[vcf-midatlantic] Help shipping ASR-33 from Allentown

[Dave]

It's coming to Dallas TX.

I will gauge the seller's level of knowledge, but his in his last 
message, a month ago, he said:
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>       "I'll be going to my facility this week. I wanna,see how I can
>       break it down to make it more flat than tall. Thanks for your
>       patience!"
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So I suspect he is not familiar with the teletype innards.

Many thanks,

Dave


Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic wrote on 5/12/22 3:12 PM:
> Dave,
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> Where's it off to? I have business in the northeast that will take me through the area.
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> Thanks,
> Jonathan
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at 16:07, Dave via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Back in February, I bought an ASR-33 teletype on Ebay. The seller is
>> stalling on the shipping. Initially, I think there were some family
>> issues, and now I suspect he's just having trouble figuring out how to
>> get the ASR prepared for freight.
>>
>> I contacted him a month a go and he said he was going to see "how I can
>> break it down to make if more flat than tall". I suspect (and hope)
>> that he is an honest (if not super diligent) seller that has no idea how
>> to ship this.
>>
>> Is there anyone on this list who might be able to give me a hand in
>> getting this going? I imagine that some folks here may have been
>> through something like this in the past.
>>
>> I could use any help at all, including guidance on the best way to ship
>> the teletype, any suggestions for (as minimal as possible) disassembly
>> and getting it on a pallet, etc. If there is someone in the Allentown
>> area who might be able to help me get this shipped, I would be most
>> grateful.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Dave