Thanks, John; I will look into that. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 12:01 PM John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > As it happens I had to have something shipped a couple of weeks ago. > > I found a replacement for my old Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk chipper/shredder > that > I could afford ... only drawback was it was up at a farm equipment dealer > in > Michigan north of Detroit. I wasn't looking forward to driving all that > way to > get it. I was afraid it was going to cost too much to have it shipped. > > When I talked to the dealer they suggested I contact Yellow Freight for a > quote. > > It cost less to have it shipped to Yellow Freight's local terminal in > Morrisville & pick it up there than it would have cost to have it > delivered here > to the house. > > Or to make the round trip to go get it. > > They have a web site where you can fill out the form & get a bill of > lading for > the shipment & you can call their support phone number where someone will > walk > you through filling out the form. > > Anyway, if someone wants it & it's too big for UPS, if they can get to a > nearby > freight terminal to pick it up & Dan can deliver to a nearby terminal, the > shipping cost may be less than you think. > > > On 10/20/2020 11:11:06, Bill wrote: > > On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, < > danmaty...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need > to > >> dispose of. It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is > at > >> least 60 years old, but still intact. > >> I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to > the > >> local landfill. Too heavy to be shipped economically. Any ideas on > how I > >> might proceed? > >> > > > > > Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will > > include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down > quite a > > bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat. > > > > > > When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a > > plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there > > was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it > and > > my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The > > shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company. > > > > Bill > > > >> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
