Hello,

I've to send 2 bumpers from Fraser Michigan to Hellertown Pennsylvania.
What is the best and solution for the shipment of this parts please?
Thank for your answers

 

Fastenal.

I've also used Greyhound for large/light items like fenders.

 

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Do you know anyone in the shipping/logistics field? I had to ship a rear differential and driveshaft to Chicago, and I just brought it in, palletized it and sent it out via Holland. Doing so through work allowed me to utilize their discount-it only cost me about $100 and was there next business day. It helped the buyer also worked in a warehouse and was able to receive it on a dock. Charges go up for liftgate/residential deliveries/etc..but if I would've tried to ship that out via UPS (not through work) that cost would've been at least double.

 

Freight shipping can be reasonable if you drop it at the dock on a pallet ready to go and have the receiver pick it up at the dock, its usually pretty reasonable. especially if its on a normal 40x48 pallet.

 

Fastnal is another possibility. I've been told that since Covid they will not ship all the way across the country anymore. But will ship around the West Coast or the East Coast. You might try them and see if they will go from Michigan to Pennsylvania. Here's a link:

Blue Lane Freight (fastenal.com)

I have also used uship, but have had mixed results going through them. Here's a link to their website.

https://www.uship.com/

 

How much do the bumpers weigh? Don't discount UPS or Fedex. Both will ship items up to 150 lbs, and I have received quite heavy items that were shipped using those services. Bumpers are not all that bulky, either. Just need a long box.

My basic two cents is to start with the easy options and work your way up (or down) to the more complex ones. No need to put things on pallets or drive them 60 miles to some drop-off point if you can box it yourself and take it to the nearest UPS store.

 

Fastenal Shipping, which is apparently now called Blue Lane Freight, does ship in the two halves of the country but not cross-country as 2blu442 says.

Here's a map showing their shipping "zones." Both Michigan and Pennsylvania are in the same zone, so they should be able to handle your bumpers.

https://www.fastenal.com/fast/blue-lane-freight#

 

Unless the OP has a commercial account, my experience is that UPS or FedX will require 2-300 dollars per bumper. I remember shipping bumpers that far for 100 dollars. Those days are in the past.

 

Certainly possible. How much does Fastenal charge? Everything is higher these days. You have to balance cost with convenience as well.

Heck, if it were me buying those bumpers (assuming they're going to the same buyer), I'd probably just hop in my truck, drive to Michigan, and pick them up in person. No worries about shipping that way, and the out-of-pocket cost is likely less. Just need two full days as it's about a 1000 mile round trip.

 

Yes sure but I'm living in France

 

Thank you

 

Yes sure but I'm living in France

 

Thank you

 

Thank you

 

From the tone of your first post, I assumed you were the seller and that whomever was buying the bumpers in Pennsylvania would be the one to drive to Michigan to get them. If you're the buyer, there still must be someone in Pennsylvania receiving the packages for you. That person could drive to Michigan. It was all just a thought.

I think picking them in person could save significant money. Figure shipping the bumpers is $200 each for total of $400. But it could easily be $500. If you drive a pickup truck that gets, say, 20 mpg, and with gas about $3.50 a gallon right now, that's $175 in fuel cost for a 1000 mile round trip. Figure a night in a motel at $100, and you've spent under $300. I don't count the meals on the road because you can pack food, and you'd have the meals whether you were on the road or at home. Gotta eat, right?

The only real cost is two days on the road. But in exchange you have the peace of mind of knowing you have the bumpers safely in the bed of your truck. No worry about loss or damage in shipment, dealing with the shipping company, having to create pallets, etc. etc. etc.


About maybe 15 years ago, when I was living in southeastern Ohio, I sold a bumper to a guy in North Carolina. Rather than ship it, we agreed to meet half-way in between, somewhere in Virginia as I recall, and transfer the bumper from me to him there. Worked out very well, and my wife and I made a nice little getaway weekend out of it. Toured some historic Civil War battlefields.

I realize that you're not in a position to tour historic battlefields. My point is, think outside the box.