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
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
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