[Milsurplus] Shipping from US to UK

[wf2u at ws19ops.com]

John,

I always used BAX Global to ship radios (mostly surplus) from Europe,  
and the UK and once from Australia. They have depots next to major  
airports. Prices used to be much more reasonable than now, before all  
the fuel and security surcharges. I used them last time less than 2  
years ago to ship a  Cold-War era (former Czechoslovakian) military  
radio setup - the equivalent of our AN/GRC-19 from Germany.  They used  
to do shipping to and from individual persons, but now they need a  
business name for the shipper and recepient (even if it's a private  
address). I have a little at-home computer business, so I use that as  
a reference. The same with the recipient in the UK - you'll need to  
ship to a "business" of any kind. You save money if you drop it off at  
the depot yourself, but thy'd pick up and transport to the depot for  
rates less than UPS of FedEx. At the destination it can be picked up  
at their warehouse, after the customs paperwork and release, again, it  
saves transportation. I don't know how customs release works in the  
UK, but here I just take the paperwork to US Customs, and pick it up  
with the release stamp when it's done, then i take it back to BAX to  
pick up the shipment. This saves "brokerage" fees which are ridiculous  
for the same few minutes' work I can do myself...
You can look up where the nearest BAX Global office is on both ends,  
on their website.

Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

  Quoting "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>:

> I need to ship a piece of WW II gear from the US to the UK. The unit is in
> its original packing crate, probably 18"x18"x24" weighing 75 pounds more
> or less.
>
> Does anybody experienced have any reccomendations as to carriers to use, etc?
>
> The unit COULD be taken out and put in a cardboard box w/ FIP padding, but
> I'd prefer to ship it intact.
>
> TIA,
> -John
>
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