Any suggestions to avoid a 6-hour drive each way? Northeastern Ohio to Washington DC area. Thanks Greg ________ Squirting wet
6 hr each way doesn't seem so bad to make sure your hood isn't damaged in shipping. I have heard some guys using Greyhound to ship hoods, and cheaply too, with no problems at all.
for only a 6 hour drive, it sounds like a good way to knock out a saturday to me. I'd just fill up with a tank of gas and head out there to pick up the hood myself. You'll pay at least a tank-of-gas-worth in shipping, and on top of that you don't know what kind of bozo will be playing with your expensive toy. That's just my $.02
My free time is soooo limited - self-employed and two small kids that losing a full day would be difficult. ________ UPSKIRT PAPARAZZI
i shipped a 69 GS hood from northeast ohio to austin texas about 6 mo. ago. it cost $46.95 from cleve. to texas,and i charged the guy $50 to truck it from my house to cleve. the co. name is Forward Air,inc. it is right across from the I-X center.i dont have their phone # but it should be in the phone book.. doug
Under Paid Slaves I used to work for UPS. For 6 years I worked as a package handler, then as a driver. "Package handler" is PC for "guy who loads trucks". I saw sooooooo much stuff destroyed there. If it's metal, and over 50 lbs, these guys will use it as a battering ram, wheel ramp, trampoline, or floormat, because they basically hide behind the union if they get in trouble, which is unlikely. And if they are a driver, well they can just say "I got it like that". I had two doors shipped UPS. Both were badly damaged. The first one, if I had a brown car, and UPS hadn't demolished it, I could have buffed the door and put it on with no bodywork...all the dents and rips in the metal coincided with the holes in the carton it came in. I worked at UPS long enough to know what that meant. The second one, after shipment (I begged them not to use UPS, but they did) required 80 hours of bodywork. You know how the part of the door on a '70-'72 Skylark comes to a point? Mine was folded over completely flat. I guess what I mean is: take a day off and get the hood yourself, brother. You'll be doing yourself a favor.
Funny you mention the UPS horror stories. I was flying Delta to Florida for vacation and bringing a fishing rod. They made me sign a packaging waiver (it was packed the same way Cabelas or Bass Pro would ship it). I was sitting by the wing and watching the baggage handlers use it as a baseball bat! At least nothing happened to it. ________ You ****
when i shipped the hood to texas through forward air i had to palletize it and it arrived undamaged. the buyer was happy with the co. ups doesnt seem to give a s#@t anymore. they lost an NOS 69' GS grille surround i shipped to california,it got to cali. but then they lost it.good thing i had ins. on it,but it took me 4 weeks to get my $$ back. doug
