thoughts on transporting machines
 

craigslist . rideshare at the bottom of the page is services, travel and some other category

often people are going places, and run an add to either take a person or items most ask for a amount of $ which covers there fuel

I'm west coast, that means interstate 5 and between Roseburg and Eugene, I want to move a SM to Seattle.. Thats 360 mile + -. Thats a 6 hr straight drive

say they want $30. you can't expect the driver to wander all over a big city looking for your house , That would need to be arranged, as would getting the SM to the driver.

yes the trust factor, few people are going to steal rat bag 50 yr old sewing machine.

Other sites I'm on this is common way to transport cars or parts, heck I've never checked there maybe sites dealing with just this. I do know of people making there living transporting building matrails via there private pickup and trailer.

This is just one add, To show you what I'm talking about.

http://eugene.craigslist.org/rid/4859638371.html


If I sent one SM from Eugene oregon to Seattle, in packaging, (guessing) cost $50, you know very well it would be damaged. plus take 2 days

most use cell phone, so meeting at a freeway gas station and handing them some $$ wouldn't be a big deal, even if it's at 11 pm

I personally would not want a machine that bad considering parts and all and transporting. best of luck to those who do. Too many safety issues to consider anymore. i would have to know everyone involved. Also size matters

This thread reminded me of a news article that I read just recently online. It was suggestions on ways to help keep your personal auto insurance costs down. They mentioned the obvious things like not getting traffic tickets, not forgetting to pay for your insurance when it’s due, and not turning in claims on small repairs that are under your deductible amount (the number of claims that you make effects your rate).

Other than not loaning your auto (when you do, you’re loaning your insurance too, so if they crash, your rates are going to go up), what caught my eye and I hadn’t even thought about, was using your personal auto for hire by getting paid to haul people or things. The way I understood it, most insurance companies frown on that, and some even cancel policies when they come up for renewal, then refuse to insure your auto except with a more costly commercial policy. I guess that the people that are participating in Uber and other ride-sharing programs that lists them online as a participant may be finding out about this.

CD in Oklahoma

I actually did something like this once. I listed a machine for sale and was contacted by a buyer who was not wanting to drive a 4 or 5 hour round trip, so they arranged for a local car pool/taxi service to drive the machine. All I had to do was drop it off at the taxi driver's house as they paid me via paypal. I think they paid the driver only $5 or $10 as this was a daily route for this taxi. The buyer met the driver at the drop off, carpool spot and saved time and gas $. So, it may take a bit of effort and trust on both parts, but it worked well for me. And I imagine it saved the buyer quite a bit of $.

I hadn't even thought of that. I think the biggest hiccup would be making sure everyone was on the same page as to when and where to meet. Most people are pretty honest and an old sewing machine isn't that tempting of a target to steal. I think it's worth considering given the cost of shipping by the usual means.
Rodney

Greyhound buses used to transport items that were too big for the USPS in their luggage compartments. Might be worth checking.

I got an iron bed from eBay via Greyhound. I was so surprised they would ship. Got to Phoenix from PA in perfect shape, in my pink girly room right now (guest room)!!

A sewing machine can be transported safely in a foam picnic carrier.





age is now 73.5yrs.

I would strongly disagree with this as a method. It "could" be safely transported this way , but it would more than likely get damaged.

off topic again

the object was to move them a few 100 miles without worry of these being used as a basketball.

I really wish people knew what happens to your packages on shipping docks during loading and unloading.

all of you use tracking, anything it shows where your package is, it just got scanned, that means unloaded, reloaded = 50lb basketball. why do you think dock workers have arms the size of there legs ? and bad backs