handyandy
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:19 AM |
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Courier help needed
Hi all,
Does anyone know of a good courier ?
I need to transport an engine ( on a pallet ) from the Taunton area to Stockton on Tees.
Engine weighs approx 90kgs plus a few kgs for the pallet I suppose.
cheers
Andy
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thefreak
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:29 AM |
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Interparcel do pallet shipping. Very reasonable as well
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twybrow
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:30 AM |
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Try shiply.co.uk - yu place your requirements, and people bid on your job. If you hold out, yuou seem to end with very competitive prices!
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gavin174
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:32 AM |
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I have used parcel2go
had good results and bad to be honest.....
http://www.essexkitcarclub.com
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thefreak
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:34 AM |
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I used to use P2G but their service went majorly downhill at the end of last year, so stopped.
For normal parcels I use the Interparcel Economy/Standard service. They use UPS as a courier and even let you specify a collection time. Same price as
P2G as well.
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handyandy
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:36 AM |
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I,ll get some quotes from them all,
One question tho............as its on a pallet, do they expect a fork lift to offload at the delivery address ? its my home so no fork lift etc .
Guess who needs to change a broken engine weeks before my IVA test  , this car is determined to test my patience 
cheers
andy
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Stott
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 11:36 AM |
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I thought shiply prices looked ok until I read the "plus shiply auction fee of £xxx"
That bumps it up to the same as everyone else
National pallets would do it on 48hr for about £50
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 04:37 PM |
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Try www.parcelmonkey they have been verygood for large bulky stuff and sets of wheels etc whichparcel 2 go seem to lose
atb
mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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stevegough
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| posted on 24/2/12 at 05:40 PM |
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I used ETS - as I remember they charged me £65 for my redtop - but that was a couple of years ago.
Couldn't fault the service, though.
PALLET DELIVERY FAST FREIGHT COURIER - NEXT DAY, ECONOMY TRANSPORT ENGINE | eBay
[Edited on 24/2/12 by stevegough]
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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