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How Do I Ship An Arcade Cabinet?
grundle:
I think there may be multiple sites like this, but you can list it on here: http://www.uship.com/
Basically you say where it is coming from/going, and different companies/truck drivers bid on moving it for you. Having talked to moving truck drivers in the past, they do little jobs like this to make a little extra money. So if someone is moving from LA to Seattle, and they know some room will be left in the truck, they'll charge you a couple hundred and move the arcade for you.
knave:
If you're gonna drive half-way you can come park it in my garage...In Nor CAL. ;D OH...what's that your brother...your brother who? LOL.
Although It might still be cheeper for you to fly to seattle and help him buy his own cab for $200-$300. Plus you get to visit that way...
Jeff AMN:
--- Quote from: Minwah on March 23, 2007, 07:50:14 am ---Does anyone remove the monitor when transporting cabinets? I'm in two minds about whether to remove the monitor from mine to make it easier to move about...
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I've moved a few cabs and I've never bothered with the monitor. I just checked to see if it was bolted securely, and then made the move.
Jake:
I've worked for a couple of trucking companies in my time as a billing clerk so I can only tell you how Fed-ex Freight and AAA Cooper works. They don't charge you for shrink wrap and they don't charge for putting it on a pallet. You can drop it off at the terminal and supervise the packaging of the cab to make sure they do it right. Part of the shipping fee is the gas fee, which is actually most of the shipping fee. I think you'd pay 100-200$ and maybe less if your arrage a dock pickup so they won't have to deliver it to your brother. They charge at least 75$ just for a liftgate fee so you definitely want your brother to go to the terminal and get it. I'm not sure what companies are on the west coast but they all pretty much work the same.
fjl:
Uship sounds interesting. I'll look into that, thanks!
And I can't get my brother to build the cabinet himself. He's mechanically inclined as a monkey. :P