More shipping damage again?

I don't think Fedex damages more shipments than UPS or vice versa. In the past three years, I have received damaged speakers shipped by UPS, Fedex and Bax Global.

Shipping speakers is a crapshoot no matter which service one utilizes.

I suggest keeping shipping distance as short as possible (i.e. no cross county shipping), and shipping only speakers that have the original boxes and packing material.

I have had good success with Team Worldwide.

Are you referring to Fedex Ground?? It is run separately from Fedex Overnight.

It will cost you a little more, but try Fedex 3 Day Select which goes through the overnight division. In my experience the traditional overnight Fedex division handles things with much more care.

Fedex Ground is a trucking company. It is a much different culture than the older overnight division which has large corporate customers to please.

Shoe...while I cannot see what you did and what Fedex did; there is an outside chance that your reinforcement of the subwoofer box may have contributed to the damage.

Those factory shipping cartons are designed to ship the item properly. If you filled in the gaps in the box with more packing, then there was less space in the box to absorb the shock. The shock is then transmitted to the gear through the additional packing.

Put another way.....Large air spaces in the boxes between the packing inserts allow for the outside of the box to be pushed around without touching the gear. Filling in those spaces can cause the blow to then dent the gear by way of the additional packing.

It is a tough call. I like to add to packing myself sometimes.

Multiple boxes alone won't protect speakers. If you want to ship heavy things (speakers, amps, etc.) with confidence, use (at least) a double box and strap it (or them) to a wooden pallet. If it's really big (think $120,000 speakers) you'll need custom crates. Getting things there in one piece isn't that chancy, short of the plane, boat, or truck crashing! You just need to pay enough to do it right

All the original manufacturers packing is solid Styrofoam, not peanuts, soft foam etc, wonder why. The solid stuff is available at Home deport in large sheets. Best to double box and double line the sides, top and bottom of the space between the boxes. As mentioned in other posts, any air space will provide the ability to shift, leading to damage. All carriers are about equal, it is the packer that makes the difference. Want special handling, insure the item for $5,000. That way it goes through a better handling path. The added insurance cost is well worth it on fragile item. But in the end, pick up works best. You know exactly what you are getting.