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Originally Posted by jfman
I shipped a shock from the US to South America and they put that thing on a plane the next day no questions asked.
This is after declaring it was shock. No dangerous goods paperwork was involved.
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In your case, the cargo acceptance agent was sufficiently well educated to know that shock absorbers ("UN 3164, Articles, pressurized, hydraulic") are exempted from the requirement to complete and provide a DG declaration.
Cargo acceptance agents (the folks who work on the air cargo side of things) are required by law to have much more thorough training about DGRs than the passenger agents. Typically, a passenger agent gets about 2 hours of DG training, and a cargo acceptance agent gets a week of DG training.
The likelihood of problems at passenger check-in that I alluded to in my reply above is due to the probability that the passenger check-in agent will not be aware of the Section 8 exemption for UN 3164 and 8 other classifications.
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I have been carrying on CO2 cartridges (for demo purposes) with two large holes drilled into them for years and have had a big hassle every time, requiring supervisor approval, and even they look askance at them, wondering why, etc. I've generally managed to convince them there is NO issue, NO risk etc, but last flight, no way would the supervisor accept them, saying "CO2 cylinders are banned". Despite the fact that he could see right through them, so clearly no risk, he said no way!
Since "sense" or "intelligence" is not a factor, personally I can't imagine getting a shock through carry on.
I'd sure hate to try, and lose.
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carry on? why?
Hi all,
sorry I dont get it. Why would you want to carry a shock absorber in your cabin bag? I would not even try that. And I have tried a lot of things and got them through.
Just last week I gave the rear shock absorber of my Africa Twin to a German friend and he put it in his check in luggage to take to Germany, no problem. But maybe thats not allowed as well, I dont know. I will put it in my suitcase coming back in a few months.
Anyway, with all the stupid laws they create every day, who knows whats allowed or not?
All the best
mika
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