Chris, I just went to the KartShip website and saw a major red flag. They are just a middle man and sub out the actual shipping. This is not unusual, but caused me a huge problem when I shipped an Alfa Spider a few years ago. The sub shipper damamged the car and "went bankrupt" before I could get paid for the damage. It took me a year of calls, letters, threats, and tracking down the owner of the defunct sub to get a partial payment. Luckily, the original company I contracted with eventually paid for the balance of the damage, even though they didn't have to. I will never ship a vehicle again unless the company I contract with is responsible for any damamge. I have no reason to think that KartShip is not totally legit, but I thought this feedback might be helpful to the list. Cory
Chris Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cory, another to look at is kartship.com, he was a couple bucks more than Yellow, but depends on allot of things and may be better for you. He's a real nice guy and racer, he'll steer you right, pun intended. CR Cory McLeod wrote: You are correct Chuck. Just like everyone else, Don has had a difficult time finding a good shipping method for his cars since Condolidated Freight went bust. He no longer uses that shipper and made things right with Greg B. >From Chris R.'s feedback, Yellow Freight may be a good solution. I plan to >investigate that simultaneously with FedEx Freight and keep the list updated >on my experience. It will be a good thing for the class if the manufacturers >have a shipper they can count on to deliver their cars. Chuck McAbee wrote: Cory - As I recall, the Brannon's had a HORROR story about Don shipping their new Red Devil from MT to Orlando several years ago as 'Car Parts'. Carrier damaged the crate and had to open it.....jacked the freight bill up to encompass 'Automobile' and the fee went from about $800 to $3K. I understand there was additional haggling and eventually the Brannon's were able to take delivery of the car and all the unassembled pieces. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory McLeod Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:06 PM To: F500 Subject: [F500] racecar shipping Since this topic is hot - Don Hanley and I have been working on shipping my new Red Devil roller from Butte, MT to Memphis, TN. I had a very preliminary discussion with FedEx Freight about shipping a "crate of car parts". The prelim estimate that they gave me was around $650. That was commercial location to commercial location, with no lift required for pick up or delivery. They will go residential on one end only for a fee, and send trucks with lifts for an additional fee. I called them in Dec, so the price was before their most recent increase. I also need to get a lot of details straight with them before I'm confident that I know the true cost. I'm planning to call them again in the next few weeks and will post again once I have more info. It really sucks that Consolidated Freight went bust. --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. --------------------------------- Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
