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 Shipping a rod
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06/21/18 03:19 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
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Blue Blazer 2400
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Who has the lowest rates to ship a rod (USPS, UPS,FedEx)?
I have got online and tried to figure out how much it would cost to ship a rod tube but I can not find on any of their websites where I can ship a long tube. All I can see is package deminsions?
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Re: Shipping a rod
[Re: Blue Blazer 2400]
#12800493
06/21/18 04:08 PM
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sll
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I hate to say this as I do not like to use UPS for anything, but they are usually cheaper with that length of package. Shipping rods is not cheap.
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Re: Shipping a rod
[Re: Blue Blazer 2400]
#12800511
06/21/18 04:22 PM
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Joined: Jul 2008
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Titleist77
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Who has the lowest rates to ship a rod (USPS, UPS,FedEx)?
I have got online and tried to figure out how much it would cost to ship a rod tube but I can not find on any of their websites where I can ship a long tube. All I can see is package deminsions? I shipped a 92" tube from TX to Maine via FedEx Last month for $49. I shipped a 88" tube via USPS PRIORITY last week from TX to Colorado for $18. Both were PVC.
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Re: Shipping a rod
[Re: Blue Blazer 2400]
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07/10/18 01:51 AM
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GILLZ
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I went to ship two rods today in a 3" PVC tube. The tube was 99" long. FedEX wanted $150 to ship and UPS wanted $108 to ship. This was obviously much higher than what I expected. I knew a bigger tube would be more than shipping one rod, but not that much more. I quizzed the UPS employee and found out that 96" is the break point. If I cut the tube back to 96", shipping cost will drop to $35. Just thought I would share for future reference. I believe this is one of the only times being 3" shorter is better.
Last edited by EJ3; 07/10/18 01:52 AM.
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Re: Shipping a rod
[Re: GILLZ]
#12828904
07/15/18 01:20 PM
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Joined: Jun 2011
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H2O Seeker
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I went to ship two rods today in a 3" PVC tube. The tube was 99" long. FedEX wanted $150 to ship and UPS wanted $108 to ship. This was obviously much higher than what I expected. I knew a bigger tube would be more than shipping one rod, but not that much more. I quizzed the UPS employee and found out that 96" is the break point. If I cut the tube back to 96", shipping cost will drop to $35. Just thought I would share for future reference. I believe this is one of the only times being 3" shorter is better.
Good info.
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Re: Shipping a rod
[Re: Blue Blazer 2400]
#12829213
07/15/18 07:28 PM
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GILLZ
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After a week of "experimenting", I have found the following:
1) keep it below 8 ft. Not worth shipping anything over.
2) Lowest to highest shippers = USPS, UPS, FedEx.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by EJ3; 07/19/18 12:56 AM.
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