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Just Duke
08-07-2013, 09:56 PM
So I'm building crates for shipping presses for the guys that have them coming to them.
I ended up doing this 5 years ago on some preowned Dillons.
Anyway hats off to the guys that have shipped me lino in a crate............in a flat rate box.
Just Duke
08-09-2013, 04:28 AM
There, that's better.



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Walt
08-09-2013, 06:40 AM
Very nice Duke.
Just Duke
08-09-2013, 06:45 AM
Very nice Duke.

Thanks Walt. I used the mounting hardware that was used for mounting to the bench. They are bolted into the crates. The handles are in slots on the uprights. There also double boxed.
They are assembled with crate staples and glue. They should just slip out the back once unbolted.
DO NOT USE A KNIFE ON THE TOP OF THE BOX
I'm just glad I'm reducing my moving load.
Walt
08-09-2013, 03:42 PM
Sounds good.
DukeInFlorida
08-09-2013, 09:27 PM
Nice!
Throckmorton
08-09-2013, 09:35 PM
I went online once to the post office site,and they show way more sizes for their flat rate boxes than my local PO carries.Takes a while to get them,but they will deliver them to your house just like mail.
might help for 'next time
.
Just Duke
08-09-2013, 11:17 PM
I went online once to the post office site,and they show way more sizes for their flat rate boxes than my local PO carries.Takes a while to get them,but they will deliver them to your house just like mail.
might help for 'next time
.


I don't think these would have fit in flat rate boxes. ;)
27judge
08-10-2013, 07:38 AM
Hey Duke I bought one of these. Many tks for taking the time and effort to ship them in these crates ,Im sure a cardboard box would not have held up to well looking forward to receiving mine KEN
Bo1
08-10-2013, 08:17 AM
Great job Duke.
Always nice when the product shows up in the same condition it was shipped in..
Bo
Just Duke
08-10-2013, 08:48 AM
Thanks guys but there just some simple crates.
BrassMagnet
08-10-2013, 10:12 AM
You are working way to hard. I volunteer to show up with a pickup truck and haul away some of that excess brass you will have trouble moving. Destination: my place!
Just Duke
08-10-2013, 10:26 AM
You are working way to hard. I volunteer to show up with a pickup truck and haul away some of that excess brass you will have trouble moving. Destination: my place!

We have been moved! I love moving. :bigsmyl2:
Just Duke
08-10-2013, 10:58 AM
Speaking of moving here are few more crates. SO-CRATES (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?209510-Crates-for-Hunting-Gear&p=2340864#post2340864)
41 mag fan
08-10-2013, 11:17 AM
Looks like the crates worth keeping after getting the press out of it!!
WILCO
08-10-2013, 12:45 PM
Nice!

Ditto for me!
quasi
08-12-2013, 01:19 AM
Dukes the only gunut that I am aware of that buys and sells reloading presses in Herds!:drinks:
Just Duke
08-12-2013, 06:58 AM
Dukes the only gunut that I am aware of that buys and sells reloading presses in Herds!:drinks:

Naw not me. They were wifeys for 45 Colt, 44-40 and 44 Magnum. We still have some single stage presses but switching over to 1050's.
quasi
08-12-2013, 01:13 PM
1050's, well you can't get better than that. I am jealous.
Just Duke
08-12-2013, 02:10 PM
1050's, well you can't get better than that. I am jealous.

1050's have always been state of the art.
Just Duke
08-12-2013, 02:11 PM
Wifey just got back from the PO. There all shipped.
Just Duke
08-16-2013, 06:50 PM
Shipped. Mainly because they were taking up our very little floor space we have. lol
longusmc
08-17-2013, 12:51 AM
Very nice, wish I could have purchased one of those just wasn't the right time for another press.
27judge
08-20-2013, 06:21 PM
Hey duke I rec my press today. This is supposed to be a used press but it looks brand new . Over the years I have rec many things thru the post office this has to be the best packed I ever received .Took 8 days to get here but the wait was well worth it many tks for your time in boxing them up KEN
Just Duke
08-23-2013, 05:05 PM
I'm $40.00 upside down on shipping these. Oh well. I'll be more careful next time but thanks guys.
Walt
08-23-2013, 07:17 PM
Got my T7 today. The package it came in was really done up right. A nicely assembled (stapled and glued) crate wrapped in a heavy well marked box. The PO did good too, no punctures, not even a wrinkled corner! Oh yeah.......did I say the press looked great too......well it did.
autodidact
08-27-2013, 08:43 AM
My T-7 arrived yesterday in perfect condition. Duke is the PhD of packing. Thanks for the extra effort.

JB