Post by jamesp on Oct 3, 2014 7:55:31 GMT -5
Freight quotes vary a lot. I ship heavy steel fire pits all over the country. Many from Georgia to California. They fit into freight class 70 or 77.5.
Which is probably the same class as a pallet full of rocks in say drums or wood boxes.
They vary in weight from 150-350 pounds. The weight does not seem to effect the price too much.
The fact that it is a 46" X 46" pallet about 25 inches tall seems to be the controlling cost factor.
Perhaps the fact that the fire pits are about bullet proof lowers the cost.
Perhaps the fact that they can not be stacked upon but still takes up 46" X 46" of floor area raises the cost.
I think those issues are covered in the freight class definitions.
Yesterday was obtaining quotes and they varied from $178 to over $500 from freight dock to freight dock.
Atlanta to Newport Beach California.
That means I drop the pallet at the freight dock in Atlanta and the customer picks it up at the freight dock near him.
Front door P/U and front door delivery can add another $300, easy.
$178 is the cheapest quote Atlanta to California, usually it is around $280 dock to dock.
But the dock was in Paramount CA., 70 miles from the customer in Newport Beach.
Oddly, the US is sort off split in half, east and west, when it comes to freight lines.
So Southeastern Freight would transfer to Mountain Valley or Harbor Oaks Freight around the Mississippi River.
Those being western freight lines. Perhaps their trucks are built to handle the rocky mountains.
Transfers often occur in shipping Georgia to New York/N.E. US. shipping into big cities like LA and NY NY raises costs.
So, I obtained a quote for 1000 pounds of rock sitting on a 46" X 46" X 28" tall pallet. In boxes, drums or bags.
That would be a cheaper freight class 50. instead of $178 Atlanta to Newport Beach CA., the charge was $466, dock to dock.
Perhaps packing rocks in individual 50 pound sand bags would assist unloading and loading at dock drop off/pick-up since a
1000 pound pallet would be difficult for most to handle. But the 1000 pounds sure raised the cost.
An alternative is a 55 gallon drum which holds about 650 pounds of rock.
The preferred way to ship Brazilian Agate in oversea containers.
Funny, when I have 2500 pounds of fire pit bowls shipped from a steel mill in Pennsylvania on three pallets
the cost is under $400. Because of their volume they get big discounts. Getting an account would reduce quotes so they say.
Which is probably the same class as a pallet full of rocks in say drums or wood boxes.
They vary in weight from 150-350 pounds. The weight does not seem to effect the price too much.
The fact that it is a 46" X 46" pallet about 25 inches tall seems to be the controlling cost factor.
Perhaps the fact that the fire pits are about bullet proof lowers the cost.
Perhaps the fact that they can not be stacked upon but still takes up 46" X 46" of floor area raises the cost.
I think those issues are covered in the freight class definitions.
Yesterday was obtaining quotes and they varied from $178 to over $500 from freight dock to freight dock.
Atlanta to Newport Beach California.
That means I drop the pallet at the freight dock in Atlanta and the customer picks it up at the freight dock near him.
Front door P/U and front door delivery can add another $300, easy.
$178 is the cheapest quote Atlanta to California, usually it is around $280 dock to dock.
But the dock was in Paramount CA., 70 miles from the customer in Newport Beach.
Oddly, the US is sort off split in half, east and west, when it comes to freight lines.
So Southeastern Freight would transfer to Mountain Valley or Harbor Oaks Freight around the Mississippi River.
Those being western freight lines. Perhaps their trucks are built to handle the rocky mountains.
Transfers often occur in shipping Georgia to New York/N.E. US. shipping into big cities like LA and NY NY raises costs.
So, I obtained a quote for 1000 pounds of rock sitting on a 46" X 46" X 28" tall pallet. In boxes, drums or bags.
That would be a cheaper freight class 50. instead of $178 Atlanta to Newport Beach CA., the charge was $466, dock to dock.
Perhaps packing rocks in individual 50 pound sand bags would assist unloading and loading at dock drop off/pick-up since a
1000 pound pallet would be difficult for most to handle. But the 1000 pounds sure raised the cost.
An alternative is a 55 gallon drum which holds about 650 pounds of rock.
The preferred way to ship Brazilian Agate in oversea containers.
Funny, when I have 2500 pounds of fire pit bowls shipped from a steel mill in Pennsylvania on three pallets
the cost is under $400. Because of their volume they get big discounts. Getting an account would reduce quotes so they say.