Need some suggestions on how to ship a lot of loose parts

[carbuff]

Guys,

Hopefully someone here will have some good advice for me...

I have a bunch of items that I need to ship from Texas back to the east coast. It's a large number of parts for one of my father's cars. Some are small, but some are large/heavy. If I go a route like UPS, I'll have 10 or so boxes, some being 50# or more, and there are still a couple of items that would be too big to do that with.

So I'm wondering if freight might be an option. What I would love to find is some kind of 'rental' type freight container, something perhaps 4' x 4' x 4' might work, although I do have a dash that is about 5.5' long that I would like to ship (not absolutely required though). If I could find a container like this, then I could load it up and have it trucked to its destination.

Does anyone know if any freight companies offer anything like this? Or if not, any idea of where I could get a container about that size? It doesn't need to be exact, and I could consider something smaller.

I could get a pallet and try to strap a bunch of boxes to it, but I don't feel really comfortable with that option, something larger that I could seal would be best.

Anyone have any good ideas?

Thanx!

[johnnymac46]

I would try a pallet and a large box(appliance box,etc) and put all your stuff inside. Maybe even build a plywood frame on the pallet to avoid damage.

My dad drove semi for 30+ years you can go 6-7th tall easily and fit the dash just pad everything and pad it again and make sure to write do not stack on it, space is money so it could get stacked if you don't mark it. Essentially idiot proof it.

Take photos of it when you drop it off so u have proof of how they recieved it in case it gets damaged

Hope this helps