Posted by KathiAZ on 10/18/06 7:35am
Msg #153255

OT - Shipping cross country?

Hi
Any suggestions on shipping items from Tucson to Delaware? My sister is moving some stuff back east and we are looking for options other than moving companies.
Thanks in advance.
kathi

Reply by Lee/AR on 10/18/06 8:37am
Msg #153272

Greyhound or Trailways Bus? Maybe.

Reply by John_NorCal on 10/18/06 7:53pm
Msg #153435

Re: OT - Lee.... Trailways Bus are they even

in business still? I thought the folded up.

Reply by MelissaCT on 10/18/06 9:29am
Msg #153288

PODS can be used on-site, stored in their warehouse or moved from location to location.

Reply by Jason on 10/18/06 9:38am
Msg #153292

Pods are great

Pods are great. I used em.

Much cheaper than moving co's.

You load them yourself.

You lock pods w/ your own locks. They stay locked until you open them at other end. Prevents theft of your stuff by mover employees.

Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/18/06 11:55am
Msg #153321

Re: OT - Shipping cross country? Call and LTL carrier?

If you look under "Trucking" in the yellow pages you will notice that some companies advertise LTL which stands for "less than load" Yellow Freight and Inter-mountain Express come to mind and ask for a quote. Like their advertising says they accept less than full loads and go through a consolidation process for their freight. Then there are the services like FedEx Freight and DSL who also do freight and charge reasonably for ground delivery. Depending on the quantity of stuff that needs to be shipped one of those may give you some additional options.

Reply by SueW/Tn on 10/18/06 1:20pm
Msg #153330

I once read an article about some folks moving cross country

They started early with their moving prep and sent, via UPS, nearly everything they owned a few boxes at a time. They sold all the big stuff and used that money for replacement as they said dollar for dollar it cost them less to do the move this way. Also Charles is correct, I used to do LTL for a moving company and they have a division that specializes in this. It's mostly military moves but you can get a great cost break if you're shipping alot.