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    Best way to ship large things cross country?

    I have a lot of things that I left at my parents house back in Rhode Island when I moved, and I want it out here now. It's mostly car parts and tools, but it's a lot of pieces with quite a bit of weight to it all. I don't think it would all fit on one pallet unless the pallet was quite tall, so I'm expecting I'll have to use either 2 pallets or one of the over-sized ones.

    The largest thing I've shipped cross country before is wheels, can any of the main shippers like UPS and FedEx ship pallets? Any ideas on what their rates would be for something like that?

    I found a company called Forward Air that seems to do cheap airport - airport shipping; Their website sucks on mobile so I've been waiting to get to a real computer to check into it further. It looks like you need a membership to use them, but I can't find what's required to get a membership.

    Are there any other ways that I'm overlooking?
    Byron
    Leichtbau
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    Uship.com






    Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll be the one picking up your shipment http://www.aetv.com/shipping-wars/ca...a-robbie-welsh



    I've actually used uship to ship a transmission from California to nw Indiana. Got a pretty good deal, way cheaper than ups freight, fedex, etc...

    I'm actually using it again to find a car shipper to get my newly acquired e30 to the midwest.

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      #3
      The last shop i worked at (motorcycles) had a nationwide customer base so we shipped quite a few crated motorcycles before and after the work we did. Forward air was who we used the most because of good pricing and service.

      I would recommend them for your situation.
      Lorin


      Originally posted by slammin.e28
      The M30 is God's engine.

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        #4
        Originally posted by hammrdwn510 View Post
        Uship.com




        Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll be the one picking up your shipment http://www.aetv.com/shipping-wars/ca...a-robbie-welsh



        I've actually used uship to ship a transmission from California to nw Indiana. Got a pretty good deal, way cheaper than ups freight, fedex, etc...

        I'm actually using it again to find a car shipper to get my newly acquired e30 to the midwest.
        I had forgotten about u-ship, I've actually used them to ship an engine from ri to ca like 8 years ago. I'll look into it again
        Originally posted by LJ851 View Post
        The last shop i worked at (motorcycles) had a nationwide customer base so we shipped quite a few crated motorcycles before and after the work we did. Forward air was who we used the most because of good pricing and service.

        I would recommend them for your situation.
        Do you know anything about the membership Lorin? I'm right near John Wayne airport so it's no big deal to have to go there to get everything.
        Byron
        Leichtbau

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          #5
          Originally posted by E30SPDFRK View Post
          Do you know anything about the membership Lorin? I'm right near John Wayne airport so it's no big deal to have to go there to get everything.

          I do not know about membership, i was not aware of any but i was not the one dealing with them.
          Lorin


          Originally posted by slammin.e28
          The M30 is God's engine.

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            #6
            We ship pallets and larger boxes a couple times a month, usually use Custom Co. ( https://www.customco.com/ )
            ADAMS Autosport

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              #7
              I will have an engine/trans shipped to the OC from MA, if you want to add a fewthings to my pallet(you will have to bring them to MA) I can probably have it added on for free unless its super heavy.

              Let me know

              Charles

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