[rescue] shipping large, heavy things

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Sun May 12 00:17:13 CDT 2013


On 05/12/13 00:53, John Floren wrote:
> "Freight forwarder", hah! Getting the right set of words to google is
> like learning a magic spell--I say the words just right and things
> appear!
> 
> I'm estimating but this thing probably weighs 150-200 lbs and is
> something like 3 ft high, 3 ft deep, and 6 feet wide. Can you give
> some examples of things you shipped and what it cost? $200-$300 would
> be good, $1000 is more than it's worth.

My recollection is that having a 600lb safe shipped to me via truck
freight cost me about $150, but that was nearly 20 years ago.


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