[GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to ship! LOL!

[Gerry Block]

Craters & Freighters is good. 

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> On Mar 31, 2022, at 8:11 AM, Jim Cooper <jim.w2jc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "Back in the day" (like the '60s and '70s) when Van W2DLT 
> and I (then W2BVE) were selling surplus Model 19 sets, and 
> I had a small Toyota pickup truck I used to put a pallet in 
> the bed of the pickup (just barely fit!) and then assemble 
> the M-19 table and equipment and strap everything down 
> with the plastic strapping bands ... then take it over to a
> trucking dock (like Roadway) and they were not too happy to 
> have to bring the forklift down from the loading dock to the 
> parking lot level to take the pallet out of the pickup, but 
> they would do it ... AND then they would accept it for 
> C O D  shipping !!    I doubt one could do that today, and the 
> freight would probably be a week's wages.  
> 
> Jim  W2JC 
> 
>> On 31 Mar 2022 at 9:56, Ralph Mowery wrote:
>> 
>> Some freight companies have what is called a LTL (less than a truck
>> load) shipping.    I bought an attachment for a lawn tractor that
>> was shipped that way.  The local freight company depot was about 40
>> miles away from my house and I had to go there to pick it up.  The
>> item was on a pallet and weighed about 100 to 150  pounds.  Forgot
>> about what they charged to ship , but was thinking around 100 to 200
>> dollars.
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>> 
>> Another time I got some electronic equipment shipped on a pallet
>> from UPS or FedEX, don´t recall which.  The two items weight about
>> 70 pounds each so the total pallet weight was around 150 pounds.  
>> There is a company just down the road about ¼ mile and the truck
>> driver called and asked if I could pick it up at the company parking
>> lot as he was in a big truck and it would be difficult for him to
>> get in my driveway and back out again.  I took my pickup and met him
>> at that company.  I don´t recall the shipping for that either.
>> 
>> 
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>> Ralph ku4pt
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>> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq
>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:28 AM
>> To: Joe Duszy´nski
>> Cc: Green Keys
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to
>> ship! LOL!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just wondering ... what does it cost to properly pack up a 33 with
>> stand 
>> 
>> and ship it somewhere? The typical eBay / Craigs list type is going
>> to check
>> 
>> out Fed Ex and UPS. I kinda doubt either one will handle something
>> like
>> 
>> this. I´m guessing you build up a wooden box on a pallet these
>> days, then
>> 
>> get it over to the freight company ....
>> 
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>> 
>> Back in the day, other options existed. I don´t think they do
>> anymore. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bob
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