11 Sep
2007
11 Sep
'07
3:02 p.m.
Hi, folks.
A few weeks ago, I sent out a last-minute request for
help with a large computer rescue on the east coast.
As was not entirely expected, no one was able to make
it on such short notice during the week, however all
worked out well in the end. I have some pictures of
the "haul" as
it arrived in San Jose up at www.ddp116.org .
--Bill
11 Sep
11 Sep
3:32 p.m.
holy Toledo!!! I must have missed the post, I is on
the east coast.
What did that operation coast pray tell?
--- William Maddox <wmaddox at pacbell.net> wrote:
Hi, folks.
A few weeks ago, I sent out a last-minute request
for
help with a large computer rescue on the east coast.
As was not entirely expected, no one was able to
make
it on such short notice during the week, however all
worked out well in the end. I have some pictures of
the "haul" as
it arrived in San Jose up at www.ddp116.org .
--Bill
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15 Sep
15 Sep
3:27 a.m.
Chris M wrote:
holy Toledo!!! I must have missed the post, I is on
the east coast.
What did that operation coast pray tell?
It was quite expensive, as you might imagine,
approximately $7k. This was a blanket wrap
shipment on a specialty carrier with a two-man
crew on each end to load and unload, using a
crane van that can load from ground level without
a dock. A standard van would have run just over
$6k from the same company. Per pound,
a full truckload shipment is *much* cheaper than
shipping a few racks at a time, and guarantees
that your shipment stays on the truck and is not
offloaded anywhere in transit.
--Bill
9:05 a.m.
On Saturday 15 September 2007 06:27, William Maddox wrote:
Chris M wrote:
<snip>
Actually, that doesn't sound too bad of a price to me. How far was it
moved?
A couple years ago, we had a set of 10 (24" IBM SP) racks and a couple
of pallets moved from San Diego to West Lafayette, and it was about
$10k (and they managed to do a good job of crushing the thin, metal
mesh skins on the thing with ratchet straps.. at least they seemed to
pop back into shape ok for the most part).
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCAC --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/
The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
holy Toledo!!! I must have missed the post, I is
on
the east coast.
What did that operation coast pray tell?
It was quite expensive, as you might imagine,
approximately $7k. This was a blanket wrap
shipment on a specialty carrier with a two-man
11:36 a.m.
--- Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
Actually, that doesn't sound too bad of a price
to
me. How far was it
moved?
From Green Bank, West Virginia to San Jose, Calfornia.
A couple years ago, we had a set of 10 (24" IBM
SP)
racks and a couple
of pallets moved from San Diego to West Lafayette,
and it was about
$10k
Ouch. What carrier did you use? My shipment was
arranged by CTS, via their "shippingsource.com"
full-truckload division.
Your shipment was probably declared at a high value,
which adds considerably to the price, I think.
My stuff is either scrap metal or irreplaceable
treasure, depending on one's point of view.
I simply arranged for the kind of shipment appropriate
for high-value equipment and gambled that they'd do
it right, because an insurance payout would not have
been a satisfactory outcome in any case.
--Bill
11:49 a.m.
On Saturday 15 September 2007 14:36, William Maddox wrote:
--- Patrick Finnegan <pat at
computer-refuge.org> wrote:
I don't know, and I should add that I meant to say "At work.."
I definitely wouldn't have paid to ship the stuff. The weight per rack
is around 2000-2100lbs, plus two or three pallets of 500-1000lbs each.
But, it looks like you got much more stuff shipped quite a bit farther
than work did.
Actually, that doesn't sound too bad of a
price to
me. How far was it
moved?
From Green Bank, West Virginia to San Jose, Calfornia.
A couple years ago, we had a set of 10 (24" IBM SP)
racks and a couple
of pallets moved from San Diego to West Lafayette,
and it was about
$10k
Ouch. What carrier did you use? My shipment was
arranged by CTS, via their "shippingsource.com"
full-truckload division. Your shipment was probably declared at a high value,
which adds considerably to the price, I think.
My stuff is either scrap metal or irreplaceable
treasure, depending on one's point of view.
I'm not sure. Most people would consider what was shipped "scrap
metal", and even I wouldn't have called it "irreplacable treasure"
(though, the systems are pretty neat in their own not-quite-vintage-yet
way:).
Pat
--
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The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
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