Shipping heavy equipment

[Tom Peters]

Best to call/surf Freightquote.com

Really.

At 08:18 PM 12/7/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>>  110 pounds - it's not *that* big. It can go FedEx (149 pound limit for 
>> regular FedEx)  as well as UPS - but that would be "pricey".
>
>Actually if you pull the power supplies, and all the boards, then ship the 
>boards in one carefully packed box, and the power supplies in another, you 
>might be able to get the weight of the BA213 down to the point where 
>shipping it wouldn't be to expensive.  I think the magical weight point 
>for UPS is 70 or 80 pounds, not sure what the size (dimensions) limit 
>is.  Once you hit that magical limit, it gets very spendy to ship using 
>them.  Breaking the package up can be a big help.
>
>OTOH, there is definitely something to be said for properly crating the 
>system shipping it by someone that specializes in transporting large heavy 
>objects.  The downside is that the shipping is likely to cost more than 
>the unit is worth.
>
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