[s-cars] OT Shipping LARGE items

[Tom Green]

I don't want to bust your bubble, but this is not a large item,  
unless you consider
anything the driver can't carry up the elevator and leave at your  
front door is large.
A little bulky, maybe.  :-)

And your bud doesn't NEED to get it to Cincy for the best price, he  
WANTS to get
it for best price.  Nobody buys a cart 2200 miles away without some  
consideration
for getting it home, well, almost nobody.    That said, it's what,  
200 lbs , somebody
has to prep it and then palletize or crate it--I like crate or some  
protection beyond
a flat pallet, so it's probably 250 lbs gross.  Have the prep guy  
deliver to the freight
terminal and pick it up in Cincy at the terminal and the freight part  
will be affordable.
That's the hard part, the rest is easy.  If there is a cart dealer  
nearby (I am guessing
this one is a private owner deal) they may have some information on  
crating and
shipping, perhaps an empty.

I would drop those recommendations  like Penn, New England, or anything
regional so the shipment doesn't have to change carriers somewhere.   
And, you
cant go advertise in Craigslist for someone to pull it out behind  
their pickup,
where it could make a quick right turn to Mexico, etc, because, he  
probably does
need for it to arrive in same condition it was purchased.  That  
pretty much leaves
you with the nationwide LTL carriers.  I would add ABFS and Yellow  
Freight to the
list, and maybe some insurance beyond the carrier's basic liability.

I like www.abfs.com for customer service and tracking.  Some of the  
big names
always have me visioning Jimmy Hoffa taking his cut every week.

I wonder what the fuel surcharge is now?

Tom





> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:53:20 -0400
> From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] OT: Shipping LARGE items
> To: "Raphael Avila" <riff944 at gmail.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> Call some LTL truck freight carriers- they should be able to give  
> you a
> quote. Get it strapped to a pallet and shrink-wrapped, makes it  
> much easier
> to ship.
>
> FedEx Freight
> UPS Freight
> Roadway
> Overnite
> New England Motor Freight
> New Penn
> etc.
> I forget who got taken over by FedEx or UPS- CF was bought by FedEx, I
> think.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Raphael Avila <riff944 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gents-
>>
>> Sorta OT about shipping a large item.  Buddy has just purchased a  
>> Rotax
>> Kart
>> on the west coast and needs to get it to Cincy for the best price  
>> possible.
>> I know a bunch of you have shipped larger items and was just  
>> wondering if
>> you could provide suggestions.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Riff