Aaron Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Trying to ship a recaro seat to florida, anyone have the work discount or know of a place thats reasonable? Local place down the street was high and quoted $575. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeesammy Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 I think fedex or UPS has a bulk “of it fits it ships” type deal, I shipped some seats like 3 years ago to CA for $370ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 No matter which shipping method you use size matters most when determining price. If the seat is a 2-piece seat the take the rails off, separate the bottom from the base, and fit it in the smallest box you can while still protecting everything. Same thought applies with fixed back shells but less gains to get. FedEx is typically best of the big shippers for large items, but if you want the absolute best price go Greyhound. You have to take it downtown to the bus station to drop off and they have to pick it up at their closest station but it’ll be hundreds cheaper than the next closest option typically. Just protect the hell out of it because it’s going to be thrown under a bus and loaded/unloaded multiple times. Their tracking sucks too....but it’s cheap so you get what you pay for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 I have a fedex account if you want to send me the weight, dimensions and zip I can see what my price would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 Looked up greyhound after Joe reminded me about it. Seems they now offer door to door service as well as station to station. It's about 100 station to station and 220 door to door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 No matter which shipping method you use size matters most when determining price. If the seat is a 2-piece seat the take the rails off, separate the bottom from the base, and fit it in the smallest box you can while still protecting everything. Same thought applies with fixed back shells but less gains to get. FedEx is typically best of the big shippers for large items, but if you want the absolute best price go Greyhound. You have to take it downtown to the bus station to drop off and they have to pick it up at their closest station but it’ll be hundreds cheaper than the next closest option typically. Just protect the hell out of it because it’s going to be thrown under a bus and loaded/unloaded multiple times. Their tracking sucks too....but it’s cheap so you get what you pay for. +1 on this, I shipped a whole motorcycle frame this way from philly to here. Was right around $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBaustert Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 I've heard fastenal is very cheap when it comes to large/bulky items./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 find a box at Home Depot that will fit it and weigh it. We have a fedex account and can probably get it out for you for around a hunnid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdhill Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 fedx ground is cheap...or put it on a greyhound bus-very cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted June 21, 2019 Report Share Posted June 21, 2019 sounds dumb... but check bikeflights.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dammit Charlie Posted June 22, 2019 Report Share Posted June 22, 2019 I had to ship about 1500lbs of steel shelving a year and a half ago. We have a FedEx freight account, and they quoted me about $1,750. The company that was selling them to me said to ask for a special rate where the product is not insured at such a high rate. Turns out the first quote was for $100k worth of insurance. With about $10k of insurance on the delivery it only cost my $800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Bikeflights.com I've shipped an entire bicycle for $100 to CA (little more with $3k in insurance). A bike frameset was like $30 a couple weeks ago. Pack it up, get the dimensions and weight and pop the numbers into their website. Rates are hard to beat. Edit - didn't see Brandon already mentioned em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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