How to ship large order

[Acarper76]

I just completed 13 twelve foot tables and 54 six foot
Benches and now I have to prep them for travel 10 hours away.  Legs are not attached. How would you package the tabletops and Bench tops?

 

[Rick Herrick]

I am betting that if you supplied a couple of pictures, you would get more informed suggestions.

 

[rvieceli]

[member=71724]Acarper76[/member] First congrats on the large order. Remember to charge accordingly for delivery as well,

It unfortunately depends on how you are going to deliver them.

There are orders of magnitude differences in what you need to do between delivering them personally and having to use a delivery service. If it is at all possible deliver them yourself even if you need to rent equipment to accomplish it.

Please let us know what your plans are. How are the tables and benches configured? Do they have an apron or are they flat pieces that the legs attach to? How heavy are they? Do you need a fork lift?

If you are doing it. You can usually wrap the the pieces in moving blankets on all sides. Secure the blankets with a plastic film wrap like this:
https://www.uhaul.com/MovingSupplies/Packing-Supplies/Movers-Stretch-/?mid=102

Stack them and then secure them so they can't move around.

IF you have to use a delivery service. I probably would not let them go out the door without crating them. If you have to crate remember to charge for crating.

Ron

 

[Bob D.]

I would transport myself and if needed rent the equipment to do so, charging the client of course.

If I couldn't do it myself I would check with a moving company experienced with handling furniture.

What was negotiated at the time of sale? Was delivery even discussed? If not I would say it's up to the buyer to get the goods home.

 

[mkasdin]

I just completed 13 twelve foot tables and 54 six foot
Benches and now I have to prep them for travel 10 hours away.  Legs are not attached. How would you package the tabletops and Bench tops?

photos please! I’ve shipped many electronic fragile things in the past. Cardboard between the table and moving blankets. Harbor freight sells moving blankets. I have a 14 foot enclosed trailer it has an axle rating of 1750 pounds. The legs depending on size I would put four in a box bubble wrap legs. The could go on the other side of the table to balance out the weight. You might consider adding styrofoam peanuts to the box. I’m assuming you have a pickup truck? I would probably make at least two trips? However I would be tempted to stand the tables up on edge, bubble wrapped and then use the leg boxes to hold the load together. Or box table table ???

1. I’m planning on installing L-Track, avaiation seat track, on the sides of my trailer, currently its in the nose, just to strap stuff down.
2. Rent a Hertz, enterprise Dodge Ram pro master or transit and load the truck up. Return the next day , take a break do it again?
3 uShip, get a hotshot driver to carry your load $2-3 per mile, that will probably chew into your profit? See plan #2 if you don’t have a truck and enclosed trailer. UHual does rent trailers, the bigger the better, but your mpg will suffer.

 

[AlexThePalex]

Lots of these and lots of bubble wrap and cardboard.

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I don't know how drivers licenses work in the USA, but the number of large tables and benches sounds too heavy for what you can move with a standard car license and needs to be moved by a cargo truck.

 

[DeformedTree]

I don't know how drivers licenses work in the USA, but the number of large tables and benches sounds too heavy for what you can move with a standard car license and needs to be moved by a cargo truck.

Class C license (what everyone has when they say "drivers license") allows you to operate up to 26,000lb GVWR.  This is why sales of super duty pickups is so high, and those are now rated for over 30,000lb GVWR, so the vehicle you drive has more capability than what you can legal do with it.

So some massive U-haul box truck, not a problem, go for it.  The biggest thing you may have ever driven is a VW Rabbit, but sure, go for it, you have a license that allows it.

Family Guy - U-haul

 

[ChuckM]

I am betting that if you supplied a couple of pictures, you would get more informed suggestions.

While photos are less critical in this case as we can relate to table and bench tops easily (info. on widths is missing though), I've seen many other queries for assistance in this forum and others where pictures will greatly improve the understanding of the queries as well as the quality and quantity of responses. Imagine reading a modern woodworking magazine with text instructions but no photos!

 

[AlexThePalex]

Class C license (what everyone has when they say "drivers license") allows you to operate up to 26,000lb GVWR. 

Wow, that's quite a lot. Here, with a standard B license, we can only drive a vehicle with a GVWR up to 3500 Kg.

 

[rvieceli]

Folks this is a resurrection of a thread from back in June. Probably taken care of by now.

Perhaps [member=71724]Acarper76[/member] will stop back by and let us know how this was resolved.

Ron