I am getting some parts from Factory Five for the Daytona coupe project I'm abut to start. Factory Five's shipping company wants to charge $800 to ship a front clip from MA to my place in FL. Anyone else want to do it for cheaper? I was thinking more like $400, it's a 22 hour trip according to Google. Is that $800 reasonable afterall?
Figure the distance at 3 bucks a gallon...
In reply to t25torx:
I had a freight company ship a 600lb motorcycle that far for $650 with door to door service and special handling when fuel prices were higher so that does sound expensive. Try calling a freight company like you would if you were buying a lift on ebay for a quote of your own.
Roughly a 1,470 mile trip.
In my truck at least, that's about $370 in gas alone.
At least now we know approximately how far the trip is.
I was just thinking U-ship would be the cheapest way to do this.
Try Uber!
Does Greyhound have the room for one of these?
If it will fit on a standard pallet and not exceed 100lbs, Greyhound will do it for under $200 i would bet.
I'm guessing they also build a crate for it. That costs quite a bit. It would suck to have a broken clip delivered.
Cotton
UberDork
6/4/15 2:10 p.m.
Those daytona coupe kits are sweet.
LTL - Less Than Truckload - freight is costed by freight class. The classing guidelines are protected more closely than nuclear launch codes.
Essentially it's a weight/volume relationship. The most perfect load is one where 100% of the truck's volume is used up the same time as it's weight capacity.
So a 24" square pallet containing a 350# anvil is much cheaper to ship than a 1/2 car sized crate containing 150# of fiberglass bodywork and brackets.
8 bills sounds about right for LTL.
In reply to Swank Force One:
IME with Greyhound, it may also arrive in a much easier stored state than it left the factory.
If you can wait until August I may be on strike, and would love an adventure. I live 20 minutes from factory five. I think the bodies are made in Rhode Island though.
Chris
Crating it will be some $$$$$ I would expect that at least 1/3 of that 800 is crating. Hell the plywood cost alone is going to be some $$$$. The 800 sounds very reasonable.
sanman
HalfDork
6/4/15 11:43 p.m.
You may be able to ship it via amtrak. DC to Florida express will do it, but they have trains running up to MA as well.
I couldn't afford to do it for $400
What parts are you getting?
Leafy
HalfDork
6/5/15 7:08 p.m.
Yeah nearl $300 in gas for me towing. Gonna need to get paid at least $1200 to do that run for you. Remember going down that way with a trailer is like $100 in tolls round trip unless you go the back way.
Maybe you should build 90% of the car (minus what you're asking to ship) and drive up to Wareham and bolt it on in thier parking lot!
Last month I had a complete carb to flywheel Porsche 911 engine sent from Seattle to WV for $200 through Fastenal. I don't know if they have size restrictions, but the engine was boxed on a pallet. They're worth a look.
Thanks for the responses guys! Okay so $400 is to low it would seem (hey can't fault me for asking). I may have a line on getting it here through a forum member though so we'll see how that goes. If not I'll bite the bullet and pay the $800.
One final offer, $400 and the 3 wheels and hoosier r6's! lol