As you know, I ship transmissions...100 to 140 Lbs...Boxed in heavy
cardboard and bubble wrapped to keep weight down and still protect...
Went to UPS (my regular center) and put the box with the syncro tranny and
some oil in it on the scale...Said overweight... I expected 145 lbs or
so...well under the 150 max..
Crap I says outloud... The mgr came over & said...sorry...make it weigh
less..I opened it up and took out a 12" square piece of cardboard and the
scale said 147 lbs...Hmmmmm
How can a 8 oz piece of cardboard weigh 4 lbs...go figure.
On the other hand they have put a package thru on 3 day for me and charged
normal ground in an emergency...Got figure
Fed Ex is cheaper to Canada by far for the recipients...
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
aatransaxle.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "No Name Available" <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Shipping a Vanagon tow hitch - a saga

>I smile, wink and walk out.
>
> Life is good when you can work the system.
>
> Ohhhh, Lordyyyyy, YES !
> My, Jr. High Arithmetic teacher should have Never told me :
> "For every Rule There IS an Exception" !!!!
> :o)
> JC...
>