As it happens I had to have something shipped a couple of weeks ago.
I found a replacement for my old Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk chipper/shredder that
I could afford ... only drawback was it was up at a farm equipment dealer in
Michigan north of Detroit. I wasn't looking forward to driving all that way to
get it. I was afraid it was going to cost too much to have it shipped.
When I talked to the dealer they suggested I contact Yellow Freight for a quote.
It cost less to have it shipped to Yellow Freight's local terminal in
Morrisville & pick it up there than it would have cost to have it delivered here
to the house.
Or to make the round trip to go get it.
They have a web site where you can fill out the form & get a bill of lading for
the shipment & you can call their support phone number where someone will walk
you through filling out the form.
Anyway, if someone wants it & it's too big for UPS, if they can get to a nearby
freight terminal to pick it up & Dan can deliver to a nearby terminal, the
shipping cost may be less than you think.
On 10/20/2020 11:11:06, Bill wrote:
On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <danmaty...@gmail.com>
wrote:
In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
dispose of. It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
least 60 years old, but still intact.
I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
local landfill. Too heavy to be shipped economically. Any ideas on how I
might proceed?
Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will
include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down quite a
bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat.
When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a
plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there
was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it and
my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The
shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company.
Bill
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