shipping rods
Ronix
Posted 1/3/2012 8:45 AM (#531197)
Subject: shipping rods




Posts: 983


where do you guys get tubing to ship rods in? ive called just about every place near me that might have anything and I cant find anything. where the hell do you find these things?
MuskieSwede
Posted 1/3/2012 8:56 AM (#531199 - in reply to #531197)
Subject: Re: shipping rods




Posts: 245


Hardware stores sometimes have thick cardboard tubes.
Also sewing shops (my om sews, not me :P) have their fabric rolled up on cardboard tubes.
PIKEMASTER
Posted 1/3/2012 9:02 AM (#531201 - in reply to #531197)
Subject: Re: shipping rods





Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160		Never use CARDBOARD Tubes, go to Menards or Home Depot Plumbing Dept. and get a sec of hard PVC Tube and use that.
Chasin50
Posted 1/3/2012 9:07 AM (#531203 - in reply to #531197)
Subject: RE: shipping rods




Posts: 380


Location: Michigan		Thin wall PVC from Home Depot and Lowes.
bowhunter29
Posted 1/3/2012 9:50 AM (#531214 - in reply to #531197)
Subject: Re: shipping rods





Posts: 908


Location: South-Central PA		Schedule 40 PVC pipe with the appropriate end caps. The guys in shipping departments love to play javelin with long tubes. Pack it tight so the tip doesn't snap off when they throw it!

jeremy
Jason
Posted 1/3/2012 10:32 AM (#531222 - in reply to #531197)
Subject: RE: shipping rods


Call any tackle shops near you, sometimes they have the tubes their rods came in laying around.. I've sold a few rods on the buy/sell board here, and never had to pay for a tube.. One of the shops near me always had an extra few laying there..

Cardboard is fine if its thick enough.. Most rods come to the retailers in cardboard tubes to begin with..
MuskieSwede
Posted 1/3/2012 10:35 AM (#531223 - in reply to #531222)
Subject: RE: shipping rods




Posts: 245


Jason - 1/3/2012 4:32 PM
Cardboard is fine if its thick enough.. Most rods come to the retailers in cardboard tubes to begin with..


Exactly, the stuff that the fabric is rolled up on is REALLY strong
kodiak
Posted 1/3/2012 10:49 AM (#531228 - in reply to #531223)
Subject: Re: shipping rods





Posts: 1224


Location: Okoboji		i use vynil gutter.
luckymusky
Posted 1/4/2012 10:49 PM (#531445 - in reply to #531228)
Subject: Re: shipping rods




Posts: 626


Location: ashtabula ohio		i go to carpet stores and get the thick cardboard tubes..plenty strong enough. all sizes of the tubes are also great for shipping lures..just cut to fit..