What is the best way to ship life-size items??
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Jedirick
Sr Member
Just thought iof a couple more things.
When you call for a quote, they will catagorize the item which helps determine the freight weight. We ran into some difference of opinion on the Han Carb and I was quoted one rate and then they tried to charge me another.
Also rates can vary as to type of destination. Some carriers will not pick up at residential or will charge a premium for pickup and delivery to residential. Probably best rate would be for you to take it to their terminal and have the recipient pick up at a terminal or have it delivered to a business address. In some cases the driver is only permitted to move item to the tailend of the truck and cannot unload it. Check to make sure you don't run foul of things like that.
Obviously ask about delivery time guarantees and insurance and carrier liability.
Also look out for multiple carrier charges where the originating carrier company may not service the particular delivery city and uses a second carrier to do so and you get stuck with extra charges. if no one is at the delivery address you can be subject to redelivery charges and even storage fees.
When you call for a quote, they will catagorize the item which helps determine the freight weight. We ran into some difference of opinion on the Han Carb and I was quoted one rate and then they tried to charge me another.
Also rates can vary as to type of destination. Some carriers will not pick up at residential or will charge a premium for pickup and delivery to residential. Probably best rate would be for you to take it to their terminal and have the recipient pick up at a terminal or have it delivered to a business address. In some cases the driver is only permitted to move item to the tailend of the truck and cannot unload it. Check to make sure you don't run foul of things like that.
Obviously ask about delivery time guarantees and insurance and carrier liability.
Also look out for multiple carrier charges where the originating carrier company may not service the particular delivery city and uses a second carrier to do so and you get stuck with extra charges. if no one is at the delivery address you can be subject to redelivery charges and even storage fees.
exoray
Master Member
If you both can agree on a trip to the airport for delivery/pickup, try air cargo... Remeber to crate it up real good...
Airport to Airport delivery usually same day, sometimes next day...
I used to use Delta to ship animals, years back, pretty reasonable back then flat $75ish rate up to 70lbs... It's probably a little higher now, but probably still well inline...
One thing to note is this cuts out the middle man, most small carrier services use this type of air cargo as well, they just pack a whole skid of stuff and ship from city to city and have the local delivery trucks do the rest...
Airport to Airport delivery usually same day, sometimes next day...
I used to use Delta to ship animals, years back, pretty reasonable back then flat $75ish rate up to 70lbs... It's probably a little higher now, but probably still well inline...
One thing to note is this cuts out the middle man, most small carrier services use this type of air cargo as well, they just pack a whole skid of stuff and ship from city to city and have the local delivery trucks do the rest...
