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| STL914 |
 Oct 10 2005, 12:47 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-October 03 From: O'Fallon, MO Member No.: 1,271 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
The title says it all. Looking for ideas, opinions and especially past experiences, good and bad.
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| MarkV |
Oct 10 2005, 01:31 PM
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Fear the Jack Stands Group: Members Posts: 1,493 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson, AZ Member No.: 154 Region Association: None |
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.
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| Mueller |
Oct 10 2005, 01:40 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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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.
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| SLITS |
Oct 10 2005, 01:51 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
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.
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| VegasRacer |
Oct 10 2005, 02:50 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,506 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None
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| johnmhudson111 |
Oct 10 2005, 02:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 491 Joined: 29-November 04 From: Nesbit, MS Member No.: 3,191 |
Stupid question here, how do you know when stuff arrives via Greyhound? Do they call you? Never shipped anything with them. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) |
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| VegasRacer |
Oct 10 2005, 03:11 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,506 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None
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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.
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| TC/914 |
Oct 11 2005, 07:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Southern MA Member No.: 2,981 |
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 |
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| Air_Cooled_Nut |
Oct 11 2005, 09:25 AM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
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.
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| Brando |
Oct 11 2005, 10:02 AM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
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.
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