I need to locate a trucking company or good source for getting boards back to NJ. I keep hearing that the going price for 1 to 3 longobards in a box is anywhere from $130 to $150…this is for dock to dock (business to business). I can ship out of Santa Barbara, Buellton or Santa Maria…I’ll even drive to Ventura if I can get a good carrier.
Also have some shortboards that need to go to same NJ address. Who out there that KNOWS HOW TO PACK boards has ever used Fed Ex? I hear people say they destroy them, but I have to wonder about that. Damage? Cost for 6’4"s boxed? Took how long?
Any comments, suggestions?
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I need to locate a trucking company or good source for getting boards back to NJ. I keep hearing that the going price for 1 to 3 longobards in a box is anywhere from $130 to $150…this is for dock to dock (business to business). I can ship out of Santa Barbara, Buellton or Santa Maria…I’ll even drive to Ventura if I can get a good carrier.
Also have some shortboards that need to go to same NJ address. Who out there that KNOWS HOW TO PACK boards has ever used Fed Ex? I hear people say they destroy them, but I have to wonder about that. Damage? Cost for 6’4"s boxed? Took how long?
Any comeents, suggestions?
I believe John Campbell has a reliable shipper
…I don’t know John…where is he? s he a shipper or someone who ships a lot? Contact number? Thankxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saia freight has been OK for me on single board shipments. On time with no damage. Reasonable rates. They have a terminal in Santa Maria. Make sure they know there are fragile surfboards in the box.
http://www.saia.com/v2/default.aspx
945 Noble Way
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805)739-5401
FedEx has not been the same story for me and they have the most convoluted rules, regulations and claims process. It seems they have so many loopholes, they can get out of paying most any damage claim. I packed a board to survive the next nuclear apocolypse and it still arrived on east coast with a rail ding. They had a specific claim procedure that involved many details… miss one and you’re SOL.
My .02 FWIW. Your mileage may vary.
Thanks for the get back…gotta call from a friend saying Yellow Freight can go out of SB to NJ for $175 and it’ll get there in 2 days! Not bad…friend also said you have to be extremely careful how you actually have them send it…weight, or cubes and some other important instructions.
Keep 'em coming…this is good info for anyone in my shoes…
Hey, snap out of it! He works at Clydes, you know, John.
I’ve used Pilot Air Freight with good results. The claim I did have on a damages shipment, they paid in full with not too much bitching. You might give them a look. I think I paid $110 for boards up to 10ft. It was business to cross dock.
I think Rusty has used them from time to time.
How many boards did you have in the box? Did they say one box up to #boards, or a size limit???
thanks
Oh sh-t, I didn’t know John’s last name (plus I started at 4:30 this morning)…he told me previously that he calls a broker like freightquote.com or something…that’s what I did and got the $578 quote…maybe they thought I’m the first to deliver to Mars.
…delivery to Venus coming soon.
A friend ordered a McCoy online, and it came in a double box. First it was bubble wrap, and foam wrapped for rails / fins, and put in a box full of bubble wrap. Then it was put into a larger dims box with inserts in the inside. Outer box was a foot bigger.
It worked there was a lift fork hole, but only went 1st box deep. I thought that was pretty tight.
That’s a case of some extreme packaging…impressive, expensive, and defintely successful in your friend’s case.