shipping ??

[jim gilmore]

How do you ship a completed airplane ?
What does it cost ?

[Garf]

Forget it.

[larry borden]

I checked on shipping a completed Sterling S2 Mustang and it was going to be over a hundred dollars.

[jim gilmore]

Well the reason I am asking is that mom has suffered a severe stroke and I expect to stay heere in NYC till bowling is over in May.
I either build and fly something I can take on a weekly trip to FMP now that I have time...or I sit on my hands for 6 more months....

[Steve Helmick]

Greydog is the best way, not terribly expensive, and surprisingly fast. Summer before last, my buddy Gary G. shipped an Impact from Phoenix to Seattle, which I hauled to Edmonton for him.  Last May, he shipped the same Impact from Eugene OR to Phoenix AZ for about $65 (and $1,000 insurance was only another $10).  When he got it, he shipped the empty box back to Tacoma, and another plane was shipped back to Phoenix. No damage, no issues, no regrets. Greydog will NOT ship across the US/Canadian border.   Steve

[peabody]

Find a mattress box at a moving supply place, size and reinforce it, and put it on the dog.....

[Perry Rose]

The cheapest way is to build the model into ARF condition. Then pack and ship like an ARF and assemble it at the new location. Or buy an ARF. I've used UPS wand got broken planes each time and the mail with very good results. Buying insurance is a waste of money as "you didn't pack it right".

[Joe Just]

Last June I went to a bycycle shop and picked up a box that bikes are shipped in. No charge.  Shipped two Carrier planes to Michigan, cost one way $39 Walla Walla to Flint.  Box arrived in MI in 4 days, everything inside fine.   When needed again I will repeat using Greyhound.
Joe

[phil c]

You can't find a box that UPS will ship and still honor their insurance.  They want 4 in. of packing  material all around the object.  Anything but a small half A will end up too big to ship.  Skip the packing and they won't honor the insurance, period.

[Tim Wescott]

You can't find a box that UPS will ship and still honor their insurance.  They want 4 in. of packing  material all around the object.  Anything but a small half A will end up too big to ship.  Skip the packing and they won't honor the insurance, period.

Figure that at least one stage of your box's shipping experience there'll be some poor clunk who's standing at the intersection of a conveyor belt and a 30' trailer, with boxes coming off the conveyor at an average of once every five seconds or so.  The only way to get the boxes to the end of the trailer when its empty is to pick one up, assess its weight, and if it is light enough hurl it the length of the trailer.  Then when you get a heavy box you trot it to the end of the trailer, quickly arrange things, run back to the conveyor, and start hurling again.

(I have a cousin who worked at UPS until his back went out).

From their perspective, that 4" of packing is reasonable.  I wouldn't use any less to ship by truck, either.

If you're not comfortable with tossing the box across ten feet of concrete floor, then you shouldn't be comfortable shipping it.