Originally Posted by
scott967
On my overseas moves they packed everything into crates that are about 4' wide and designed to slide right into a standard 20 or 24 foot shipping container. So I think I had maybe 4 or 6 of these wood crates filled. I pulled the wheels and pulled the pedals/handlebar and wrapped all the tubes in bubble-wrap, then let them figure out where to stick it in the crate (it wasn't in a bike box at all). No problems. Of course this sounds like a PCS move so if there is a problem you have to go through the US Gov claims process which is less than "fun".
scott s.
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All of the HHG that will fit into cardboard boxes is packed in cardboard, or stuffed in drawers of the furniture. All of it is then placed in the wooden shipping crates, later to be stuffed at the warehouse or port into 20' or larger shipping containers. Did the same thing for two PCS moves to/from Germany. My last move involved 13 of the wooden crates. No bike boxes involved, no damage to any bikes. Also shipped two bikes by "hold baggage" which went by military air rather than sea and was not boxed at all; also no damage
Moving tip:
If you have a lot of possessions and/or family, make sure to pay attention to what gets packed into what boxes, especially nuts, screws and fasteners for anything that is disassembled for the move or you will be searching forever for the table legs forever.
Mark every box as to which room it came out of and don't let the movers mix up the contents from different rooms in the same cardboard box.