Package Materials Used to Ship Bow & Arrows
- Bows and arrows must be shipped in a specific way.Men bow shooting. Amateur competition in the sanatorium image by Igor Zhorov from Fotolia.com
Bows and arrows are meant for high-impact archery and hunting but are also rather fragile pieces of equipment, especially when being shipped long distances. As a bow and it's arrows can be easily crushed and broken by something larger during shipment, they must be packaged in a specific way. - As arrows are made out of graphite or aluminum, which can be easily crushed or crimped, they must be properly cushioned in their shipping container. This can be done in a number of ways. Cork should be put on the tips of the arrows so that they can't be dented, damaged or poke through the packaging midshipment. Arrow bodies should be wrapped in bubble wrap and taped up so that they are protected and cannot move around while being shipped.
- The bow, which can be made out of everything from plastic to metal to wood, should be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap so that if a significant amount of weight is put on it, the bow will be properly cushioned. It should also be wrapped in paper after the bubble wrap is applied so that the string on the bow isn't as exposed within the shipping container. Taping the wrapped-up arrows to the wrapped bow itself is a important, also, so that parts aren't moving around midshipment, causing self-inflicted damage.
- With a heavy-duty, double-walled cardboard box that is rectangular yet long enough to fit your bow and arrows, there is a much smaller chance of the box being crushed during shipping transit. This double-walled cardboard is incredibly stiff and is difficult to bend or break, even when considerable weight is put upon it. Double-walled cardboard boxes are slightly more expensive then single-walled cardboard boxes, but finding a rectangular box that is the right size may prove more difficult. Find one that simply fits the length of the bow first and then cushion the bow and arrows with foam peanuts.