Shipping info anyone?

U2U2U2 · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:26 pm Post subject:

Like Thom said, DHL have some weird rules. My boards have come from HoodRiver on DHL, and I’ve spoken to them in Portland.
Not recently .

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

Have you tried UPS Freight? Unlike regular UPS, they specialize larger freight shipments. I used them shipping an Open Ocean board from Washington State to Oxnard, CA, but that was in 2008. Also, to save some money, I picked up the shipment from their Oxnard commercial freight hub. The cost for the shipment was about $140.

wdsurf · Joined: 22 May 1999 Posts: 335

That's nuts I got two boards shipped via them in the last 2 months not a freaking decade ago Question

thombiz · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 799 Location: Corpus Christi

When I went to the DHL website and started to fill out the quote request form it asked me for the origin zip code then the destination address. As soon as I filled out the info and put a US zip code it immediately switched to a different page where it stated "Domestic Service not Available". I can't do anything about the outcome.

Forward Air doesn't have a terminal in Savannah.

Wind_Boarder · Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:28 pm Post subject:

If Amtrak doesn't work for you maybe try Forward Air ground shipping. That worked pretty well for a board shipped to me (VA to CA).

See this previous thread.

manuel · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158

Maybe a business opportunity?

U2U2U2 · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:39 am Post subject:

Sure must a gaggle of B737max around cheap

thombiz · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 799 Location: Corpus Christi

I still was interested in that SuperGu in Savannah and I ran across an ad for UShip. I filled out there request for prices sheet with the hope that I would get several carriers willing to haul the 25 pound board and bag to Corpus Christi. A week went by and I did not get a single quote to transport it. Not encouraging.

thombiz · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 799 Location: Corpus Christi

I have a customer in New Orleans who bought a used Naish sail from me. He is just getting into windsurfing so I offered to help him find good reliable equipment for his first windsurfing kit. When it came to the board, I found a board that might work for him in Dallas, so I contacted Amtrak to see if they could transport the board from Dallas to New Orleans. I was told by the Amtrak lady that their railcars are unable to transport cargo such as a windsurfing board on the train leaving Dallas bound for Ft. Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. But, the Train from LA to El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, and New Orleans was capable of transporting such items.

underwood · Joined: 15 May 2010 Posts: 54

any local surf or windsurf shops? Maybe even a bicycle shop? Those guys ship big stuff all the time. The local shops in my area offer free shipping on anything over a certain price, typically $50 bucks. And that includes boards. If you are shipping to Corpus, call Worldwinds and ask them their advice, they may even let you ship it to them and that may help a bit.