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Re: Securing boxes for storage



On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Janet Wendt wrote:

> On several occasions we have had Campus Freight move a quantity of
> boxes for the Archives here at Oregon State University, and they
> come with a commercial type roll of what looks like ordinary saran
> wrap (I'm sure that it is not, but to me that is what it looks
> like).  The just proceed to wrap around the pallet full of boxes
> until it is secured, and then haul them away.  They don't "blow
> dry" anything, and we have never had a problem with lids falling
> off or documents blowing away.

I think the original inquiry was concerned primarily with ensuring the
integrity of boxes only while in transit, so this might work very well
if they intend to unwrap the pallets at the destination.  The plastic
strapping works better for us because we are usually moving single
boxes back and forth, or just a few boxes at a time (in response to
reference requests), rather than pallet-loads.  And we leave the
strapping on the boxes so they stay sealed on the shelves at the
warehouse.  If you're not concerned with keeping boxes sealed at a
warehouse facility, wrapping with plastic and then unwrapping would
probably work best.

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