Shipping a roof clip from New Hampshire to Los Angeles or AZ , NV, Cal

[Southbay356]

Does anyone have an idea how to send a sunroof roof clip

its 4 foot across and 6 foot long , and maybe 18 inches "tall" when sitting on the ground ,
I think its too big and heavy for Greyhound,

so is there any other way to get it here ?

Probably a lot of Porsche trailers will be driving past there to go to the 2016 Porsche Parade next month , but I doubt many from the West Coast,

if I can get it to Arizona or Nevada that would even help......

Thanks for your ideas

[1979-930]

I had a hood shipped from Vermont to CA using Greyhound. Check their website. Only challenge is getting the buyer to meet the bus. It will need to be boxed.

[budge96]

Forward Air is your friend, most major airports domestic, have excess airfreight moved across
traditional roadways, each airport has a depot for FA .
You will be required to wrap and palletize to the best of your ability , make cash customer payment
and there you have it roof clips certainly can be unwieldy but not excessively heavy...Bert

[brianvb]

You'll need to build a plywood box, put it in the box and ship the box. I did it with a gocart, the box / shipping cost me 1400$. Ouch.

[Southbay356]

Originally Posted by brianvb

You'll need to build a plywood box, put it in the box and ship the box. I did it with a gocart, the box / shipping cost me 1400$. Ouch.

was it that much because it had to go across the Canadian border ?

you can get a complete car shipped across the USA for about that !

[techweenie]

I did it years ago; just the lumber for the crate cost $300 - likely more now. My labor was free.

Now, you have services like UShip, which are 99% brokers who will bid a job and then go look for someone they can ship with for 85% of what they quote. It's a very scammy business, as they will re-contact you with upcharges for timely shipping, pickup/dropoff without loading dock, etc.

[Southbay356]

Originally Posted by techweenie

I did it years ago; just the lumber for the crate cost $300 - likely more now. My labor was free.

Now, you have services like UShip, which are 99% brokers who will bid a job and then go look for someone they can ship with for 85% of what they quote. It's a very scammy business, as they will re-contact you with upcharges for timely shipping, pickup/dropoff without loading dock, etc.

Yeah Uship was good when it started , but even then Uship did not police the shippers well,

now with all the brokers you have no idea where your stuff is !

[Unobtanium-inc]

U-Ship is a nightmare.
I sold a C Coupe to a guy a few years ago, he didn't want to use my broker, he saved $100 by using a guy on U-Ship. The guy showed up with a converted motor home, except he had double booked. His thing was full of furniture, which he unloaded, loaded up the Porsche, and the re-loaded the furniture, on top of the 356. Don't we all want a couch on top of our Porsche when it's being shipped?


---Adam

[brianvb]

I had to pay to have the box built