[pct-l] Fw: Stove Fires
Ken Powers
ken at gottawalk.com
Sun Dec 12 19:11:57 CST 2010
I sent this to Paul. I should have sent it to the mailing list.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Powers
To: Paul Robison
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove Fires
That is true for UPS and FedEx and commercial shippers at USPS, but not true for USPS consumer commodities. The postal regulations had not been changed when I looked a couple months ago. I tried to get a postal employee to check to see if USPS consumer commodities were subject to the new DOT regulations and got nowhere. So I only have their web published regulations to go by. Those regulations have not changed and that is what our postal employees look at when we mail fuels.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Robison
To: Ken Powers
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove Fires
Ken,
this information is out of date.
there are new requirements from 2010 hat put canisters in the hazmat qual. not an ORMD any longer.
for ups this gives them a 38$ minnimum surcharge. not sure about other carriers. also means they can no longer go 'priority' class, though i believe first class is still an option.
~Paul
(i'm a former hazmat auditor for UPS)
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From: Ken Powers <ken at gottawalk.com>
To: robert at engravingpros.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 4:03:23 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stove Fires
Actually Esbit tablets, alcohol, and propane/isobutane canisters have the
same mailing requirements. All must be labeled as "Consumer Commodity -
ORM-D" and must be shipped "Surface Mail Only".
http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert W. Freed" <robert at engravingpros.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:19 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Stove Fires
Pepsi can alcohol stoves are light weight and hot. A strong wind can blow
them around spraying pressurized fuel as it goes. Also, since they
pressurize by heating the entire stove they are not easy to stop with your
hands. Plus there is no way to turn them off. This scenario has led to at
least two forest fires that I have heard of.
I use esbit. A half tab will boil a cup of water in about 7 minutes. They
are easy to blow out and easy to carry. Plus mailing them in your drop box
is easy. (Legal?)
Robert
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