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Old Jul 23rd 2003, 6:59 am
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Jus twondering if anyone is...or has...shipped a pushbike? My wife and i both have bikes we want to take.

We are'nt getting a container, just shipping teachests, so i am wondering what to pack them in?

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Whether you use a container or just send loose boxes the same packing requirements are required. The people who quoted for ushave advised that yu clean the bike (steam clean if possible.) wash over with Jeyes fluid or similar (so the immigration can smell it. Take off the pedals and tie them to the handlebars. Every company supplies a special box for a bicyle and 'bobs your uncle'
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Sorry Pete, can't answer you, but can you tell me the rough dimensions of a teachest?? I haven't seen one since I was about 5yrs old and of course they seemed really big at the time!

Oh, and where can you get them?

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The teachest.....just looked it up....its 43x41x60cm

The company thats arranging our shipping got them for us for £2.50 each.

Yafm....thanks for the tip
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Sorry Pete, can't answer you, but can you tell me the rough dimensions of a teachest?? I haven't seen one since I was about 5yrs old and of course they seemed really big at the time!

Oh, and where can you get them?

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Got four in the garden waiting to go to the dump a small dishwasher size
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Sorry just looked out of the window Colin took them to the dump this morning
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Sorry just looked out of the window Colin took them to the dump this morning
Nevermind, I must say though - your chest sounds a lot larger than Pete's!

£2.50 ea seems Ok though, I'll look into it nearer the time. Can't decide whether to go for a container or just boxes like you.

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I have to admit.....the boxes ive got sitting up in the loft seem bigger than the dimensions i posted.....
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I have to admit.....the boxes ive got sitting up in the loft seem bigger than the dimensions i posted.....
41cm looks fairly small, but then again I was expecting around a fiver for the larger crates.

They are the old plywood ones I take it?
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Hi did'nt take them to the dump put them in the garage but the Oz customs may not like them they are WOOD and they get very funny about WOOD fumigation ect may be ok but I would check first.You could try your local scrap man old aluminium food containers are about the same size and are also waterproof with handles and quite cheap. Colin
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41cm looks fairly small, but then again I was expecting around a fiver for the larger crates.

They are the old plywood ones I take it?
No they are cardboard.....gonna go measure them later lol! I wanna know now!!
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No they are cardboard.....gonna go measure them later lol! I wanna know now!!
Oh, I was thinking of the old wooden ones, probably what Colin's got. Talking of boxes, we got some a while back which are 50x50x40 from a recycling firm for a quid each!
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Oh, I was thinking of the old wooden ones, probably what Colin's got. Talking of boxes, we got some a while back which are 50x50x40 from a recycling firm for a quid each!
If anyone's interested a company in the village near to me is selling ex military air freight boxes they make excellent tool boxes. They are polished aluminium, handle at each end and have 2 padlockable catches dimentions are L 530mm x W 730mm x H 470 mm they're £30 quid each and he's loads of slightly smaller ones for £25 each
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If anyone's interested a company in the village near to me is selling ex military air freight boxes they make excellent tool boxes. They are polished aluminium, handle at each end and have 2 padlockable catches dimentions are L 530mm x W 730mm x H 470 mm they're £30 quid each and he's loads of slightly smaller ones for £25 each
Good looking boxes....even had the wife interested!!

Shame we can't think of anything we would want to put in em tho!!

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Good looking boxes....even had the wife interested!!

Shame we can't think of anything we would want to put in em tho!!

Cheers

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I bought 3 Pete, 2 for all my work tools and 1 for stuff we want to keep from the house looks like I'll be back for some more as Deb's keeps on finding stuff we can't do without.:scared: :scared:
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