Shipping Advice, MI to CA Options

[Mike1981]

Hello

I have a large box to ship my fiberglass flares in

40x24x24 from MI to CA

20 LBS

UPS wants 270 Owch
FedEx wants 215 Owch

Any suggestions to an alternate source?

Thanks

Mike

[mb911]

I have a business account but only ship a few packages per week and to ship a box 53x18x8 pretty much any where in the us costs me 106 dollars.

I shipped some fiberglass flares within the last year and it cost me about 55 to give you a perspective.

[DM_2000]

I have a business account but only ship a few packages per week and to ship a box 53x18x8 pretty much any where in the us costs me 106 dollars.

I shipped some fiberglass flares within the last year and it cost me about 55 to give you a perspective.

Adding to this. If you get an off the street quote from a LTL shipper ( Less Than Truck Load ), they will be 60 % more than anyone really pays so lean on them for better numbers. It helps if you drop off / pickup at a trucking depot.

UPS / Fed Ex does give a business discount but I don't think it is more than 15 % and based on volume.

As a side note, McMaster-Carr is an industrial supply house with warehouses all over the US. UPS places trailers at the warehouses and each trailer goes to a specific larger UPS depot. This way I can order something at 5 PM and have it arrive at 9:30 AM using standard shipping. McC probably gets a huge discount because
UPS does not need to handle incoming packages and outgoing is more or less pre sorted.