Freight Company to Ship Speakers

toucanet
toucanet Posts: 580
edited September 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Have any of you ever shipped speakers, with a total weight range between 300 and 400 pounds?

If yes, what shipping company did you use?

Thanks in advance,

toucanet
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited September 2010
    Yellow Freight has a good reputation for heavy freight.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,569
    edited September 2010
    ABF Freight, strapped to a pallet.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • toucanet
    toucanet Posts: 580
    edited September 2010
    Thanks Guys!

    I will give them a call.
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,102
    edited September 2010
    Don't forget to wire the + to the - to reduce driver motion during shipping. Any little jumper wire made from a few inches of ~16 gauge speaker wire should be fine.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited September 2010
    Yellow Freight is excellent. Or North American if you are in the northeast.
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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited September 2010
    Schurkey wrote: »
    Don't forget to wire the + to the - to reduce driver motion during shipping. Any little jumper wire made from a few inches of ~16 gauge speaker wire should be fine.

    I've never heard of this before.

    Is the idea that any magnet movement is negated by a charge it is causing like some sort of feedback loop?
    Sounds good to me...
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,082
    edited September 2010
    I work in the Freight business as a Shipping Manager. A couple of things to keep in mind:
    - Ship to and from a business if possible. Residential can cost a good bit extra. Also, that way you won't need a lift gate which is usually extra money.
    - Over-pack and protect your product to the best of your ability. Use a crate if possible. Many times you can find spare crates that businesses are throwing away and they will kindly give one to you.

    If you need any help PM me and hope all goes well for you.
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  • LeftCoast
    LeftCoast Posts: 406
    edited September 2010
    I was contemplating using a freight company for my srt speakers I bought. In the end, I'm too wary. I'm going to take a little vacation time to make a trip, haul them back to L.A., and do some sight seeing along the way :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,569
    edited September 2010
    I forgot about these guys, Craters and Freighters. They will crate and ship them anywhere. I've only heard great things about them.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,102
    edited September 2010
    Rev. Hayes wrote: »
    I've never heard of this before.

    Is the idea that any magnet movement is negated by a charge it is causing like some sort of feedback loop?
    Yeah, more or less. The magnets and windings are nothing more than multiple electrical generators when the speaker cones bounce around during shipping. If the + and - are connected, the electrical force tends to oppose the cone motion.

    I'm trying to remember where I heard about this...
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,082
    edited September 2010
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    Yellow Freight has a good reputation for heavy freight.

    FYI...Yellow Freight does not exist anymore...they merged with Roadway to form YRC.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited September 2010
    I've used Forward Air with good results.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited September 2010
    Schurkey wrote: »
    Don't forget to wire the + to the - to reduce driver motion during shipping. Any little jumper wire made from a few inches of ~16 gauge speaker wire should be fine.

    If this is true that is pretty cool. Hey I'm a poet and didn't know it.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,569
    edited September 2010
    Just an FYI, there really is no need to reduce driver movement during shipping.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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