To those of you who have shipped doors, what is the best way to ship, who did you use, is it expensive. What do you think the weight is of a door from a 78 fj40 with glass, handles, panels, etc.
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rusty_tlc
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Freight charges have gone up right along with the price of fuel.
Colorado Boy-74-FJ40
I may grow older but I refuse to grow up!
Doors are friggin heavy!
dgangle
total rice
I had two 40 doors less internals shipped to me in AL from AZ. The guy built a shipping crate from 2X4's. It was strong, secure and was around $200, IIRC.
As stated by others freight has increased dramatically and the rates you get depend greatly on provider, freight class claimed/determined and whether it is shipping business to business, house to business, house to house, etc. You can save a bunch by just picking it up at your local terminal. I had good luck and good rates from bother Gator/RL and Old Dominion. Roadway wanted something like 3X the others. it pays to shop. To get an accurate quote you will need dimensions, what it is , weight and from where to where. Also ask for suggestions on how to save.
Good luck, it ain't that hard but it pays to shop.
As stated by others freight has increased dramatically and the rates you get depend greatly on provider, freight class claimed/determined and whether it is shipping business to business, house to business, house to house, etc. You can save a bunch by just picking it up at your local terminal. I had good luck and good rates from bother Gator/RL and Old Dominion. Roadway wanted something like 3X the others. it pays to shop. To get an accurate quote you will need dimensions, what it is , weight and from where to where. Also ask for suggestions on how to save.
Good luck, it ain't that hard but it pays to shop.
I just shipped a set of ambi doors less the internals to the midwest. Used some pretty dense boxes and cut them down to the size, 2 layers of cardboard between the doors, two layers of cardboard on the outside with folded cardboard to re-enforce the corners. Weiged about 50lbs, and cost about 47 to ship via UPS.
Shipped a Con-Ferr bench seat, that thing was big and heavy and was about $60 to ship to Ohio
If you go to UPS and DHL, you can get an estimate based on weight and size, that's what I did with the doors. Also, watch out for DHL, you'll get a quote on line, and then they will try to bump up the price for an "oversized" parcel, even though you entered all the measurements in when you do the estimate
Shipped a Con-Ferr bench seat, that thing was big and heavy and was about $60 to ship to Ohio
If you go to UPS and DHL, you can get an estimate based on weight and size, that's what I did with the doors. Also, watch out for DHL, you'll get a quote on line, and then they will try to bump up the price for an "oversized" parcel, even though you entered all the measurements in when you do the estimate
