[Shop-talk] Shipping antique wooden propellers

[eric at megageek.com]

The whole deal would be how you package them.  Just so happens, I have 
large long pelican cases that they would fit into.

I would be more than happy to donate any cases that would fit the props to 
you if you paid for shipping.  Once in a case (with the foam around it) I 
can't image that there is much that can happen.

Once of the cases should fit the 10' (I'll have to measure it for sure.) 
and I have another one that will do an 8'.  If you have shorter ones, I 
have more smaller cases.

Just let me know.

Moose.



From:   Jim Stone <1789alpine at gmail.com>
To:     Shop Talk <shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net>
Date:   04/09/2022 19:08
Subject:        [Shop-talk] Shipping antique wooden propellers
Sent by:        "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net>



My great grandfather was one of the country’s first manufacturer’s of 
wooden airplane propellers and his personal collection of 7 props was sold 
to a collector in Savannah, GA when he died.  I, and other members of my 
family, have worked for many years to have them returned to the family and 
we finally succeeded last week.  We had a family lottery to find them new 
homes and 3 of them now need to go to the west coast, 3 to the Chicago 
area and the last to Kentucky.  (It isn’t relevant to the question that 
follows, but it is nice to add that 6 of the 7 are going to younger 
members of the family that are buying their first prop.  Those of my 
generation have been searching them out and snapping them up for years, 
and most of us already own one or two*.)

Now comes the hard part: getting them to their new owners.  The props are 
80 to 110 years old and most of them are around 8’ long; one is 10’.  The 
good thing about wooden props is that they don’t weigh much, but they will 
need to be handled carefully.  We are planning on shipping them in two 
bundles of three props (the one to KY will be handled separately) and need 
to find a shipper who can pack them up in GA and get them to the west 
coast and Chicago.  This is a long shot, but does anyone here have any 
contacts or direct knowledge of a shipper that might be appropriate for 
the job?

Thanks,
Jim

*Shop content: My props hang on the inside wall adjacent to my shop.  :)
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