[EricH]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Uhhhh.... to a drayage facility? If you're paying to ship it privately, why not pay for a drayage facility?

Originally Posted by thefro526

Or even to a local team's facility? I'd imagine that someone would be nice enough to take in a robot for a few days.

Originally Posted by Wiifi

Either that or a sponsor's local facility.

That's exactly what I'm getting at. Any one of those needs to be arranged well in advance; and then what do you do with the crate while you're at the event? (I'm not exactly certain a drayage facility would allow a few people in to open a crate, remove stuff, close the crate, return a few days later, and reverse the process, either.)

What I would suggest is that one or two teams in the area of any given event make themselves available as "ship targets"; that is, places that teams needing to ship for whatever weird reason can send their crates to. Ideally, the teams receiving the crates would also have a transport vehicle for 2-3 robots (and if it's rented, then it's only fair that the teams who ship there at least help with fuel) and take all the robots to the venue. It's probably the "least pain" method, and it increases the work for multiple teams, but it ought to work fairly well.