Unbalanced boxes seem to be the bain of the postal service.
Like they pick it up a bit, its seems OK to lift and just as they get it off the ground, it rolls out of their hands ... or off the deck of the truck, or across the floor of the van.
I have seen many broken items because of this. I'm actually stumped as to how a 4Kg Aluminium casting can bend.... But bend it did... It had a 10Kg Cast iron part attached to it, that part didn't break.
But I can see how it happened, it was in a proper certified cardboard box, they slipped it to the edge of the truck deck, picked up one end of it, the light end, and slipped the other end off the deck, so the heavy end drops first and it falls out of their hands.
Landed full on the Ali castings corner. It was a bench sander, 6 inch wide belt. 20 odd Kgs.
Same with a full width rack unit double CD player, almost nothing inside it except a heavy transformer in one corner.
I'm in bed, courier van pulls up, stops, door opens, sliding door opens, something moves, person runs onto property, slips on wet grass, BOOMPH, "arrrh"
Stumble curse, person at door. I'm there, open it, "Ah neat" scribble on pad, guys in obvious pain, grab box, it flips in my hands heavy corner down, he starts to mumble something, I'm gone, shut door.
The resin CD trays mounting corner was broken. I fixed it myself. The guy was in Pain, real Pain. Clutching at the box probably caused him to slip. That and running.
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