Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
The good thing about these tables is the transformer shipping bolts have a storage location under the platter with instructions to reinstall them when the tt is shipped again. All three of the ones I have seen have the bolts in the storage location.
If they have been shipping tts successfully they know the basics, platter under the table, feet screwed all the way in (the threaded part will break off the foot), the counterweight removed and the cartridge protected with the tonearm tied down. There is more but that is where one must start to even hope for a successful shipment.
It is not the shipping companies that are destroying vintage gear it is the ineffective packing being done by folks that don't know how to pack the units.
I rely on my 70s-80s audio store package openings to help me make packing materials work when I ship gear. It takes me a couple hours to cobble together a boxed ready to ship unit with the stuff I have on hand. Has worked so far. I'd be ok with then shipping that table especially with the bay and PP standing behind you.
If they have been shipping tts successfully they know the basics, platter under the table, feet screwed all the way in (the threaded part will break off the foot), the counterweight removed and the cartridge protected with the tonearm tied down. There is more but that is where one must start to even hope for a successful shipment.
It is not the shipping companies that are destroying vintage gear it is the ineffective packing being done by folks that don't know how to pack the units.
I rely on my 70s-80s audio store package openings to help me make packing materials work when I ship gear. It takes me a couple hours to cobble together a boxed ready to ship unit with the stuff I have on hand. Has worked so far. I'd be ok with then shipping that table especially with the bay and PP standing behind you.