Life raft by courier?

[lumphammer]

I've been asked if I would send a life raft I'm selling by courier.
1) Any issues re weight (about 36kg) or the compressed air cylinder?
2) how should I pack it, just stick a label on the outside or wrap in cardboard?

 

[harvey38]

Talk to the courier and ask for their advice.

 

[jwilson]

I had a new 2.9M inflatable supposedly delivered to me by DHL courier. When it did not turn up tracking showed it had been 10 days in a local-ish depot. Went there and found it sat in a corner with "too heavy" scrawled on it.

 

[pandos]

I've been asked if I would send a life raft I'm selling by courier.
1) Any issues re weight (about 36kg) or the compressed air cylinder?
2) how should I pack it, just stick a label on the outside or wrap in cardboard?

Look at fisherman's thread on carrriers??

 

[MikeCC]

Don't forget about the pyrotechnics too.

Most carriers terms for ad hoc customers exclude any hazardous goods.

 

[Helidan]

I've been asked if I would send a life raft I'm selling by courier.
1) Any issues re weight (about 36kg) or the compressed air cylinder?
2) how should I pack it, just stick a label on the outside or wrap in cardboard?

A liferaft is class 9 hazardous goods (due to the cylinder, pyros, lithium batteries etc.). By law you are supposed to notify the carrier of this fact, the package would need correct labelling and a trem-card might also need to be completed.