[pct-l] fuel canister by USPS?

[Frank Dumville]

AnnA

Here's a link to the Power's web page that has a good detailed description of how to ship fuel. Read it.
http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm.

Basically you can only ship USPS surface mail only. NO priority mail.

Some suggestions which may or may not be covered in the link above.

You may have to be pretty assertive at the Post Office. It's always easier for them to say no. These regulations have nothing to do with 9/11 restrictions so the person you talked to didn't really know the regulations. 

Read and print out the relevant pages of the USPS Pub 52 which governs the shipment of hazardous materials. See the gottawalk site for the link. Bring them to the Post Office so you can show them their own document that says it's ok to ship fuel. Know the regulations before you go. Don't ask if it's ok just tell them what you want to do. Ask to talk to the supervisor or the hazardous materials expert if there is any question. Be humble, patient and polite. 

Try to go during non-peak business hours.

Make professional looking mailing labels on a printer with the proper marking. Print "Surface Mail Only" in red. 

I sometimes bring a sample canister as an example to show them what is inside.

Ship your fuel separately from your other resupply items. Surface mail can take a long time to get to the small post offices along the trail and you don't want to lose everything if it doesn't get there.

I have had to go through several layers of employee's but have always been able to ship my fuel.

Snap