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Offline DanMcG

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How do ya ship a cab?
« on: June 22, 2017, 10:48:09 AM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2017, 01:43:16 PM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2017, 07:59:01 PM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2017, 08:58:05 PM »
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.

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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2017, 12:03:38 PM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2017, 12:27:58 PM »
How does that happen in PA, were talking average 30 /40 years old.?

Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2017, 01:35:53 PM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2017, 02:57:19 AM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2017, 05:44:36 AM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2017, 11:39:37 AM »
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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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How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2017, 09:33:07 AM »
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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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2017, 01:27:27 PM »
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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How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2017, 10:09:10 AM »
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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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

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Re: How do ya ship a cab?
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2017, 10:52:26 AM »
I️ second (or third?) the road trip idea!!


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