Different ways to take tools to Atlanta

[Cory]

I think that teams talking about shipping tools to the event through discounted or free means need to take a careful look at the shipping guidelines.

254 shipped a pallet to the Hawaii regional, and will be shipping it to Atlanta from here.

We intended to FedEx it at a substantial discount to the drayage site. After talking to Shepard, they made it clear to us in no uncertain terms that we had to ship it through Shepard Logistics. They didn't care that we were providing our own waybills for every leg of the trip.

This seems strange to me, as FedEx is one of their official partners, and their airbills give you a choice of FedEx or Shepard Logistics. Furthermore, in 2006 we sent tool crates to Atlanta for 1868 and 254 directly to drayage through FedEx, and had no problem. Last year we shipped a pallet home from Atlanta via FedEx using our own airbills, through Shepard, and had no problems. I don't know if the rules changed this year, or what.