Any thoughts

Originally Posted by gorven

My quote on that freight is $119.58 on 1000 lbs thats on mikes freight

That seems crazy cheap for an entire pallet! How is that even possible?! LOL

I shipped a small 24inx24in box, like 60lbs or so through USPS and it was like $70! I gotta do more research into freight shipping!

Although I dont have gayloards, pallets, or a forklift to load them once full into my truck... so I would have to have it picked up from my house to a local terminal, which I am sure would increase the price drastically

Originally Posted by kss

That seems crazy cheap for an entire pallet! How is that even possible?! LOL

I shipped a small 24inx24in box, like 60lbs or so through USPS and it was like $70! I gotta do more research into freight shipping!

Although I dont have gayloards, pallets, or a forklift to load them once full into my truck... so I would have to have it picked up from my house to a local terminal, which I am sure would increase the price drastically

Pallets are easy to find. Get small boxes from home Depot. Do a dry run building your stack of boxes on the pallet. Buy a roll of plastic wrap from Home Depot. Bring all this to the terminal and build the pallet in the parking lot. Pickup at a residential address adds a ton of money. Commercial addresses are cheaper, even more so if you have a dock or fork lift.

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

Pallets are easy to find. Get small boxes from home Depot. Do a dry run building your stack of boxes on the pallet. Buy a roll of plastic wrap from Home Depot. Bring all this to the terminal and build the pallet in the parking lot. Pickup at a residential address adds a ton of money. Commercial addresses are cheaper, even more so if you have a dock or fork lift.

I have a local place that gives out free pallets, and have tons of boxes, just never considered it as I thought it was super expensive and also never considered I could have tons of smaller boxes and build in the parking lot!! THAT is a great idea. Thanks!