anyone ever shipped seats. i need to send a pair out and would like to know what the best method of packing is, does ups handle stuff that big? better to take the rails off?
I'm in the office furniture business and we have chairs shipped into our place all teh time by UPS. Generally the are in a plastic bag with very little padding. Often the boxes get some what crushed, but the chairs are fine.
I seem to remember when shipping big stuff via UPS that there is a max LXWXH that, once exceeded, the price skyrockets regardless of weight. Might want to check into that before settling on UPS.
-Chris
When I was shipping seat sets all over the states, I could so it for about $35> The trick is use FedEx and keep the size to a specific limit:
1)I get a wardrobe box from Uhaul.
2)Cut the box down to 51" high (I think, its been a while)
3) put one seat in bottom down and the other in bottom up
Thats it.
The trick is to get the box as short as you can as a deviation of 1" meant the difference of $50 more on the bill
deviation of 1" meant the difference of $50 more on the bill
does that apply only to shipping or is that your standard for other stuff like circumcisions, artery transplants, amputations?
google it!
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/dim_weight.html
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/weight_size.html
Ya, you could go through all the work to find out exactly what I just told you
FedEx is more of a dimensional cost, UPS is a weight one. UPS sucks.
When i shipped my seats to Dr. Evil, i used a short wardrobe box ($20) and if i remember the seats jsut fit in the box nested. shipping was reasonable, but i cant tell you what i spent.
I seem to remember some conversation here ,on the merits of using Grayhound
for big items. You have to have a terminal neer to pick items up at. I have used
UPS to ship a 901 trans. didn't seem to tearable. Dave
fedex's online calculator never works for me anymore. iirc the magic # is 108". girth+height. cut the box in half in the height aspect. slide the top section down over the bottom piece. measure, measure, measure. try to stay an inch+ under the max. shippers will round up to the next whole. prices have increased due to fuel surcharges.
k
It was $35 to ship coast to coast a few years ago. The wardrobe box is $12 and is 20"x24" on the base which is perfect for our seats. GreyHound will likely be the same price and it wont be delivered door to door.
Ah, I just tried to play with the FedEx calculator.....things have changed and the lowest I got was $149 Damn.
Looks like GreyHound may be your best bet.
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You smell funny
so i spent my morning dealing the the big 3
ups
fed ex
greyhound freight
ups wanted $198.00 to ship seats . i spoke to them and the reasoning is because the box was so large they charge for 180 lbs. i explained that it only weighed 60 lbs, but they said because it is so large they charge for 180 lbs... screw them
fed ex just said it was too large try ups.. screw them too
greyhound freight wants about $65. go greyhound.
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Ya, you could go through all the work to find out exactly what I just told you
FedEx is more of a dimensional cost, UPS is a weight one. UPS sucks.
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Why do you think they're called "freight nazis"?
http://www.shipgreyhound.com/ All the way...... that's how i got my flared fenders from Fla to Cali. Relatively quick and no damage. And they call you when your parcel has arrived at its destination. Sweet. =)
I got seats shipped via Greydog. Arrived on time, undamaged. Easy pick-up.
I apologize for any antiquated knowledge that I put forth, I is clear that the economy has shifted much and Grey Hound is the new king
HA, you listen to Leo!?
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