REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!

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Clayton, 


I built my wings myself. Honestly, I found it very straight forward, easy, and fun to do. 


Kurt 



-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton Chase <chasec at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Fri, May 25, 2012 2:10 pm
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!


Thanks for all the ideas and advice, everybody!

The solution I'm choosing is to skip sending it to the factory at all
and to drive it up to my home in Seattle myself this weekend.
By doing this I'm likely to skip the fastbuild wings, which I had been
hoping to do in order to get me in the air faster.  But I will still
be able to do the retractable gear, which was the main reason I was
wanting to send it down to to the factory to begin with.
I talked with Tony Partain; while we were not able to work anything
out if anyone else has transportation needs I suggest you talk to him.

Attached is how the kit looks like as I bought it.


Clayton Chase

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Terrence Miles
<terrence_miles at hotmail.com> wrote:
> You could try to find Dan Fast.  If he is still moving kits around.  I don't
> have any current info on him, but the factory might have something.
> Clayton, welcome to the Velo world.
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Clayton Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:49 PM
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Subject: REFLECTOR: First problem - Shipping!
>
> 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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