I don't know where to ask this so here goes:

[rust in the eye]

I'm being asked to ship a cylinder head (almost 100# worth) from Chicago to Phoenix.
The usual small package carriers UPS & Fedex do their best to discourage this type parcel with very high prices. I tried Fastenal but this shipment "crosses zones" so no dice there.
I'm trying to help a fellow out without breaking his bank.
Thanks for any ideas

 

[PCustoms]

I'm being asked to ship a cylinder head (almost 100# worth) from Chicago to Phoenix.
The usual small package carriers UPS & Fedex do their best to discourage this type parcel with very high prices. I tried Fastenal but this shipment "crosses zones" so no dice there.
I'm trying to help a fellow out without breaking his bank.
Thanks for any ideas

100 lb by UPS isn't that heavy, especially given I bet this is relatively small.

What are you considering a very high price? That might just be the reality of current shipping costs ...

 

[cgrutt]

Haven't used this personally but sold a few heavy items and buyers used an internet service that let's people bid on shipping. Worked out great each time. One of the "shippers" did this for a living another took stuff between tracks for his son's go kart races. Both used pickup trucks and enclosed trailers. Let the buyer do the work and make payment etc this way it's on him if shipper loses or damages package. I believe uship.com (or something very similar) was one of the platforms but there are several as far as I know.

ETA yeah, the stuff I was selling was much larger and heavier than a cylinder head. I would think UPS would be your best bet for that.

 

[mike93lx]

I would 100% do this via ups over FedEx. I've had multiple heavy items damaged by FedEx not staffing properly.

I'd package it in wood, then a cardboard box with foam. If you just do foam.and cardboard corners will get damaged when it is dropped

 

[Hohn]

Get it on a pallet with some other stuff destined for the same area and see if you can split the costs.

Using JB Hunt's freight estimator, they came back at $190.12 for just your item.

Instant Quote | J.B. Hunt

Fill out the form and get LTL and truckload rates in seconds. No account required!

www.jbhunt.com

 

[BillK]

UPS has really gotten expensive. Just got a set of pistons from Nevada and they were $35 shipping I would imagine you are looking at well over $100 for a 100 lb head.

I have to ask . . . what kind of head that is that heavy ?

 

[mike93lx]

Get it on a pallet with some other stuff destined for the same area and see if you can split the costs.

Using JB Hunt's freight estimator, they came back at $190.12 for just your item.

Instant Quote | J.B. Hunt

Fill out the form and get LTL and truckload rates in seconds. No account required!

www.jbhunt.com

Having done a decent amount of ltl, I wouldn't trust that quote

 

[mike93lx]

UPS has really gotten expensive. Just got a set of pistons from Nevada and they were $35 shipping I would imagine you are looking at well over $100 for a 100 lb head.

I have to ask . . . what kind of head that is that heavy ?

Guessing a 6 cyl diesel?

 

[Snapped-off]

Check out rates with pirateship. My 30% fedex discount can't even touch their commercial rates.

You'll just have to have package dimensions and weight for the prepaid label.

 

[inphx]

uship.com

 

[Shiftless]

Pirate ship has been good for me

 

[vavet]

Greyhound Bus Lines does some shipping. They're slow because passenger bags and cargo take priority. You have to take it to the bus depot. The receiver has to pick it up at the depot.

It's cheap. Not sure if they will deal with something that heavy.

 

[KomatsuTech]

Shipping costs the last few years have went way up. We ship with UPS everyday here at work and it's amazing how much it costs sometimes. It's probably their normal rates, not them trying to discourage you to ship something like that.

 

[Hohn]

Having done a decent amount of ltl, I wouldn't trust that quote

Yeah, that seems pretty obnoxiously high, but I didn't see how to get a quote from R&L and frankly while I want to be helpful I'm not going to create a bunch of accounts to spoon feed someone.

 

[assassin10000]

I've shipped diffs and transmissions via greyhound. They're weight limit is 150lbs iirc.

As mentioned above, has to be picked up at their terminal.

 

[mike93lx]

Yeah, that seems pretty obnoxiously high, but I didn't see how to get a quote from R&L and frankly while I want to be helpful I'm not going to create a bunch of accounts to spoon feed someone.

High? 191 for ltl felt cheap to me, lol. Feels like it awaiting extra handling and fuel charges, plus you have no idea when it will get there and how many times it will get lost along the way

 

[tak1313]

I would 100% do this via ups over FedEx. I've had multiple heavy items damaged by FedEx not staffing properly.

I'd package it in wood, then a cardboard box with foam. If you just do foam.and cardboard corners will get damaged when it is dropped

Anything critical that needs at least some care should be UPS over Fedex. I cannot even count how often Fedex borks packages once they start getting a little weighty.

The biggest cause is likely because all the Ground (versus Express) is done by independent contractors.

Even though you see Fedex on the trucks, the delivery guys wear Fedex uniforms, etc., they operate as independent contractors so have little incentive to care for your package.

 

[Jim greengo]

Forward air.

 

[BDT/NWMN]

UPS is a Common Carrier that comes to your doorstep to pick up the parcel and delivers it to the Recipients doorstep. Neither You (the Shipper), nor the Buyer (Recipient or Consignee) have to consume travel time to drop the parcel off, or pick it up, at some other Common Carrier's Freight Depot. If the Parcel arrives damaged; and the Recipient decides to refuse delivery; Would the Recipient rather do the refusal on His doorstep, or at a Common Carrier's Freight Depot that was a 45-minute(??) one-way drive? Food For Thought.

 

[rust in the eye]

Check out rates with pirateship. My 30% fedex discount can't even touch their commercial rates.

You'll just have to have package dimensions and weight for the prepaid label.

Thanks!
I plugged wght. and dims. into their estimator and got $101, with UPS $47 less then Fedex with my "discount"
For those wondering it is a Jeep 4.0 6 cyl head, it is 96# assembled and with the valve cover without any packaging.
Holding one of these at arms length over a fender is a barrel of monkeys all right.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Sometimes the freight quotes from Southwest air cargo can be really reasonable. We have used them to expedite parts shipments, and they were far cheaper than UPS when shipping a few hundred pounds. You have to bring the package to their freight terminal on 63rd. Street and the recipient would have to pick it up at the airport.

You may need to establish an account, but it might be worth checking out for something like this.

 

[2Rocky]

LTL Shippers will ship stuff on pallets. ESTES and Old Dominion have had good rates. THat may have changed with YELLOW closing.

 

[pelletman]

UPS through www.pirateship.com I am often shocked how low the rates are

 

[alinc100]

Recently I shipped a toolbox and tools from Detroit Mi to Winston Salem NC. I recycled a wooden crate,packed everything myself, weighed in at 250lbs cost through R&L carriers was $202. Crate was 52 " l,29" w,29" h

 

[JeepYJ]

How much is the cylinder head worth? $100 to ship it to someone’s door doesn’t seem that bad. If it’s a junkyard head that needs a rebuild then maybe not worth the shipping cost.

 

[neophyte]

Anything critical that needs at least some care should be UPS over Fedex. I cannot even count how often Fedex borks packages once they start getting a little weighty.

The biggest cause is likely because all the Ground (versus Express) is done by independent contractors.

Even though you see Fedex on the trucks, the delivery guys where Fedex uniforms, etc., they operate as independent contractors so have little incentive to care for your package.

This.
I passed a Fedex truck in Center City Philadelphia, that had

“ MOCHI ON THE GO INC”
“Philadelphia PA”
“Contracted Service Provider”

On the side.
It looked like a standard Fedex delivery truck other than the label on the side.
Maybe the Mochi driver is good and does a decent job delivering packages ? I don’t know.

 

[Snapped-off]

This.
I passed a Fedex truck in Center City Philadelphia, that had

“ MOCHI ON THE GO INC”
“Philadelphia PA”
“Contracted Service Provider”

On the side.
It looked like a standard Fedex delivery truck other than the label on the side.
Maybe the Mochi driver is good and does a decent job delivering packages ? I don’t know.

All fedex ground trucks are contracted service providers. They're not actual fedex employees.

 

[BTL-A4]

I shipped some control arms that weighed about 45 lbs or so within two days of each other and got two different quotes at the same place that were about $20 or so different. Same thing, same weight, same size. The guy at the counter thought it might be because I brought one in right before FedEx got there and the other earlier in the day. Ask for the cheapest rate and tell them when it's shipped doesn't matter and see if it's cheaper.

 

[flyingblind]

Amtrack. They can pick it up at the train station.

 

[LS1-IROC]

Another vote for Pirateship.com I sent out over 200 shipments with them last year via UPS, cheap and reliable.

 

[californiamilleghia]

Does Greyhound still ship , I looked on Google and it says that they stopped ,

It was always good for items that were light but oversize ,