ScottM
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This last oil change I did, the first since I did the top overhaul, I decided to start doing the oil analysis. I got my sample cups from Aircraft Spruce and read the instructions and successfully got it all together without getting oil all over the hanger floor, the airplane or me.
I filled out the requirment paperwork and went off to the Post Office to mail it to the P.O. Box in AZ that was pre-printed on the sample cup/shipping container. This is where I started to have problems. The USPO claims it is cannot ship these oil samples as they are hazardous material. I asked them to show me in the regs where it says that an oil sample meets this criteria and they could not but did try. It seems to me that if the company that does these samples is using a PO Box they must expect US Mail as UPS does not deliver to PO Boxes.
So what is going on? Do. you guys ship your samples in the mail and if so how do you convince the USPO it is allowed?
I convinced the post office this time it was ok as the oil sample was mineral oil which is common to baby oil and used by people as a laxative. How could such a benign product be hazardous? Can you believe they bough that argument?
I filled out the requirment paperwork and went off to the Post Office to mail it to the P.O. Box in AZ that was pre-printed on the sample cup/shipping container. This is where I started to have problems. The USPO claims it is cannot ship these oil samples as they are hazardous material. I asked them to show me in the regs where it says that an oil sample meets this criteria and they could not but did try. It seems to me that if the company that does these samples is using a PO Box they must expect US Mail as UPS does not deliver to PO Boxes.
So what is going on? Do. you guys ship your samples in the mail and if so how do you convince the USPO it is allowed?
I convinced the post office this time it was ok as the oil sample was mineral oil which is common to baby oil and used by people as a laxative. How could such a benign product be hazardous? Can you believe they bough that argument?