a search but haven't found this particular question answered before.
Is there increased danger of speaker damage if I ship a cab on it's back as opposed to vertical or on it's side? These are neo drivers so there won't be a weight strain from a heavy magnet.
Thanks in advance.

Watch the first scene of the first "Ace Ventura" movie to understand how to pack your cab. That thing is going to get tumble/flipped/stuffed sideways into whatever space it takes to pack the load, etc. Pack it to take a drop from all directions, there is no top or bottom, it's a cube.

Yeah, the movie is overdone for humor's sake but not by that much.