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

Thu Mar 31 19:48:59 EDT 2022

+1 for uShip. A few years ago I shipped a Model 19 with table and a Model 15 on a single pallet through an independent shipper from Madison, WI to near SLC, UT for around $400, including the $100 fee to pick the pallet up with a forklift (I could have saved that $100 if they could have picked up the pallet from a warehouse dock). Saved $100 on delivery as a local business was willing to have the pallet delivered at their loading dock. 

When it comes to shipping these kinds of bigger machines, the seller does have to be willing to palletize it. I suppose some independent drop shippers may be willing to palletize for a fee. When I did uShip, the seller was kind enough to palletize for the cost of the straps and shribkwrap he used; not all are willing to put in that effort.

I've never tried it, but I wonder if Greyhound shipping would be a good method in general. You're limited to 100 pounds and 29x47x82, so that rules out a lot of equipment, but it's not a bad price and should work for your average table-less Model 15 and similarly sized machines. That might even work for a 26 attached to the table... might even work for a 33 with stand for that matter if you can put it on its side. Anyway, their quote tool tells me it would take $150 from New York to me for a hundred pound item, if shipped station to station (i.e. someone would have to drop it off at the source station and pick it up from the destination station). Not bad comparatively. Looks like they'll pick up the item from the source for a fee, too.

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On Thu, Mar 31, 2022, at 2:35 PM, Todd Goodman wrote:
> I've used Craters and Freighters, Pack and Send (or something similar) and uShip.
> 
> The first two for large rack mount DEC minicomputers as well as other paleted stuff and uShip for an electric forklift.
> 
> I don't remember exact prices but probably up to around $1000 depending on the "crate" requirements
> 
> For uShip you're basically asking for independent shippers to bid on your shipping job.
> 
> It worked well, but I shipped in the winter in the northeast (from the midwest) and I should have specified covered or inside shipping.
> 
> The forklift arrived white from all the road salt and I then spent time replacing switches that were all corroded.
> 
> Live and learn
> 
> Todd
> 
> On 3/31/2022 2:44 PM, Mike wrote:
>> I sold a 3,000lb-ish turret lathe to a guy once and he used "uShip" to get it from Tucson to Texas.
>> 
>> Uship is private individuals with trucks, flat beds, all kinds of conveyances actually, who bid on your transportation needs.
>> 
>> I dont know what the buyer paid, but I can tell you that the whole loading, strapping down and overall experience on my end was very cordial and professional.
>> 
>> Just my .02...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Jim Cooper <jim.w2jc at gmail.com>
>> Date: 3/31/22 8:11 AM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: Ralph Mowery <rmowery42 at charter.net>, 'Green Keys' <GREENKEYS at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to ship! LOL!
>> 
>> "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.
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > 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.
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Ralph ku4pt
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > 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 ....
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > Back in the day, other options existed. I don´t think they do
>> > anymore. 
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > Bob
>> > 
>> >  
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> 
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