Driving to work today, a sign on the back of a truck caught my eye. It said Uship http://www.uship.com/ . It looks like people bid on shipping rates which might make moving a larger machine cheaper than going with a trucking company. Another phrase that might be worth looking into is LTL freight. LTL stands for less than Truckload. You basically share space with other people. There has to be a member who knows something!
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: mwfos...@earthlink.net To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Shipping a LOM and/or Heavy accessories I regret that this new link somehow got associated with the monster up for auction - that's why I initiated the new topic. My intent is to get members to share their experiences in shipping Legacy Mills, their components, and accessories (not "mailing" - used for small, light weight items). For instance, I had someone give me the names of 2 freight/truck companies - CRST (out of Cedar Rapids,IA) and Yellow Freight. He'd not used them, but had known folks that did but had no feedback good or bad. Among our members there must be some who have bought/sold and shipped via a freight/trucking company and even FedEx and UPS. Let's get a discussion going to share the info. (For an extreme example: If someone had rails to sell to the Aussie, how would they go about getting them to "Down Under".) For the rest of us - does anyone have an "A, B, C's Shipping" a guide for sending large/heavy packages or a pallet? -----Original Message----- >From: Tim Krause >Sent: Apr 24, 2012 8:41 PM >To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Shipping a LOM and/or Heavy accessories > >I agree, shipping has been the biggest stumbling block to moving the >machines. I don't know how to accomplish the task but I believe Gary is >completely right about hiring a rigging company to load a machine that size. >It's a common practice in the industrial world. The auction company may >have names but the certaintly won't lift a finger to move the thing! > >Anyone? > >-Tim > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Va Oak" >To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" >Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:16 PM >Subject: Shipping a LOM and/or Heavy accessories > > >> Does anyone have experience with a shipping service/freight company >> and their shipping a LOM long distance (half way across the USA)? >> >> If one were to buy a LOM from someone half way across the USA, who >> would you recommend they use to ship it? (Or conversely, if you were >> to be the seller, what shipping/freight companies have LOM User Group >> members used or would recommend based on shipping other big/heavy >> items?) >> >> What company did you use? Did you compare several before selecting >> them? I think with a number of folks in the group selling & buying >> LOMs and their accessories, we should share info as regards the best >> way to ship them; as well as companies/methods to perhaps avoid. Any >> input would be useful to all - I'm sure. >> Thank you in advance to all replying members. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >legacy-ornamental-mills unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. >> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
