Freight Companies

[LSx442]

I need some help. I might need to ship some parts (hood & other items) to people out of state. From what others have told me UPS and the other's won't ship something this large and I will need to send it freight.

Does anyone have suggestions for a freight company that will handle the parts carefully? Any experiances would be helpful also. I've only shipped items by Fedx and UPS so this is pretty new to me.


Thanks

[The Stickman]

Handle parts carefully? Now that's kinda funny. Not sure it happens much anywhere. Take that from a former truck driver. When I was working for an LTL company which is what you will most likely end up using my truck was loaded the night before. And the lodaers are given a manifest of what belongs on the truck according to what the router has in the drivers area and thinsk will fit given the information he has. Many times it means things get crammed in. And the dock workers aren't always concerned with how well it's packed. Before that job I worked for an expidited trucking company that would occasionally get hired out by Airbourne Express. And one time I was making a pick up at the airport and watched a worker drop kick a box only to have the forman say "ok fella lets get back to work" No hey what the hell are you doing?" or "hey stop that". If you are going to ship something like a hood I would make a wooden frame for it to protect it. It might seem like overkill but to me it is good protection. Also I am pretty sure the insurance goes by weight so make sure you ask specifically what will happen if a claim needs to be filed.

[bulldog19]

We have the best luck with UPS Freight and Fed-Ex Freight. They are national carriers and this limits getting handed off to other carriers. How far does it have to go? The less stops it has to make the better.

[Restomod]

Greyhound.........

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Greyhound works for a lot of stuff, but that hood will be too big.

When I tried to check freight carriers for a 69 Camaro flat (!) hood, it was about 300 bucks!

[Rhino]

I replaced every bit of external sheet metal on my '68. In doing so I ordered a ton of stuff from a vendor half way across the country. Everything came via Old Dominion freight line. The only issue I had was one fender came with a slight goose egg to it. They were quick to point it out to me and help me make the calls to mitigate it. I was really impressed.
I've also had good luck with UPS Freight and Yellow. Yellow tends to be a little more expensive then other options in my area.

If you're not dropping off at the depot, or having the receiving party pick it up at the depot, $300 honestly sounds about right. I shipped a crate motor by dropping off at the depot, then the receiver picked it up. The cost was a little over $200.

[LSx442]

I expected it to be a lot but not as much as the hood is being sold for. Wow!

[Rhino]

Unfortunately freight has much less to do with how much the part weighs than the effort it takes to get it there.

You could probably ship half the car for the same price, as long as it's ending up at the same destination. :)

[Restomod]

I have shipped a hood by bus before, unless its a REALLY big hood it may go. I shipped a C4 Corvette complete rear bumper by bus cheap! They take bigger stuff than the other carriers.

[IndyNova]

try uship.com
It's an ebay style listing where companies bid on shipping your item, don't jump at the first offer, they will go lower. I was going to have a decklid shipped from Illinois to Indiana, it was going to be 150+ if I went through the catalogs company, and so far I'm down to 110 shipped.

[The Stickman]

Unfortunately freight has much less to do with how much the part weighs than the effort it takes to get it there.

You could probably ship half the car for the same price, as long as it's ending up at the same destination. :)

This is somewhat true. Charges are not just weight based but also size based. Otherwise a truck full of styrofoam would cost much less to ship than an engine block. Trucking companies would lose their shirts if they soley charged based on weight.

[Sparky67]

I need some help. I might need to ship some parts (hood & other items) to people out of state. From what others have told me UPS and the other's won't ship something this large and I will need to send it freight.

Does anyone have suggestions for a freight company that will handle the parts carefully? Any experiances would be helpful also. I've only shipped items by Fedx and UPS so this is pretty new to me.


Thanks

Well, people will ask you to get a quote on the freight. Then as soon as you get a price, they seem sticker shock on it. That is the last that you hear from them. Fedex freight tends to be a bit high. Get a quote from con-way freight. If I was shipping a hood, then I suggest that buyer come and look at it. Sheet metal tends to get dings easy. When I bought my NOS sheetmetal, I was more than happy to drive the trip from ohio to NY. I just know on how things get dings in it.

Jeff

[LSx442]

That's what I expected too. I was actually able to find someone local that wanted the hood over the weekend so I don't have to worry about finding a freight company after all. Sure am glad because it was turning into more trouble than it was worth