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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 10:41 AM
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I'm parting out my truck and I need some advice on how to ship the bigger stuff like bumpers and body panels. Maybe even transfercase and diffs too. Anyone have any experience with this?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 11:23 AM
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Grayhound frieght used to be good large items like body panels, they may have weight limit.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 02:48 PM
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I'll look into Greyhound. Fed Ex freight wanted 324 bucks to ship a bumper!!!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiftonthefly1
I'm parting out my truck and I need some advice on how to ship the bigger stuff like bumpers and body panels. Maybe even transfercase and diffs too. Anyone have any experience with this?
Shipping from where to where Shift?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 03:11 PM
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GH isnt bad you drop it a the nearest terminal and it gets picked up at the local bus terminal.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by drowssap
GH isnt bad you drop it a the nearest terminal and it gets picked up at the local bus terminal.
DHL used to be great but it they only do international now
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 03:24 PM
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Anything Air Freight is expensive , if your shipping international ,use sea freight ..
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 04:39 PM
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Here in Vegas to Massachusetts
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 05:48 PM
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I shipped a minibike once using ForwardAir, not sure if they are still around.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2015 | 06:20 PM
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They are and have terminal just outside city
 
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