26 Jun
2013
26 Jun
'13
1:45 p.m.
On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Jim Stephens <jws at jwsss.com> wrote:
On 6/26/2013 11:49 AM, David Griffith wrote:
I'm looking at this approach for my move. I've already made 2 trips in a 26'
truck and spent $$$$ on the 1-way truck rental not to mention the amount of time spent
just driving back and forth (and trucks are *not* comfortable). I've been packing all
of the non-racked stuff onto pallets and now I just have to figure out how to get the rest
of the stuff from point A to point B.
TTFN - Guy
Sometime in the next few months I will be transporting the contents of my storage unit in
central California to northern Washington. Can I get some ideas of cost of how to do
this? My first thought is to fly down, rent a truck, fill it up, and drive back to
Washington. My father thinks it would be overall cheaper to rent the truck in in
Washington, drive it down, and drive it back. Still another idea is to rent a shipping
container and put my goodies in that. Can I get some other ideas, suggestions, and/or
advice?
I found that a full 28' yellow or ABF cut off and loaded was the cheapest if you get
that big a load. also if you had means at both ends you can get good LTL rates by
dropping freight at the terminals. They like freight that can be forked and fill out
spots, and give good rates on that. Not much different than just a one time freight rate,
but if you had the situation, you could ship it over many loads and make out.
You will need a local dock high truck to get to / from a terminal to drop stuff off, of
course.
One thing that is missing on the one way trucks is a lift gate. Calculate need to have
dock, or freight that can go on the truck via ramp if you rent a 1 way, or rent a fork
lift for a day. I find it very handy to pack and palletize everything in advance and rent
a fork truck (and I have a couple of pallet jacks), to load a truck. quick load and
unload, and easy to shuffle in storage till I need access.
figure fork lift about a $150 or 200 hit / day. Be sure your location can handle the
dropoff and pickup, and that your ground fits your forklift, of course. Renting a fork
lift intercity can get it stolen or stripped after drop and before pickup and you are
responsible. Or the storage yard can open and allow it to be dropped.