Grey Hound shipping?
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Grey Hound shipping?
I'm looking for experiences and opinions on this. Has anyone used the Grey hound bus service to ship parts? I may be using this method and wondered how it works and has the experiences been good or bad?.
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I shipped a hood from a '49 from Milwaukee to NY for $40, UPS and FedEx charged over size fees which brought the price to over $100. As far as I know, the hood got there without any problems.
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I shipped two front and two rear F-series fenders by bus. Disadvantages are that the receiver has to go to the nearest bus freight depot, can be a fair distance (not all bus stations have freight service). Big stuff also goes on a "as available" basis, one set of fenders sat here for 3 days before they had enough room. Note also that the bus guys are less used to handling freight than UPS or FedEx, pack it well! It was very economical, tho.
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I had a 69 Olds hood shipped from the Memphis, Tenn. district warehouse to the Little Rock, Ark. dealership by Trailways bus back when I worked for Balch Oldsmobile. Somewhere in the 90 mile trip they lost the hood and it was never found! Back then we shipped by bus all the time. Tom
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A couple of years ago I shipped a 93 Ford truck tailgate from Hartford, Ct to Seattle, Or. It took 3 days and got there in good condition. It cost about $75.00 for 80 lbs. By truck it was double. Any big item, go by bus, it's cheaper.
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I shipped a whole plastic interior for a mustang via greyhound to MD from texas. Made a box from a cut down fridge box (free at appliance store).
took 1 day and was cheap ($43).. it was light but bulky, way oversized for ups or fedex...
sam
took 1 day and was cheap ($43).. it was light but bulky, way oversized for ups or fedex...
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Have shipped two F1 doors to Phoenix, AZ; a set of front fenders to Illinois, and another set to Connecticut. All went by Greyhound from San Jose, CA. Had no issues, except one fender that was shipped to CT had a minor dent when it arrived. I packed all items by wrapping cardboard all the way around. I also used refrigerator boxes for the cardboard. Average cost of each shipment was approximately $60. I'm getting ready to ship an F1 hood to Georgia soon.
The shipping is very cost effective and reasonable. Could take up to a week to get to the east coast from here.
I don't see any issues for the items to reach you.
Ilya
The shipping is very cost effective and reasonable. Could take up to a week to get to the east coast from here.
I don't see any issues for the items to reach you.
Ilya
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I haven't shipped, but have recieved 3-Fenders for my '36 as well as a pair of running boards, all arrived undamaged. Infact the only packing to them was saran-wrapped and the edges covered taped in cardboard.
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Correct me if I am wrong but y'all mean the grehound like get a bus from KS to NY like charter bus right? I am curious cause I have never heard of them shipping things.
But it sounds better than the mail.
Let me know.
But it sounds better than the mail.
Let me know.
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Have shipped and received doors, hoods, tailgates across the country for over ten years via Greyhound and only used heavy cardboard wrapped with strapping tape for protection; never had a problem and cost was half that of the nearest option (FedEX, UPS, Yellow Freight, etc.). Greyhoud does best on large bulky items that are relatively light. Our local Greyhound terminal manager said that he annually makes more profit off the shipping of cargo than passengers. Go Greyhound!