Pyewackette Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 If things go as planned (and heaven knows they didn't last time we thought we had a plan LOL!) I will eventually end up on/near the east coast, within (for a given value of "within") driving distance of Bailey. Which means I COULD drive to Bailey's to pick up the Thermal-Lite shelves I want for whatever kiln I end up with. Thus saving me a ton of money. Or at least a half-ton, or a face cord, or something. Lots, lets just say. However I assume I could as easily break them in my car as say someone who doesn't know how to pack them for shipping (lookin' @ YOU, @Mark C., and you're experience with trying to get Advancers shipped by the Prof Who Shall Not Be Named). So you guys - what should I plan on packing-wise for getting these home in a couple hour drive safe and sound? Protect the edges with pool noodles and tie them together with pool noodle spacers kind of thing? More serious crate-age required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 @Pyewackette, I think the pre-slit foam pipe insulator ’noodles’ cost less than pool noodles at your local big box hardware store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyewackette Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) @Rae Reich I got my pool noodles for $1.25 at $ Tree or 98c at Valdemart. Valdemart only has them in season, but you can usually find them year round at at least some $ Trees (in xmas colors at xmas). They are fatter/thicker than pipe insulation, though I've used pipe insulation as well. 1/2" pipe insulation is currently 1.78 for a 6' section at my local Home Despot. 3/4" pipe insulation isn't available in a 6' length atm, but a package of 4 in 3' lengths is 4.53, or about 1.13 each (2.26 for 6' worth). Neither are as thick and cushy as a pool noodle. I'm a pool noodle fan. I can fill a 5 gal bucket for watering plants using a pool noodle from my bathroom faucet (right next to my plant room). I used them to stabilize my EMT trellis on 8' T posts (using PVC T's to support the conduit). I stick them on shorter trellises so people don't put an eye out running into an exposed conduit end. I use pool noodles to protect the edges of my bats when I'm schlepping them. I use them to roll up quilts as I'm working on them. Etc etc etc. Plus - PURTY COLORS! Edited November 14, 2023 by Pyewackette Rae Reich and Hulk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) @Pyewackette, pool noodle prices in Nowhere are better than here! Love your bucket-filling noodle! off topic: I use pool noodles to keep my boots standing up in the closet Edited November 14, 2023 by Rae Reich Pyewackette 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyewackette Posted November 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 @Rae Reich What no Valdemarts (Walmart) or $Trees in Orange, CA? Or near? Rae Reich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 I'd put thin foam sheets between them with them tight to each other, and transport them standing up, not laying down, on something soft like a sheet of styrofoam. Tie them or block them to the side of the car/truck so they can't fall over. Hulk, Rae Reich and Pyewackette 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted November 20, 2023 Report Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) Well my 7k worth of Thermo lites showed up a few days ago. I picked them up in my smaller pickup and just uloaded them an d got a thin wash on them to stop plucking on my porcealin. They where boxed very well and since they are the huge size 14x 28 inches I was woriied they may not all make it but all 20 are fine. I got them dry in heated studio and am now ready to slow bisque them soon in the Geil kiln. Trcking was about $585 fro NY to nomans land where I live in extreme costal Cal by the Or. border These weigh 12.5 #s each are a joy to handle. A bit heaver than my #9 12x 24s. Now I have over 70 advancers and thermolites.As well as a few dozen spares which I think I will sell next year. If you pick them up from Bailey leave them in the packing they give you and if its iots less than 8 electric kiln ones you can put them in 3 piles seperated with padding and secure with no issues. If you are moving lots like I do on thier sides is best but as noted a few in piles of 3 can be flate with cardboard between just fine. This box had them all on edge bubble wrapped each and taped in two's as a unit with sheet foam between the piles and cribbed with more 2 inch sheet foam and taped empty boxes inside wood crate which was a bear to open with so many nails.. Edited November 20, 2023 by Mark C. Hulk, Pyewackette and Rae Reich 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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