I need to ship a sea kayak from Rhode Island to Houston, Tx. Does anyone have any ideas or experience? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Scaldino, Bob said: > > I need to ship a sea kayak from Rhode Island to Houston, Tx. Does anyone > have any ideas or experience? www.forwardair.com We've used them twice and everything went fine. They seem very reasonable. It seems to be up to the shipping manager what counts as sufficient packing in order to receive insurance. We had to box one kayak for it to be insured. I'm not sure if the other kayak which came in cardboard was insured. Forward Air is truck freight between airports (or near airports). My husband can add more later if others don't. Jennifer *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Very carefully! I've heard horror stories about truck shipments of yaks. To get mine from Canada we had it bubble wrapped in five layers and taped. Mark it "fragile glass" and put a value of $10,000 on it. They are more likely to handle with care and keep the forklifts away. That's about all I can suggest. Good luck! Chris Kuhlman Seabrook, TX "Scaldino, Bob" wrote: > I need to ship a sea kayak from Rhode Island to Houston, Tx. Does anyone > have any ideas or experience? > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed > here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire > responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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