Scrap carbide shipped by truck—how it works:

Day 0:  Phone for a price; written confirmation and terms emailed.

Day 1:  FedEx truck scheduled for pickup at your convenience; bill of lading and other paperwork emailed or faxed to you.

2 & 3:   FedEx picks up and delivers shipment.

Locations west of the Rockies, Canada or Mexico add a day or two. We use FedEx Trade Networks to broker your shipment across the border.

Day 4:  Contents weighed and inspected.

Day 6:  You receive the check in the mail.

Day 7:  Slack day, just in case.

Throughout the process, we update you on status.

Palletizing a barrel raises its center of gravity.

Shipping less than full lowers the center of gravity

Steel strapped in all three dimensions:

        Around     Back and forth     Across

FedEx shipping label attached;

gross, tare and net clearly marked.

Shipment √ list:

Heavy duty pallet, easily sufficient for the load.

Load centered, balanced and secured.

Containers filled below capacity; weight even.

Each container’s lid tightly secured.

square plywood on top

so strapping doesn’t slip off

This box is your pallet from a bird’s eye view.

The gray dot is your pallet’s center of gravity.

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If the center ever goes outside the box, your pallet rolls over.

Low is the way to go

A FedEx shipment is loaded and unloaded several times before it gets to its final destination, It goes through 2 to 4 different terminals along the way, fork-lifted on and off different trailers each time.