[HAM] Shipping a Leslie

[Kip Amore]

Try Shaffer or Scheafer moving. They did a good job for me about 7  
years ago. It takes a while to get to you, as like any shipping  
company they pre-plan a route for the truck to follow so it stays as  
full (profitable) as possible.

You might also try any regular shipping company. Try Bax Global, or  
Eagle Freight. Not as expensive as you might think - depending. A  
regular shipper might require the person send ing you the Leslie to  
put it on a skid (or pallet, same diff - these can be found stacked up  
behind strip malls - don't let the cops catch you taking it) and you  
would definitly want the dude sending it to wrap it in something. A  
movers blanket or cardboard - they scratch easily.

Another new fangled solution is Youship.com. It's like a clearing  
house for freight. My mother recently used it to find independant  
movers for her household. Worked very well. You might just get lucky.

Last resorts: Fed Ex - no size limit on overnight, but it would cost a  
lot to overnight a Leslie. Fed Ex and UPS also have oversized  
departments that handle this kind of stuff. Depending.

Call Roadway - it couldn't hurt.

Kip On Truckin'


On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:10 PM, jshanks wrote:

> Posted at: http://www.hammondforum.com/phorum-5.2.6a/read.php?4,673,674#msg-674
> jshanks wrote:
>
> So, looks like the big trick is either finding a music store that's  
> willing to hang on to one until the shipping company picks it up, or  
> find an organ shop willing to actually sell a Leslie sans organ.  So  
> far I've been unable to find a music company that's willing to part  
> with a "vintage" Leslie unless they sell an organ.  Guess I kinda do  
> and don't understand the policy.  If they have to get more for it  
> without the organ, why not just quote the price?
>
> I'm going to have to make some more calls.  Thanks for the info.
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