If it weighs less than 50 pounds you can send machines by Greyhound bus. I shipped a Pfaff 130 to California from TN for 35.00. It was only the head because those suckers are heavy. Including the plastic tote and the 2 new bed pillows I used to pack it, the total weight was 49.3 pounds. It got to California just fine. The nice thing about going Greyhound is once the package is on the bus it stays on the bus; they switch drivers - not buses.