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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: DanMcG on June 22, 2017, 10:48:09 AM
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Anybody have a favorite shipper to freight a cab across country? I'd like to find a 78 cab without all the rust I got now, but don't have a clue how to get it from a rust free zone to Central NY.
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You would want the shipper to build a wooden crate for the cab and bolt it down the the floor of the crate. That crate should be built on a pallet for a forklift to move it. There will be a cost for the crate.
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You can post an auction on "U Ship" and maybe they will have a better idea of how they would want to handle it.
It's funny because I grew up back east where everything returned to the earth, out here they just don't rust. I have not found a cost effective way to do it.
For one pallet items, we have used Fastenal. I shipped a motor from Phoenix to Pittsburgh for $175, store to store.
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It may be easier/more cost effective to find one closer to home, make a roadtrip, put it in your bed and drive it home.
For example, i did see a rust free cab in a yard around here. It has been a year or so, so i don't know if it's still there. But the point is, they do exist.
http://www.car-part.com/
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i found 2 in PA about 230 miles from central NY. And i'm sure there are more. So, i feel this may be the better way.
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How does that happen in PA, were talking average 30 /40 years old.?
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How does that happen in PA, were talking average 30 /40 years old.?
Good question. That's why you have to call and try to get pics beforehand. The cab i saw here about a year ago was rust free.
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Thanks for the link Stewart, Ill check it from time to time. It would be pretty rare to find a useable cab that old in the rust belt. I can't remember the last time I seen one in the scrap yard.
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Thanks for the link Stewart, Ill check it from time to time. It would be pretty rare to find a useable cab that old in the rust belt. I can't remember the last time I seen one in the scrap yard.
Check craigslist, there's a guy in Meredith NH that has a Bunch of rust free stuff. It looks like he makes semi regular trips out west.
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Check craigslist, there's a guy in Meredith NH that has a Bunch of rust free stuff. It looks like he makes semi regular trips out west.
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Thanks for the lead, I sent him an email.
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https://baltimore.craigslist.org/pts/d/ca-rustfree-truck-parts-in-pa/6363808818.html
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Just look on CL in the south and southwest
Pick a town and click on "surrounding areas "
Gonna be a lot cheaper just to take a trailer and make a fun road trip down to experience some southern hospitality and bring it back yourself since on your own trailer or truckbed you won't need a crate , just 6 good ratchet straps
Plus unless you look at it in person you will likely wind up with a rusty POS cab arriving in a nice crate
Most sellers lie about everything
Might be cheaper to buy a complete vehicle than just the cab
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Roundhouse is right. Find one down here or out west, hook up a trailer and make the road trip. Bring along a good friend.You'll accomplish three things.......you'll get a good cab, you'll see new country and you'll have a life long memory with you bud.........don't know which is worth more. Me and a buddy since we were in high school went from western Comal CO TX just north of San Antonio to Northwood ND to pick up my 37 Chevy truck. Took 4 days to do it. Great fun. Embrace the opportunity
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Roundhouse is right. Find one down here or out west, hook up a trailer and make the road trip. Bring along a good friend.You'll accomplish three things.......you'll get a good cab, you'll see new country and you'll have a life long memory with you bud.........don't know which is worth more. Me and a buddy since we were in high school went from western Comal CO TX just north of San Antonio to Northwood ND to pick up my 37 Chevy truck. Took 4 days to do it. Great fun. Embrace the opportunity
Id rather do a good road trip than disneyworld or a cruise. That's for sure
If you have the time , making a rule of not using interstate highways is even better , you get to see a lot of cool stuff and you just stop and see whatever interests you
When we took our son to college in NJ we drove the blue ridge parkway
And stopped whenever we saw something interesting
Won't ever forget that trip
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I️ second (or third?) the road trip idea!!
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Hi:
If you dont have enough time off or money for a roadtrip, another option to look into is having it trucked by a company called ForwardAir...they are very economical but they only go from airport to airport. So you would have to 'band-it' the cab to a wood pallet and deliver it to the ForwardAir building (typically an industrial park near a big city airport) then pick it up a week or two later at their building at an industrial park at the nearest big airport where you live. If you are not worried about the cab getting scratched or dinged you dont need any more protection than shrink wrap and maybe foam or cardboard pads on the glass and no insurance. I had an old motorcycle shipped from Las Vegas to Dallas using this method and I recall it cost less than $150 ten years ago.
Regards,
Henry