Cellar is Bursting - How to Ship Bulk?

[greysmoke]

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Folks... I must have more ounces of tobacco in my cellar than I have days left on earth. It's time to thin it out. I can figure out how to put tins into a box, but some of this stuff is bulk, currently in glass jars, much of it aged 10 to 20 years. You can bet it's pretty dry. So, how would you ship dry, bulk tobaccos? I don't want to leave it in jars and risk glass breakage. But I'm worried if I use Ziploc plastic bags, those lovely ribbons and flakes will be pulverized to powder. What's your method?

 

[hawky454]

Are you moving? Or selling? Anytime I move, I keep all mine in glass jars, use newspaper to stuff in between the jars. Beats opening the contents to bag them, then they’ll be exposed to air and cross contamination of other blends.

 

[craig61a]

If it's sealed in jars, why would it be dry?

As for shipping, place it in a box. Remove as much air from the bags as possible. Place newspaper, bubble wrap, or whatever around the bags to prevent movement. The less free space there is prevents the product from moving around in shipment.

 

[greysmoke]

Are you moving? Or selling? Anytime I move, I keep all mine in glass jars, use newspaper to stuff in between the jars. Beats opening the contents to bag them, then they’ll be exposed to air and cross contamination of other blends.

Thanks for your reply, Hawky. I'm selling and will need to use USPS.

 

[captpat]

Thanks for your reply, Hawky. I'm selling and will need to use USPS.

I'd transfer the jar contents to an appropriate ziploc bag for shipping. IME flakes sometimes suffer a bit from ziploc shipping, and not very much at that. I've never received bulk tobacco that was "pulverized to powder" by shipping.

 

[Elric]

I bubblewrap/tape each jar individually, place a layer of bubblewrap around the inside of the box and fill in with shipping paper. Never had an issue with breakage.

 

[BarrelProof]

I bubblewrap/tape each jar individually, place a layer of bubblewrap around the inside of the box and fill in with shipping paper. Never had an issue with breakage.

And folks buying it may appreciate that it’s in jars without being opened/transferred to bags. Could land you additional coin, too.

 

[mso489]

Assuming you are selling it or giving it as gifts, I'd send it in baggies with the understanding that the recipient will jar it or put it in a mylar bag, etc. Coffee cans of various sizes might work for some of this, to contain baggies or larger quantities of loose tobacco, for re-jarring, or in the case of some of the codger blends, maybe to store as-is. The coffee cans are way lighter for shipping than jars and are semi-air-tight for a while. Sending jars carefully in bubble wrap is an option, but maybe not great for quantity, both in terms of shipping cost and labor involved.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I shipped lots of jars last summer. Wrap thoroughly in bubble wrap. Use bubble wrap or some other packing to protect on all sides. I was probably lucky, didn't have any break.

 

[Scottmi]

fwiw i'd rather receive an aged jar that has remained unopened vs putting it into a ziplock for shipping.

 

[kcghost]

Quite a problem you got there. I guess your committed to using USPS??

 

[jpmcwjr]

I shipped lots of jars last summer. Wrap thoroughly in bubble wrap. Use bubble wrap or some other packing to protect on all sides. I was probably lucky, didn't have any break.

More because you did an excellent job with such!

 

[sablebrush52]

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Folks... I must have more ounces of tobacco in my cellar than I have days left on earth. It's time to thin it out. I can figure out how to put tins into a box, but some of this stuff is bulk, currently in glass jars, much of it aged 10 to 20 years. You can bet it's pretty dry. So, how would you ship dry, bulk tobaccos? I don't want to leave it in jars and risk glass breakage. But I'm worried if I use Ziploc plastic bags, those lovely ribbons and flakes will be pulverized to powder. What's your method?

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Bagging in ziplocs is a bad way to store tobacco for more than a couple of weeks, much less years. I've discontinued using jars and now seal in heavy duty food grade heat sealed Mylar bags.
Since I'll be moving my cellar with me when I move in June, I''m packing the bags in boxes with plenty of packing peanuts around them. Don't give two farts about "interrupting" the aging process. They're already aged for years. I'll be decanting the jars and putting that tobacco into Mylar, lighter, not going to shatter if handled roughly. I use the .7 mil thickness of food grade metallized Mylar which I heat seal. The stuff will keep for decades, which is more than can be said of me.
Tins are wrapped in foam pads, stacked in the box with a liberal thickness of packing peanuts on all sides, bottom, tops and all around.

 

[OSOBUCO]

I’d be happy to receive it in a ziplock. But that’s me. I aint too picky.

 

[Streeper541]

If you're selling it, you can use a vacuum sealer & freezer bags which will be more cost effective than jarring. (For storage & shipping)


If you're gifting, send it in Ziploc bags. Whoever is receiving the gift should know what to do with it. (At least if they're a member of this forum.)

P.S. If you're gifting... I like Burley.
j/k... but seriously.