I rarely sell just 1 qt when shipping. I use a USPS medium flat rate box most often, which ships 3 qts or 2 half gal or only 1 qt if the customer chooses, and I charge the customer $15 S&H. Aside from sales out of the sugarhouse, my next biggest annual sales are shipped. When someone orders 1-2-3-4 gal I ship it in half gal jugs, because the shipping is better. I used to ship cases of 4 gal by FedEx but after 2 cases got damaged in transit, I changed to USPS. I have had 2 USPS claims over the years, destroyed in transit, but the % is lower for lost product.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.