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What's the best way to move 10-12 pallets of computers across the country? Only about half of it is palletized for shipping, the other half is loose inventory, so either I'd have to fly out and palletize the rest or pay the freight company to palletize it. What would you recommend? Any good freight bid search engines? The other issue in the back of my mind, is the residential delivery aspect. Going to need to find a very flexible shipper.
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I've used freightquote.com a dozen or so times over the past few years for LTL shipments outside our standard carriers' territory and have been pleased with it. You will pay more for a residential and non-loading dock delivery but it is available. Is there any way you could arrange for delivery to a location with a loading dock? Liftgate and/or driver assist charges can be considerable.
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I would think shipping container but that's just a guess.
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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine) 1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow) Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra |
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That reminded me, ABF offers a self-pack container option. Check out upack.com. I'm not sure how it compares but if palletizing the entire shipment isn't feasible it might be a good option. The folks that just bought the house across the street from me used the service (and that was the first I saw it) so they will bring it to a residence. Is there someone to load it on the other end?
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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15 '06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod) |
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Yeah, I just saw an ABF truck on the road with an ad for this on the back doors. I don't think they bring a whole container though.
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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine) 1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow) Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra |
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Check out Pack-N-Ship, if you have them in your area. I had good luck with them.
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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles 2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed 2005 Toyota Sienna 2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible 1999 Toyota Tacoma |
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The couple times I've used them, I was going to use well over half, so I got an empty container. When my stuff was packed, we put in the dividing wall (which was then locked in place with my padlock) and off it went to the next stop. Great service, everything went as advertised, would use them again.
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1961 220b: first project car - sold. 2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold. 2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold 1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav 1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold 1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away 1980 Redhead: Darling Wife |
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