I got mine shipped FedEx ground and both in the same box. Jim was trying out a new type of packing material and asked me to send him pictures. My box survived the trip, but just barely. There packing material inside the box was very beat up and one of the bars had a couple of scratches and one nick in the powdercoating.

He may have decided that shipping them in the same box just doesn't work. I'm glad to know that he takes an interest in this stuff and keeps trying to improve.