<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Years ago, the cheapest way to send heavy crates (transmissions, etc.) was Greyhound bus. I do not know if they run routes near you or whether they still do freight, but it used to be drastically cheaper than other carriers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">doug</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM Pat Horne <<a href="mailto:patintexas@icloud.com">patintexas@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">How big is the rate & what does it weigh?<div><br></div><div>In 2021 I had a crated transmission weighing about 175 lbs shipped from Fl to Tx. I think it cost less than $200. I’ll have to see if I can find the name of the company. They were actually a commercial tool & equipment company that used their own trucks to get supplies to their stores. If they had spare room on the truck, it went in. If not, it waited for a truck with room. It was store to store shipping. </div><div><br></div><div>Peace, Pat</div><div><br id="m_-2625246032705926325lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Pat Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Sep 4, 2025, at 6:50 AM, Tim . <<a href="mailto:tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" target="_blank">tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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I need to get a crate from WI to DE. </div>
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The shipper I tried said I need a business license to avoid a cost of three times what it would be otherwise. (this is BS)</div>
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I tried a third-party shipper who also told me that I needed a business license before they could help me. </div>
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So..............any suggestions for a company that will ship a crate affordably for an average person? I have a UPS account and will be calling them this afternoon but an already certain that they will be stupid expensive.</div>
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Any of you have a business license that would be willing to let me use it to set up this shipping? A big ask, I know but I am starting to get desperate. </div>
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Thanks all</div>
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