[pct-l] A question about sending resupply boxes

[Ken Powers]

Timothy is correct - you cannot mail fuel priority mail. The official 
labeling for shipping boxes  containing isobutane canisters is
"Surface Mail Only
Consumer Commodity ORM-D".

Our experience is that from the East Coast it can take a couple of weeks to 
get to the post offices along the PCT.  I would suggest buying a few 
canisters for the first couple of drops in San Diego. Maybe even ship a 
small box with a canister ahead to an early food drop. You should have 
sufficient lead time for others to be shipped from Atlanta.

See my webpage for more info. http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm
The US Postal Service web pages have moved, but the regs have not changed.
Take a printout of the webpage with you to the PO. That seems to convince 
the postal clerks.

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Timothy Nye" <timpnye at gmail.com>
To: "julie windsor" <windsor.jj at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] A question about sending resupply boxes


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.

Sent from my iPad

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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