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Posted by: STL914 Oct 10 2005, 12:47 PM

The title says it all. Looking for ideas, opinions and especially past experiences, good and bad.

Thanks

Posted by: MarkV Oct 10 2005, 01:31 PM

Remove all of the glass & guts, makes the door heavy and more prone to damage. Make sure to protect the front & rear edges of the doors w/ some heavy cardboard or hard foam. Those edges get bent in shipping and are hard to repair. Don't send them UPS, they send things to a central depot first, too much handling. Greyhound Bus is the best bet for body parts.

Posted by: Mueller Oct 10 2005, 01:40 PM

I shipped a pair of doors a few years ago....... built a frame with 1x1 pieces of wood, stapled heavy cardboard to the frame...no reports of damage.

Posted by: SLITS Oct 10 2005, 01:51 PM

shipped a pair of 911 doors. Normal position on pallet, resting on foam, seperated by foam, plastic strapped to pallet and wrapped with stretch wrap with foam protecting door edges, shipped common carrier LTL with insurance......arrived in perfect condition......did not remove anything from doors.

Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 10 2005, 02:50 PM

QUOTE (MarkV @ Oct 10 2005, 12:31 PM)
Greyhound Bus is the best bet for body parts.

Posted by: johnmhudson111 Oct 10 2005, 02:52 PM

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Oct 10 2005, 03:50 PM)

QUOTE (MarkV @ Oct 10 2005, 12:31 PM)
Greyhound Bus is the best bet for body parts.

Stupid question here, how do you know when stuff arrives via Greyhound? Do they call you? Never shipped anything with them.

Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 10 2005, 03:11 PM

You pack the item and take it to the bus depot. They tell you exactly which bus it will be on and the schedule. The person on the other end has to go down and pick it up.

Posted by: TC/914 Oct 11 2005, 07:16 AM

I second Greyhound Bus! ! ! I just had a fiberglass Ghia tilt nose and Ghia sun roof/roof clip shipped by bus and it was a breese. It's easier and more professional than the "regular" shippers and MUCH friendlier.

The shipper brings the part(s) to the terminal, fills out the forms pays the $ and done. The receiver gets a phone call when the parts arrive by bus and has about four days to come for it/them. If there's a problem, they hold it a while longer for you.

I'm using Greyhound for everything large from now on. Cheap, easy, friendly. Can't be beat !

Luck !

TC

Posted by: Air_Cooled_Nut Oct 11 2005, 09:25 AM

Our shop uses Greyhound as well. I believe you can insure items but I'm not 100% (I don't do the actual shipping) but I would definitely recommend it. They're not perfect shippers: We shipped a windshield [for a VW] and it arrived cracked/broken. Greyhound claimed it was back packaging (wrong) but we stood our ground and they paid for a replacement. But they're better than regular shippers so we use 'em.

Posted by: Brando Oct 11 2005, 10:02 AM

greyhound for heavy/large objects for sure. I've used them a few times and nothing but good experiences. They beat UPS and FedEx's freight charges too.