Hi,

I have to post a rear windscreen for a Mini to Qld. Any ideas how I should pack it to avoid breakage? So far I've had no luck finding anthing suitable, unless I make a special box out of cheap plywood?

Cheers,
Brett.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Wouldn't posting a rear screen to QLD be more expensive than buying one locally?

I suppose not if it's a Rover rear screen with a heating element.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Get an old windscreen box from a Crash Repairers & cut it down to size

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1974 1150cc Leyland Mini S racer,
1975 No motor Leyland Mini "ute"
1991 IPRA Honda Integra (in the build)
1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi

CAMS Scrutineer

Go to a windscreen shop (o'briens?) and see it they have an old box to throw away.

Important to support the curve (obviously) but needs to be shipped upright. Can't lie it flat.

Cheers.

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2009 Mini Cooper JCW - Roger
1967 Mini Deluxe Mk1 - Ruby

I would make a ply box for it, as you suggested, then wrap it well in big-bubble bubblewrap. Depending on the thickness ply you use, I'd consider bracing it externally too.

I was being overly paranoid, but I carried MadZombie Matt's Marcos screen from Melbourne a couple of years ago, it was nestled on the rear seat wrapped in two doonah's, and I was worried about it

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

I am a courier for toll and we see a lot of weird and wonderful things including windscreens. Your best bet would be a ply box with plenty if protection inside inc bubble wrap and even some foam if you have any laying around. The more the better.
We have had them arrive in boxes, or just cardboard taped to it and even just in a plastic film with a bit of foam on it. If you go with a box your box gets put in a big truck with loads of other boxes inc heavy ones. If you go with a ply box/crate it goes with the "unsorts" (basically anything that's not a box) so in saying all of that if it were me I'd go with a ply crate lol. Good luck

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Carpe Diem
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1967 Deluxe (Bluey)

Hit it with a hammer and stick it in an express post satchel. It will be cheaper.

On another forum a bloke was having trouble sending rare and expensive car panels to Queensland, the couriers kept demolishing them. My brother told the bloke to get an old wardrobe and pack the panels into it and then get a furniture removalist to pick it up.

The best one would be to go to an appliance place and see if they had a box 110cm high with the 90deg foam corners , the ones they use for ovens etc , the screen should go in diagonally ( standing up ) and you just pour in those foam balls or similar to pack the rest , tape it and send it

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The edge of the screen should be protected the most,
a screen can be broken with just a light bump to the edge,
so pack in a box bigger than the screen, place inside a plastic bag and put space filler in the box around the edges

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