[Hallicrafters] shipping by freight

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:13 PM, TC Dailey <daileyservices at qwest.net> wrote:
> Anybody out there have any experience in shipping by crated-freight?  I have two transmitters WITH their power supplies that need to go to North Carolina from Denver, and with a combined NET weight of 90 pounds, freight is looking better than UPS or anybody else, as we're talking about 4 individual pieces of equipment.

Tom -

I had excellent results using American Freightways a few years back to
move some antique mechanical items that wouldn't go ground. Shipper
strapped them to a pallet, and notified me when they arrived, I went
to the terminal and picked them up. Unfortunately, FedEx gobbled up
the company a couple years back, so YMMV. FedEx is fast becoming the
worst shipper in these parts, hopefully their freight does better.

Also used Yellow Freight to ship a crated Viking KW from VT to CA. It
arrived fine, but that was back in the 1987-88 timeframe. For all I
know, they could be out of business now.

Good luck, maybe you could let us know who you end up using and how it
works out, cost as well as service.

73, Todd  KA1KAQ