After you get it strapped/packed for shipping and have correct dimensions
and weight, post it on uship.com. Be patient and you may find and
independent trucker or individual who will do it for a bargain price, or the
freight companies that respond will give you their prices right up front.
Good luck!
73,
Mickey N4MB
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Jim Spears <n1nk@cox.net> wrote:
> I purchased an electric winch, US Tower MDP-750 from a guy who was close
> enough to pick it up at his home. After getting it home and mulling over
> the challenge ahead, I decided it would be too hard to integrate this winch
> (which has a complicated pull up/pull down design) onto my crankup tower
> and
> sold it. The winch is pretty large and heavy, 185 pounds according to the
> US Tower catalog (and I believe it).
>
>
>
> I am starting to work with the new buyer on shipping. And I need a
> starting
> point. I would guess it needs to be strapped to a pallet. Any suggestion
> on a shipper? Will FedEx ground handle something like this?
>
>
>
> I am getting real tired of manually cranking the tower up and down but need
> a simpler approach. Something like the MDP-75 is more in my thought
> process.
>
>
>
> Jim/N1NK
>
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