One down side to arranging your own shipping is that you are also usually shifting the responsibility for any damage upon yourself to deal with in case you need to make a claim.. Whereas if your distributor ships it they are responsible for the claim process. Chunks of metal like many racking systems might be less risky to ship as they are a bit harder to damage than solar modules or other electronics.You might choose which shipments you ship or choose to have shipped. But yes, shipping prices have gone wonky in some cases!
Sunny Regards, Kirpal Khalsa Oregon LRT#25 Oregon Solarworks LLC www.oregonsolarworks.com 541-299-0402 On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 3:48 PM Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Most of our hot shot deliveries have been running $2,400, Bay area - > Central Idaho thru a broker for our thermal collectors. > > > > > > Dana Orzel - E - d...@solarwork.com - C - 208.721.7003 > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> *On > Behalf Of *Maverick Brown via RE-wrenches > *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2022 3:14 PM > *To:* will...@millersolar.com; RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > *Cc:* Maverick Brown <maver...@mavericksolar.com> > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Shipping costs > > > > William, > > > > $4200 sounds like “Expedited” Shipping and that usually means a Hot Shot > driver with single pickup truck and trailer driving door to door for just > your items. LTL should never be $4200 unless we are in dire conditions. > > > > I hope your items arrive in excellent condition!! > > > > Maverick > > > > > > Maverick Brown > Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006 > *Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.* > > * • Solar Commander Remote Power* > > > * • SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection *maver...@mavericksolar.com > 512-460-9825 > > > > On Oct 10, 2022, at 2:06 PM, William Miller via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > > > > Friends: > > > > I am sure all of you are aware of the skyrocketing costs for shipping. I > get it that fuel prices are up and I want truckers to all earn a fair > wage. However I can help but feel there might be some gouging. For > instance, a $900 order for rail was quoted at $4,200 for shipping from > Oregon to the central coast of California. > > > > Fortunately the vendor allowed me to arrange my own shipping. I used a > website called Shiply and got a quote for just over $600 for the same > order. The company I engaged, Globaltranz has been great in communicating > concisely and promptly with me and the vendor. > > > > I think the beauty of using a broker is you can connect with shippers that > might be travelling the desired route already and can fit your order into > an LTL rig already on the road. > > > > The order is not here yet but it is on the way and it appears the transit > is on time. > > > > I hope this helps some of you in procuring the parts you need in a timely > and cost efficient manner. > > > > William > > > > Miller Solar > > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > > 805-438-5600 > > www.millersolar.com > > CA Lic. 773985 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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