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

Thu Mar 31 16:48:24 EDT 2022

Ive been cheerfully squirting a little bit of WD40 on my M33 ribbons for a
few years now and we seem to be fine 🙄😎

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 4:36 PM Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:

> I've used Craters and Freighters, Pack and Send (or something similar) and
> uShip.
>
> The first two for large rack mount DEC minicomputers as well as other
> paleted stuff and uShip for an electric forklift.
>
> I don't remember exact prices but probably up to around $1000 depending on
> the "crate" requirements
>
> For uShip you're basically asking for independent shippers to bid on your
> shipping job.
>
> It worked well, but I shipped in the winter in the northeast (from the
> midwest) and I should have specified covered or inside shipping.
>
> The forklift arrived white from all the road salt and I then spent time
> replacing switches that were all corroded.
>
> Live and learn
>
> Todd
> On 3/31/2022 2:44 PM, Mike wrote:
>
> I sold a 3,000lb-ish turret lathe to a guy once and he used "uShip" to get
> it from Tucson to Texas.
>
> Uship is private individuals with trucks, flat beds, all kinds of
> conveyances actually, who bid on your transportation needs.
>
> I dont know what the buyer paid, but I can tell you that the whole
> loading, strapping down and overall experience on my end was very cordial
> and professional.
>
> Just my .02...
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jim Cooper <jim.w2jc at gmail.com> <jim.w2jc at gmail.com>
> Date: 3/31/22 8:11 AM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Ralph Mowery <rmowery42 at charter.net> <rmowery42 at charter.net>, 'Green
> Keys' <GREENKEYS at mailman.qth.net> <GREENKEYS at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Never close enough and never willing to ship!
> LOL!
>
> "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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ralph ku4pt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <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!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wondering ... what does it cost to properly pack up a 33 with
> > stand
> >
> > and ship it somewhere? The typical eBay / Craigs list type is going
> > to check
> >
> > out Fed Ex and UPS. I kinda doubt either one will handle something
> > like
> >
> > this. I´m guessing you build up a wooden box on a pallet these
> > days, then
> >
> > get it over to the freight company ....
> >
> >
> >
> > Back in the day, other options existed. I don´t think they do
> > anymore.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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