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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 | Hey guys,
I am needing to look into shipping my '64 cab to a buyer...however, UPS probably won't handle something that big. Who is a good shipping company or what should I do? Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | PJ,
If the customer is paying for shipping, tell him to refinance his house!
Stuart. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 | It can't be that bad, I did it. I'm looking for someone to do the shipping though. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 328 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 328 |
Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine and into your brain...that is where crappy ideas come from.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | "that bad" is a relative term.
I couldn't get a $250 bid for a '59 cab with the original windsheild in it AND doors, grill, fenders, engine and trans because the freight would have been crazy high.
Most transport outfits for vehicles won't pick something up unless you can roll it on and off.. a cab would probably require a flatbed.
If the cab will fit in the back of a tractor trailor, and you have a forklift to put it on with, that would probably be the least expensive method of shipping, short of finding a private individual who just happens to be going that way empty to do it.
Check that Yesterdays Tractor message board.. I hear they have a section of their board just for lining up shipping vehicles and tractors.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 | http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shipping+trucking rushway rath viking matheson american transfer transcontinental services usf reddaway yellow conway western freight rodeway express - consolidated old dominion i shipped my vintage m/c motor to VA. from calif using usf reddaway.
Gooday
Jim
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big wheel fires by the grace of god,
everytime that wheel turns round,
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | If you build a wooden shipping crate for it (use old pallet wood), you should be able to ship it though any motor freight carrier. Call a local carrier and ask what class it would be (maybe class 70??). Give them the overall crate dimensions and weight (with crate). If you buyer picks it up from the depot on his end, he should be able to get a reasonable shipping rate. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 | Thanks,
I do have the skid that it came on. I'm sure it'll be expensive. Any other ideas are always welcome! | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 18 | New question:
My cab is now on ebay and of course folks are wanting it shipped. They don't know what they've got themselves into. Does anyone know (i'm at work) what the dimensions/weight would be for a '64 large window cab, stripped bare with no doors or glass? Thanks. A ballpark figure would work. | | |
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