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Old 02-01-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bekko View Post
Mitch,

Do you know if your supplier is using the AirLiner with regular 200 lb.test boxes or are they the heavy weight 275 lb.test box? Is the outside of the cardboard box printed "AirLiner" or are they buying the cardboard elsewhere? The people I was buying cardboard from locally don't have sizes compatible with AirLiner so I need to figure something else.

Thanks,
-steve
Steve,
I'm not sure. These boxes appear to be fairly new and I have only received 2 or 3 shipments in their boxes. I can't even remember exactly who shipped to me in the Airliner boxes. I know I liked the bouncy cushioning effect and the ease of breakdown, with very little to go into the dumpster/landfill compared to styrofoam boxes. It is my feeling these boxes would be very good for shipping koi so I tracked down the supplier by posting a question on a marine BB.

To make the story short they found out about the post and contacted me. I don't have much need of many of the boxes, but I'm enough of a tree hugger that I would like to see these gain favor over styrofoam of which I am no big fan.

So Kevin Streva (Cold Pack Systems) wants to talk with me about the potential of koi industry. If anyone else is interested in these please let me know and I will ask Kevin to contact you.
Mitch
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I'll ask him which size boxes they make liners to fit and if they can beef up the cardboad they sell. Perhaps if there is enough interest they can design sizes for shipping larger koi more safely. Sure would be good for the show circuit.
M
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