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milkman wrote:A paddle shop (Appomattox River Company) in Virginia was able to ship a Prelude to me in Oregonon Old Dominion for $150. I picked it up at the freight company's dock.

old dominion: "uh we don handle pers freh".

I guess they did it for you because it was coming from a paddle shop.

So in sum:

Forward Air: Cheap, friendly, accomodating
Old Dominion: "uh we don handle pers freh"
YRC: Friendly, more expensive
Greyhound, Sports Express: nothing over 80"
DHL: Only handles international
UPS: They will do it, but for 7-8x the money a freight co will do it for...or, if they like you, they'll do it for 50 bux ???
Mayflower: Minimum container size is 1200lbs

With YRC, like other freight forwarders, it's cheaper if you pick it up at the dock. It's also cheaper if you can have the shipper take it to the nearest YRC terminal, not too hard to do.
JKaz

Thanks Kaz. Their dock to dock rate was $191.40, which was way better than everything else excluding the FA.

-Ray

did you buy the prelude in taos? so the rest of us won't waste our time.

OhCeeOne wrote:did you buy the prelude in taos? so the rest of us won't waste our time.

You caught me. I've been on the hunt for a long long time.

just for comparison, i'm having a c1 shipped from illinois on greyhound package express. its longest dimension is 79". the quote is about $80, so your $97 quote doesn't seem too bad. i should have my new boat next week!

You barely made it on the bus! Has to be 80" or less. Greyhound seems like a great option for c1s and kayaks, but not most canoes unfortunately.

Ray,

What company did you end up shipping your boat with?

tvann wrote:Ray,

What company did you end up shipping your boat with?

Still ongoing .

The problem is the seller is in a very small town and has been so far unable to get the canoe to a city with a freight dock. I just have to wait a couple more weeks and he'll be able to drop it off as part of an already planned trip. I'm using Forward Air and its costing me ~ $140. The original quote ($97) was using inaccurate measurements. Shipping directly out of his small town was going to be almost 3x as much.

So what'd ya buy?

-Ray

If it helps, USAIR will allow you to check a canoe for $100 per direction. I looked into it for international flights, but should be the same for US if that helps. Just can't be an express flight.

agrestal wrote:If it helps, USAIR will allow you to check a canoe for $100 per direction. I looked into it for international flights, but should be the same for US if that helps. Just can't be an express flight.

agrestal,
Thanks! I'll give them a call. $100 would be very nice.
-Ray

So what'd ya buy?

-Ray

I bought a Pyranha Prelude. I used YRC and they are very friendly and easy to work with. The canoe is being shipped from Portland, ME to Boaz, AL for $150.69.

Also YRC will ship to and from a business address for the same price as shipping to and from their terminals.

YRC rocks!
Check their stock, YRCW, makes you wonder what's going on.
Buy low sell high?

Jkaz