SHIPPING QUESTION...
 

Posted by Anton Abaya.

Engineer on team #419, Rambots, from BC High / UMass Boston and NASA, Mathsoft, Solidworks.

Posted on 2/18/2000 1:20 PM MST



Hello all,

Rookie team here. We're trying to pick a shipping company to ship our robot.

I wanted to know what other teams usually use. Are the bigger shipping companies reliable and give insurance?

Do they have limitations for crate size? Should we go through a smaller trucking company instead?

We need to make arrangements today, Friday. Thanks guys.

Anton
Team #419
RAMBOTS

Re: SHIPPING QUESTION...
 

Posted by Anton Abaya.

Engineer on team #419, Rambots, from BC High / UMass Boston and NASA, Mathsoft, Solidworks.

Posted on 2/18/2000 1:36 PM MST


In Reply to: SHIPPING QUESTION... posted by Anton Abaya on 2/18/2000 1:20 PM MST:



OH, and how much do teams usually spend here? Shipping can cost upto $1500 the last time we checked... is there a cheaper way?

: Hello all,

: Rookie team here. We're trying to pick a shipping company to ship our robot.

: I wanted to know what other teams usually use. Are the bigger shipping companies reliable and give insurance?

: Do they have limitations for crate size? Should we go through a smaller trucking company instead?

: We need to make arrangements today, Friday. Thanks guys.

: Anton
: Team #419
: RAMBOTS

Re: SHIPPING QUESTION...
 

Posted by Scott Strickland.

Engineer on team #21, ComBBAT, from Astronaut & Titusville High School and Boeing/NASA.

Posted on 2/18/2000 9:09 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: SHIPPING QUESTION... posted by Anton Abaya on 2/18/2000 1:36 PM MST:



We have shipped our robot from Florida to Houston and Detroit. Shipping costs were $300 to $500. Usually it is cheaper to ship by air rather than truck. We used Eagle Air. Sometimes the robot was on the same plane as the team.

If you have a lockable shipping crate, you may consider driving the robot yourself. It's cheaper to pay a team members gas money. Get another team to certify that it is out of your hands. Make sure you clear everything with FIRST first.

Hope this helps.

Scott