REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!

[TimRhod at aol.com]

Contact Travis at velocity and see if he is still transporting kits He has  
an enclosed trailer that holds the whole kit without crating.  
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2012 11:49:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
chasec at gmail.com writes:

So I've  got the XL-FG kit now, but it's down in California near LA and
I'm up in  Seattle.   I want to send the kit to the factory but am
having  some trouble finding a shipper, let alone crating the thing up.
I don't  have the time available to drive it myself, unfortunately.

My current  plan is to fly down there this weekend with some power
tools, rent a truck  at Home Depot, load it up with plywood and other
stuff as necessary and  build a crate to hold the kit in it's entirety
and tarp it up.    Let the kit sit outside in the previous owner's
driveway until a shipper  can come pick it up and take it to Florida
for me.

I'd like to pay  less than $2,000 for the shipping, but the quotes I
get depend a LOT on  what I say I'm shipping.   If I give them the same
weight and  size, I get about $1800 if it's "Fiberglass pieces" but
$3500 if it's  "Fiberglass airplane pieces".   The National Motor
Freight  Classification system is not very easy to understand.

I have a few  questions I need help with:

#1:  Is there anything better to do  than build a big 16' x 6' x 6' box
and ship it with absolutely everything  inside?
#2:  Does anybody have experience with a shipper that did a  good job
delivering a kit that they would recommend?
#3:  If you  ever shipped a kit, what NMFC class did you use?

I'm open to ideas and  recommendations.


Thanks for all your help!

Clayton  Chase
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