Shipping carrier for bumper/large items?

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Author Message   Wicks (Wicks) Member Username: Wicks Post Number: 64 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:21 pm:    Any tips on who to call to ship an ARB to someone? Efficient/low cost but will not damage? Thanks!   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1598 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 08:10 pm:    I just shipped an ARB on Greyhound. http://www.shipgreyhound.com/   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 620 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 09:21 pm:    I have a 13 foot kayak coming to me pretty cheap through forwardair (www.forwardair.com)   Jess Alvarez (Jester) Member Username: Jester Post Number: 199 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 10:22 pm:    I agree with the www.forwardair.com thing. I have shipped two rover racks to different people and it costs around 50 bucks for them. The brush guard I sent to Andy at NWP was about the same if I remember. Thing is: you and the buyer need access to an airport city. See the website for locations. Hope it helps Jess   Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 53 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:53 am:    I agree, Forward air kicks *ss. The caveat is that they don't do door to door service. You have to drop off the bumper on a pallete at their depot (usually located very near to the airport) and the reciever has to pick it up from their Forward Air depot. But to save $100 on shipping costs, it's usually worth the PITA in my opinion. One other thing: Unless you have an account set up with them, they only accept cashiers checks or money orders as a form of payment. So you have to take the package in, get it weighed and priced, then go get a money order or something like that (the one in Denver doesn't even take cash). Good luck, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1601 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 10:05 am:    Damn Good Tip guys on the Forward Air thing. I'll keep that in mind for future sales. Paul '00 Pig   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 621 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 10:34 am:    It looks like forwardair is FAST too, my kayak just left from Albuquerque today and they are estimating that it will be in Baton Rouge on Monday.   Wicks (Wicks) Member Username: Wicks Post Number: 67 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 01:59 pm:    Greyhound said they had a 100 lb weight limit. I have de jas vous right now. I seem to recall a thread about this. Your response is that you just tell em it's a hundred pounds. Thanks, but no way we're both driving to airport waypoints, so forward air is out. Roadrunner....hmmmm....   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1608 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 02:03 pm:    That is so true. Greyhound Guy: "Paul how much does this weigh?" Me: "100 Pounds exactly" Greyhound Guy: "Well that's good enough for me." However, larger greyhound stations that own scales will accept up to 150 lb items. It just depends on your local facilities.   Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 624 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 05:57 pm:    my local forward air terminal is no where near the airport, from what I understand they are actually a trucking company w/ a confusing name. Look on the website for the closest location before you discount it so quickly.