Thread: coordinated shipping between regionals ?
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Unread 25-02-2002, 11:27
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Back to Back Regionals...
The problem is that FIRST has more or less said the problem of back to back regionals is the TEAM's problem not FIRST's.

So... the normal path of robots going back to the drayage company for pickup on Monday is not going to work because by 5:00pm on that same Monday, the robot has to be at the drayage company at the second regional.

We are going to have Yellow Freight pick up our robot from the competition Saturday. This is going to be expensive, especially since we are paying for a Saturday pickup and a rush delivery to Ypsilanti. I don't know what other teams will be paying but it will cost us almost $500 to make the shipment. I doubt that the cost would double if we had 2 crates.

There are almost 20 teams going to both the Buckeye and Great Lakes Regionals. I suppose that we could get a deal that would bring the costs down for all of us if we all worked together.

Any takers?

Joe J.
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