I've wrestled with this problem for years. I am always selling stuff on
ebay and CL and getting ripped off from shipping companies.
That was until I shipped 3 X 300 lbs ship hatch cover to CT about 2 months
ago. In my research I came across this site...
http://www.freightcenter.com/
And low and behold, I was a believer. There process is simple and
painless. They will assign you a personal rep that works with you. My
guys name is...
Kevin Chase
1-800-716-7608, Ext. 1024
They not only give you a price, they show you the pricing options for
about 5 to 10 shipping companies (all of which to can schedule through
them.)
Call him and tell him Eric Petrevich sent you. He is a great guy and
their prices are very reasonable. But even more impressive, he worked
with me to try a few different options to see what way had the best price.
(we looked at different pallets, one pallet, different configurations,
etc) until I got a great price. Then, the day it shipped, the price was
reduced with a discount they gave me.
I have no interest in the company, I'm just really happy to find a firm
that answered a problem that I was always having with large freight
shipping.
BTW, the price they gave me beat the pants off of local carriers.
On a side note, to date my largest shipment was a custom made pallet with
8 stretchers on it shipped to Taiwan. It cost about $3500 for the
shipment and the sale price of the stretchers was only $200. This was
BEFORE I found Freightcenters.
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj at visi.com>
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[Shop-talk] Need advice on shipping 1500 lbs from California to Minnesota
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I have an opportunity to buy a mill. The owner is willing to palletize it.
Now all I need to do is figure out how to engage a freight company to go
to
his house with a tailgate lift, he has a pallet jack and can get it on the
tailgate, then have the freight company do it's thing to get it to my
driveway and do the tailgate lift thing a second time.
Any suggestions on where to start with something like this?
Thanks,
Arvid
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