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Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 22, 2006, 05:59:54 PM: I want to buy an 18’ - 70# homemade wooden replica of a Native Alaskan kayak. The owner lives in Skandia Michigan and I live in Tallmadge/Akron Ohio. I know that this is a long shot, but what the heck. I haven’t been able to find a shipper. Or please respond if you have any shipping ideas.

Thanks,

eskimo
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: RAIDER14 on March 22, 2006, 06:08:42 PM: Fedex (http://www.fedex.com/us/)

try fedex ground or fedex express
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: SuperDud on March 22, 2006, 06:23:24 PM: Yeah fedex will ship just about anything. I think the only catch is over a certain number of feet it can't be insured or arrival time garunteed. Before I got my A&P I worked as a stores clerk for an aircraft company. When we had to ship out leading edges of the wings we used your standard fedex and those where the only conditions. Weight and length wasn't a problem.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 22, 2006, 06:41:39 PM: Quote
Originally posted by RAIDER14
Fedex (http://www.fedex.com/us/)

try fedex ground or fedex express

This is what I got:
Dimensions Exceed Acceptable Amount

eskimo
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: SuperDud on March 22, 2006, 06:45:51 PM: I forgot to mention to call them eskimo. Over the web it doesn't work but they should let you over the phone talking to an actual person.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 22, 2006, 06:57:59 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SuperDud
I forgot to mention to call them eskimo. Over the web it doesn't work but they should let you over the phone talking to an actual person.

So “eskimo” just happens to be some kind of codeword that gets them to bend the rules? That’s kind of ironic considering what I’m trying to ship and my name!

:)

Thanks, I’ll call them
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: SuperDud on March 22, 2006, 08:25:28 PM: LOL

And that boys and girls, is why we don't forget to punctuate :p
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: Golfer on March 22, 2006, 08:46:48 PM: I've got a Silverado and a 12' trailer with a removable ramp. Great for hauling 4 wheelers, deer and my little rowboat. If it's a last resort I'd be willing to help.

I'm actually going to be in Toledo (most likely...but there are other locations depending on what airplane they want me to train in now) at FlightSafety for a couple weeks in early April.

I'm almost certain FedEx or other freight company would be able to move it for less than the price of fuel from Columbus to UP to Akron to Columbus or Toledo/UP/Akron/Toledo.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: RAIDER14 on March 22, 2006, 09:07:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Golfer
I've got a Silverado and a 12' trailer with a removable ramp. Great for hauling 4 wheelers, deer and my little rowboat. If it's a last resort I'd be willing to help.

I'm actually going to be in Toledo (most likely...but there are other locations depending on what airplane they want me to train in now) at FlightSafety for a couple weeks in early April.

I'm almost certain FedEx or other freight company would be able to move it for less than the price of fuel from Columbus to UP to Akron to Columbus or Toledo/UP/Akron/Toledo.

maybe Golfer can ship it in his Jet just paint GOLFEX on the side:lol
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: JTs on March 22, 2006, 09:22:16 PM: give me until 3/23 noon your time. how close to gilchrist ave are you? dang uppers freeway close to nothing
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 22, 2006, 09:59:04 PM: Quote
Originally posted by JTs
give me until 3/23 noon your time. how close to gilchrist ave are you? dang uppers freeway close to nothing

What?
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: GtoRA2 on March 22, 2006, 10:03:44 PM: Run it through a woodchipper and they will all take it. :D
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: RightF00T on March 23, 2006, 12:44:06 AM: JTs drives a big rig, eskimo. I think he's going to be up that way and is offering to help?
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: Pooh21 on March 23, 2006, 01:50:19 AM: those dimension and weight limitations are mainly to keep something from jamming up the works on our automatic sorting machines.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 23, 2006, 05:39:59 AM: Quote
Originally posted by RightF00T
JTs drives a big rig, eskimo. I think he's going to be up that way and is offering to help?

Ah, I see. I’m probably 4 or 5 miles from Gilchrist and 76. I’m probably about 2 or 3 miles North of County Road 18 and 76. The guy who is selling it could probably deliver it somewhere too (I think).

Thanks for even considering it JTs!

eskimo
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: eskimo2 on March 23, 2006, 05:49:39 AM: P.S.

Depending on the delivery/passing by time I could probably/possibly meet you or pick it up.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: midnight Target on March 23, 2006, 06:13:02 PM: I'll be in the UP in July.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: JTs on March 24, 2006, 11:50:07 AM: sent you a pm
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: Ripsnort on March 24, 2006, 11:52:14 AM: Well, if anyone is doing a Minnesota to Seattle trip this summer, I have a 14' fiberglass duck boat that I need hauled out here. I'll pay you to carry it out west. $250 for your trouble.
Title: Anyone want to haul a kayak from Upper Peninsula Michigan to Akron Ohio?
Post by: Chairboy on March 24, 2006, 02:07:50 PM: I have the answer, Alex. You want to know the answer?

The answer is, who are the people who are in charge of hollywood THIS WEEK?

Pardon me, got a bit of Jerry Lewis stuck in my throat.

Seriously, the answer is uship.com. It's a website where people going from one place to another anyways will quote prices to people to ship things. Eg, say I'm going to drive to Seattle next week, I can go to this website and look for people sending things from Eugene to Seattle and help pay for my gas. Also, you can post what you want to ship and from where to where, and other people will give you quotes.

It's a neat concept, some of the plane builders on a list I'm on have used it to inexpensively ship partially completed aircraft for much less than freight.