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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:28 AM
To: Joe Duszyński
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.