Robert,
Just for the record, what you are describing is stretch wrap. Shrink wrap,
like you see on boats is heated and shrunk down, whereas stretch wrap is
stretched during application and tries to return to its original size after.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: <RBHouston@aol.com>
To: <walters@mail.softcom.net>; <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: Top Protection - Need a Lawyer?
> In a message dated 7/31/99 10:01:42 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> walters@mail.softcom.net writes:
>
> > The car carrier won't put a cover on it because it damages the paint.
Is
> > there some way to shrink wrap a car?
>
> Actually there is. Do you have any friends in the shipping business?
> Roadway, Yellow, RPS, UPS, etc? ..or go to a Material Handling supplier
> listed in the yellow pages.
> Shrink wrap, kind of indistrial strength Saran wrap is sold by the roll.
> Shippers use it to shrink wrap cartons onto pallets. If you can be there
> when they load the car, get a buddy to help, put the tanneau on or the top
up
> and wrap that sucker. Start at the bottom of a door, slam the door on it
> maybe, go over the top and pass the roll to the assistant. He (she) can
take
> it down the other side and pass it to you under the car.
>
> The wrap is stretchy, so keep a tension on it, and it will hg the car.
I've
> used it to wrap the evaporative cooler on the roof of my house for the
winter.
>
> When the car arrives, just cut it off with a pocket knife or a box cutter,
> and take it off the truck.
>
> Good luck, and keep in mind you'll have a better chance of holding the
> carrier responsible if you do everything you can on your end to prevent
> damage. Take pictures before it leaves, and if the drivers give you a
hard
> time about wrapping or tarping the car, tell them you want a letter signed
by
> them that the carrier will be responsible for all water damage because you
> weren't allowed to protect your car.
>
> Robert Houston
>
> PS, if you have stated value insurance, give a letter with that stated
value
> to the carrier so you wont be stuck with "book value".
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