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Shipping Furniture - Don_M - 04-14-2025
This is not strictly speaking a woodworking question and perhaps some of you that build furniture as a business might be able to help. I am building a small console for my daughter. She is in New York - I am in the SF bay area. Any thoughts on how to cost effectively ship a single piece of furniture? It is about 53”l x 24”h x 18”d. I recognize that your basic moving co. could handle but I suspect that would be quite expensive. Thanks
RE: Shipping Furniture - msweig - 04-15-2025
Check out the Lost Art Press blog. I know they have had a few posts dealing with shipping individual chairs. Much of it has dealt with building a crate, but I think there was some discussion on who/how they ship.
RE: Shipping Furniture - Kudzu - 04-15-2025
Someone might have a great idea that is cheaper. But I would assume you are looking at LTL freight. Meaning shipping it through a big shipping company.
You would need to at least have it on a pallet so they can move it by forklift. But you really would need to crate it to make sure it got there in perfect condition.
Not cheap but when I do have to ship something I get rates through freightquote.com. They will search the major carriers and you will get a much better rate then if you try to arrange it yourself. That is the best option I have found for machines or anything of large size and weight.
RE: Shipping Furniture - Don_M - 04-16-2025
(04-15-2025, 11:27 AM)Kudzu Wrote: Someone might have a great idea that is cheaper. But I would assume you are looking at LTL freight. Meaning shipping it through a big shipping company.
You would need to at least have it on a pallet so they can move it by forklift. But you really would need to crate it to make sure it got there in perfect condition.
Not cheap but when I do have to ship something I get rates through freightquote.com. They will search the major carriers and you will get a much better rate then if you try to arrange it yourself. That is the best option I have found for machines or anything of large size and weight.
Thanks - that link is helpful.
RE: Shipping Furniture - DogwoodTales - 04-17-2025
(04-15-2025, 11:27 AM)Kudzu Wrote: Someone might have a great idea that is cheaper. But I would assume you are looking at LTL freight. Meaning shipping it through a big shipping company.
You would need to at least have it on a pallet so they can move it by forklift. But you really would need to crate it to make sure it got there in perfect condition.
Not cheap but when I do have to ship something I get rates through freightquote.com. They will search the major carriers and you will get a much better rate then if you try to arrange it yourself. That is the best option I have found for machines or anything of large size and weight.
LTL is my first thought too. I did it once to ship a hall table from Cincinnati, OH to Albany, NY. I used Estes, but I was also able to do it through my employer and save a few bucks over doing it on my own.
RE: Shipping Furniture - jteneyck - 04-17-2025
I use Pirate Ship for most everything I ship. I entered box dimensions of 59 x 29 x 23 and weighing 100 lbs. From San Diego to Albany the price is $747 if you use UPS directly, but only $351 using UPS through Pirate Ship. I would add insurance, for sure, which will add just a few dollars.
Pirate Ship. Highly recommended.
John
RE: Shipping Furniture - Don_M - 04-17-2025
(04-17-2025, 06:15 PM)jteneyck Wrote: I use Pirate Ship for most everything I ship. I entered box dimensions of 59 x 29 x 23 and weighing 100 lbs. From San Diego to Albany the price is $747 if you use UPS directly, but only $351 using UPS through Pirate Ship. I would add insurance, for sure, which will add just a few dollars.
Pirate Ship. Highly recommended.
John
OK - thanks. I will look into them
RE: Shipping Furniture - Gary G™ - 04-18-2025
I would compare Pirate ship to FreightQuote to DHL and Greyhound.
RE: Shipping Furniture - 6270_Productions - 04-18-2025
Go visit her for Christmas - and take it with you when you go. Yes, I am talking about driving there. There is a bunch of stuff to see in "Flyover country".
RE: Shipping Furniture - EightFingers - 04-18-2025
You might verify how that insurance works. Determining value is where the problem is. I shipped some wood bowls I turned and one arrived cracked. They would not accept the value I placed on it since there was no “receipt”. Payment was denied