[GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to ship! LOL!

[Jim Cooper]

"Back in the day" (like the '60s and '70s) when Van W2DLT 
and I (then W2BVE) were selling surplus Model 19 sets, and 
I had a small Toyota pickup truck I used to put a pallet in 
the bed of the pickup (just barely fit!) and then assemble 
the M-19 table and equipment and strap everything down 
with the plastic strapping bands ... then take it over to a 
trucking dock (like Roadway) and they were not too happy to 
have to bring the forklift down from the loading dock to the 
parking lot level to take the pallet out of the pickup, but 
they would do it ... AND then they would accept it for 
C O D  shipping !!    I doubt one could do that today, and the 
freight would probably be a week's wages.  

Jim  W2JC 

On 31 Mar 2022 at 9:56, Ralph Mowery wrote:

> Some freight companies have what is called a LTL (less than a truck
> load) shipping.    I bought an attachment for a lawn tractor that
> was shipped that way.  The local freight company depot was about 40
> miles away from my house and I had to go there to pick it up.  The
> item was on a pallet and weighed about 100 to 150  pounds.  Forgot
> about what they charged to ship , but was thinking around 100 to 200
> dollars.
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> Another time I got some electronic equipment shipped on a pallet
> from UPS or FedEX, don´t recall which.  The two items weight about
> 70 pounds each so the total pallet weight was around 150 pounds.  
> There is a company just down the road about ¼ mile and the truck
> driver called and asked if I could pick it up at the company parking
> lot as he was in a big truck and it would be difficult for him to
> get in my driveway and back out again.  I took my pickup and met him
> at that company.  I don´t recall the shipping for that either.
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> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:28 AM
> To: Joe Duszy´nski
> Cc: Green Keys
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to
> ship! LOL!
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> Just wondering ... what does it cost to properly pack up a 33 with
> stand 
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> and ship it somewhere? The typical eBay / Craigs list type is going
> to check
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> out Fed Ex and UPS. I kinda doubt either one will handle something
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> this. I´m guessing you build up a wooden box on a pallet these
> days, then
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> get it over to the freight company ....
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> Back in the day, other options existed. I don´t think they do
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