Shipping Costs - HELP!

[Windwalker]

Dale was kind enough to part out a C26 in south Florida and, HOORAY!, had a toe rail for me. We even agreed on the price!

HOWEVER, and this is were I need your help, the shipping costs from Florida to here in Spokane are almost $500! (this is the cheapest I could find, UPS wanted just under $1000!) If I was still on the east coast, I would drive down and pick it up, not an option way out here.

Any suggestions???

[trev]

I have used uship in the past for oversize items. You list what you have, size, weight, and to/from locations and shippers will email you with a quote. You mainly get truck drivers with partial loads that will throw it on their truck.

http://www.uship.com/

[Windwalker]

Thanks, Trev, I've given it a try. We'll see.

[Dave]

windwalker,
Have you thought about cuttting it here and having it welded when you get it, I think Dale said you only need about a foot or so. I live near Dale and have bought some of his parts. I would think welding and cleaning the repair up can't be over 100.00 bucks ? just a thought.

Dave

[Holiday]

I had a mast shipped from Fl to NC about the time gas was getting close to $4 per gallon. I picked it up at the Roadway shipping terminal. I believe it was around $190. Picking it up at the terminal saved a lot.

[Windwalker]

Thanks to all!

Trev, that website was great. I found someone at half the cost! (Still more then the part cost!)

Dave, I had thought of that, and I could save $100 over the original quote.
Although I needed only a foot, about 5 feet of the rail was damaged, but usable. All in all, replacing the whole rail was my preferred choice.

Holiday, about right, I am going 3500 miles further. I know this since I just moved from NC two yeas ago. I moved the boat from Kerr Lake where it was damaged.

BTW; the boat was damaged in it's slip when a windstorm came through northern North Carolina. I had the boat secured with 4, 1/2" dock lines on each side (2 on the bow and two on the stern). The 4 lines on the windward side broke and the boat tried to roll onto the dock. A cleat caught the toe rail and pushed it up about 18", pulling about 8' of rail away from the boat. I calculated the boat had to roll 45 deg on bare poles with the keel down to create the damage. Quite a windstorm!