OT: Shipping a large, heavy crate - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Oct 2002

As promised, the results of my shipment of a large
heavy pallet:

The package was picked up on time by the shipping
company selected from freightquote.com's list of
shippers (I took the cheapest).  That was Monday this
week.

Delivery occurred this morning (Wednesday), it was
supposed to take 3 business days so they somewhat beat
their estimate.

They did NOT call the receiving party prior to showing
up, but it turned out OK, and everything arrived in
one peice.  This was a pallet load of 9 track tapes
and weighed in at 712 pounds.

-- Frank

--- Clayton Frank Helvey &lt;msspcva(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
...
  FWIW:

 I'm in the process of using freightquote.com's
 service
 to do this very thing.  I signed up for my
 corporation
 but I don't normally ship a large amount of stuff; I
 have a bunch of older AS/400 gear I'm trying to sell
 off.

 I have a pallet of 650 pounds (U.S.), standard
 sized,
 quoted to ship from Roanoke to Illionis for $184
 with
 3 day delivery.  On Monday I'll find out if the
 shipping company (Central Transport International)
 will pick it up on time; on Thursday or Friday I'll
 find out if it got destroyed enroute (which is what
 insurance is for!).

 I'll post an after-action report once I find out how
 it went.

 -- Frank

 --- Eric Smith &lt;eric(a)brouhaha.com&gt; wrote:
  Robert A. Feldman wrote:
  I need to ship a large, heavy crate (about
30" x  12" x 72" and around
 > 200-250 pounds) in the US. What company would  you
  recommend?
  Please answer off-list, directly to my email.

 Actually, please DO answer on-list.  This
 information is of general
 interest to many of us.

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 Clayton Frank Helvey, President
 Montvale Software Services, P. C.
 P.O. Box 840
 Blue Ridge, VA 24064-0840
 Phone: 540.947.5364        Email: msspcva(a)yahoo.com
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= M O N T V A L E   S O F T W A R E  S E R V I C E S  P. C.=
Clayton Frank Helvey, President
Montvale Software Services, P. C.
P.O. Box 840
Blue Ridge, VA 24064-0840
Phone: 540.947.5364        Email: msspcva(a)yahoo.com
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