[pct-l] A question about sending resupply boxes

[Timothy Nye]

My own experience has been mass mailing boxes months in advance worked fine; however, I did put "hold for PCT hiker" them, but without a date because I was unsure of possible schedule disruptions. This always worked out fine.  Believe me, they know what's coming since its not their first rodeo.

Also, I don't think you can use priority mail with ORM-D labeling for isobutane canisters. The ORM-D mandates surface transportation, while priority mail guarantees next day, or day after that, delivery which are mutually exclusive, certainly when shipping from Atlanta.  I had to go to the main post office here in Sacramento and even then it was a 90 minute call to H.Q. in D.C. before they would even accept them with the regular packaging and the ORM-D label. 

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On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:02 PM, julie windsor <windsor.jj at gmail.com> wrote:

> And adding to Carrot's question, since I'm starting to freak about getting
> the mail drops organized for our ground crew...  Does anyone have any
> experience with mailing iso-butane canisters across the country.  USPS and
> UPS are both saying just 4-5 days with priority mail, but that sounds
> optimistic.  Thoughts?  We're in Atlanta.  Thanks.
> 
> --TurtleHawk
> 
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Carrot Quinn <krotten at gmail.com> wrote:
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