Shipping

[arnuphal]

Who, besides Amtrack or Greyhound, would you use to ship a tuba from Coast to Coast?

[Chuck(G)]

Who, besides Amtrack or Greyhound, would you use to ship a tuba from Coast to Coast?

Any of the motor freight companies--e.g. Yellow, Emory, etc. Box it really well, strap it to a pallet and let 'em haul it. Insurance is pretty reasonable--and freight haulers tend to pay off on claims better than UPS or Fedex does.

[Tuba-G Bass]

I got wonderful service with Old Dominion Freight!
http://www.odfl.com/

In this case I was receiving a Broadcast TV Videotape deck I
bought on eBay, the shipper boxed it up, cut a 1/2 inch sheet of
plywood to cover and protect the top of the box and lashed it to a pallet.

They listed the weight as 130+ pounds, I know the deck itself
is around 80 pounds, they provided a tracking number which you can access on the internet.

And when it arrived at my local depot,
I went with the printout and got the shipment off the loading dock, it arrived in great condition.

Cost was in the $300 plus range, it took about
three or four days from Minnesota to Pennsylvania.

[Art Hovey]

"DHL" has delivered a couple of tubas to my door. One of them sustained some damage that could have been blamed on poor packaging, but they payed my insurance claim with no hassle.

[Dan Schultz]

I got wonderful service with Old Dominion Freight!

I'm delighted that you got good service from Old Dominion! Someone shipped a string bass to me via Old Dominion and the box sat in their local warehouse for three days because they don't deliver to a residential address. My business is in my home and since it 'looked like a house', the driver just drove right on by. Had they called me I would have driven ten minutes to pick it up.... I wouldn't ship a mousetrap with these guys!

[Tuba-G Bass]

Re:Shipping Old Dominion

And when it arrived at my local depot,
I went with the printout and got the shipment off the loading dock.

Like Schlep says, they are a freight company, not FedEx.
It was easier for me to go with a pickup and have them move it from the depot
dock into the back of the truck, Since it was a
big box lashed to a full pallet.

With their tracking feature, I could check to see where it was
in the trip, that's how I knew when it got in town.