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I need to have a visible pump shipped to me from about three hours away. How do you ship it so that the glass tank on top does not get damaged?

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Are you going for it or are you having it shipped by a stranger?

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Stranger, but a friend can meet the shipper for me?

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Obviously I don't know your circumstances, but for me I would go get it myself and I would consider the 6 hour round trip well worth my time and the peace of mind knowing that I got the pump home in the same shape I bought it. Good Luck

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Move it yourself for cylinder safety. Wrap it up for protection and take some help. Straps, blankets and two old tires to keep it from rolling. Dont rely on someone else unless you really trust them.

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Try North American Van Lines if you don't want to get it yourself.

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Yes, you need to pick it up or have a competent friend do so. Shipping it with a ship company when its three hours away wouldn't even be an option in my mind.


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Yes- If I didnt have a trailer, Id go to u-haul and get either a trailer or box truck with a gate or long enough ramp. Take a good two wheeler or dollies with good sized wheels. Also, I'd make a couple 2x4x about5foot long boards with screw eyes near each end, laid perpendicular to the pump in advance. set a tire (without the rim) on each board-used to strap the pump from rolling. Wrap the pump with a decent smaller ratchet strap. Thats if there are no tie downs on the vehicle your using. If the truck is tall enough or the trailer has high rails you can move it standing up. As long as your pump doesnt have serious rust issues and you cushion the cylinder properly and support the pump and you should have no problem. Ive actually moved a couple with a small 8'trailer that had a tall ramp/gate. I used tall skid steer tires (to raise the pump above the railings) with the pump extending out above the tongue.

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I have two visible pumps and have moved both of them using the old tire methods described above with no problems. The pumps were 3 to 4 hours away but it was well worth getting them myself because I felt I would respect the integrity of the cylinders better than any third party would. Do not lift or move the pump by the cylinder!

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As stated above....do it yourself. I have traveled all the way to Kansas from Baltimore to pick up a visible because I do not trust a freight company to move a glass cylinder unless I have crated and packed it. Just me talking. Paul www.severngaspumps.com

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Another good idea is to take cardboard large enough to wrap around the glass cylinder area a couple times for protection from flying rocks off tires of trucks or semi's going down the road. Rather safe than sorry! wink Ed.

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I was on a road trip and had no intentions of buying a visible...however ran across a good deal on a clear vision. It was late in the evening. Tie strapped it upright in the back of my pick up truck drove home 625 miles.


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