Freighting companies

Beccyboo · Post by **Beccyboo** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:30 am

Hey,

Im looking for a company who will freight a bumper to Wellington and a spoiler to Kapiti!
I have never used one before and don't know where to start. Has anyone got a place that they have used and they recommend???

Cheers in advance

blackie · Post by **blackie** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:41 pm

i just got a front bumper shipped down from auckland thru mainfreight.
it ended up costing $93.80..

havent received it yet tho, hope it arrives in one piece..

Beccyboo · Post by **Beccyboo** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:01 pm

Sh*t thats quite a bit!
My quote from mainfreight was $35. But that was from depot to depot!

Yea fingers crossed it does! How did they say it would take???

Ako · Post by **Ako** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:03 pm

Mainfreight is normally overnight, failing that 2 days to get to aucks.

I've had some wicked quotes before, and other times I've been stung bigtime. Its more size they worry about than weight I've found. Just go depot:depot, saves you a bundle and gives you that happy feeling of knowing someones going to have to try and fit a bumper inside a car :lol:

Beccyboo · Post by **Beccyboo** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:09 pm

The guy thats buying it said
"Easiest would be courier I reckon, just wrap it up in some bubble wrap and pop a courier inter-island sticker on it. Should be maybe 10 bucks or something?"

Then i asked what company would do that and he said
"NZ Couriers should be able to do it no problem, or CourierPost.
Alternatively, the Post Office can send it quite happily as a parcel..."

Is this correct??

RS13 · Post by **RS13** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:43 pm

Depends on the size of it, I think there's a 1.5m limit as to length.

I've always used McDowells, time and time again, they've proved to be significantly cheaper than anyone else, and they're pretty good at not breaking shit!

Virtual Genocide · Post by **Virtual Genocide** » Fri May 26, 2006 4:48 pm

I use Freightlines alot at work. Very cheap if your going over the straight.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:38 pm

Ring canterbury express, it cost me $60 door to door from chch to dorkland for my front bumper.......

DRFTIN · Post by **DRFTIN** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:39 pm

Beccyboo wrote:The guy thats buying it said
"Easiest would be courier I reckon, just wrap it up in some bubble wrap and pop a courier inter-island sticker on it. Should be maybe 10 bucks or something?"

Then i asked what company would do that and he said
"NZ Couriers should be able to do it no problem, or CourierPost.
Alternatively, the Post Office can send it quite happily as a parcel..."

Is this correct??

that would work, but they would want a lot more than 1 ticket, at over $20 each

if you know anyone with a PBT account i would pick them, i got 4 wheels from auckland, 2 with tyres, and it cost me $30. but they dont do cash jobs

mainfreight can be really cheap or really really expensive, so i never use them

Al · Post by Al » Fri May 26, 2006 5:39 pm

I used freightlines for my rims and springs on a pallet to Napier, $130+gst.

0TNIC · Post by **0TNIC** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:28 am

i used mainfreight to to get 9 boxes about 450mm by 450mm from welly to chch and it cost me $120 and they were pretty heavy. took 3 days (dropped them off friday avo and they got to chch tuesday morning) but normally its overnight, that was deopt to depot they are really good and the was no damage to the boxes.

FXGTV · Post by **FXGTV** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:38 am

0TNIC wrote:i used mainfreight to to get 9 boxes about 450mm by 450mm from welly to chch and it cost me $120 and they were pretty heavy. took 3 days (dropped them off friday avo and they got to chch tuesday morning) but normally its overnight, that was deopt to depot they are really good and the was no damage to the boxes.

Yeah Beccyboo, just cut them up and put em in boxes

blackie · Post by **blackie** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:33 am

Beccyboo wrote:Sh*t thats quite a bit!
My quote from mainfreight was $35. But that was from depot to depot!

Yea fingers crossed it does! How did they say it would take???

true, although auck -> chch is like twice as far as wellington to chch..

just depends on the size of the bumper, the one i shipped was quite big aswell.. the original quote was $75, and that was for 0.2 cubic metres, but it obviously turned out to be a little bit bigger

Beccyboo · Post by **Beccyboo** » Sat May 27, 2006 1:16 pm

Sweet thanks for all the advice guys

But its all sorted out yay

And the bumper an't going, this time round dammit! Some one buy it!!!