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Originally Posted by JLD
I stumbled across an interesting thread on the Albin Owners Group forum this morning, Nightmare Overland Albin 35 TE Shipper/Transport.
It is a thread about a new boat owner shipping his boat from the east coast to the west coast. The owner did a lot of research into buying a boat, but relied on the seller's broker for a recommendation for transport. Needless to say, the transport company was not a good choice.
On page 3 of the thread the OP put together a nice 'Tips for Transport' list based on what he learned from his experience.
Jim
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I've always dreaded transporting boats and things, especially big things. I've had lousy experience with most shipping over the years.
Back when I was in business, I'd routinely have to ship heavy equipment across the country, stuff that weight from 500 lbs to several tons. (printing equipment). Over the first 5 years of business, 100% of the shipments were damaged, way late or they tried to add bogus charges. From then on, I hired my own guy, truck, riggers, fork lift and did it myself. Cost a bit more, but I was totally in control and worked well.
Surprising, there were several items that I shipped by air that was more reliable and picked it up from the air shippers warehouse, and was about the same cost as trucking.
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Now, transporting a boat has got to be a big and delicate job. Proper loading, removal of fly bridges and/or radar arches, etc.
I'd sure NOT want to do it. I passed on a very nice boat in Canada because of the possible shipping hassles.