i just bought a winch off of ebay and the guy was trying dhl and they want 180 to ship it. i need some names of some cheap shippers. it is in il. and i need it shipped to tx. thanks mike

forwardair.com

UPS
FED EX
forward air kicks ass but is only in certain cities, more east coast
whats the weight and wheres the location and destination?

A friend of mine has sold a couple winch bumpers thru ebay. He used Greyhound to ship them because they were heavy and it was really cheap. It may take a bit longer though.

Later

Ken S.

Call Forward Air and ask them were they have terminals. I just called today and the guy said they just got 3 new places in TX. If not them go with FedEx, they are cheaper then UPS.

www.freightpro.com is good too, I shipped a pair of axles through them.

Those of you who have shipped via Forward Air before- what did you have to crate and what was allowed to be shipped without a crate?

they wanted me to crate axles, so those went via freightpro (as the cost to my buyer's door was about the same as the forward air cost to a terminal, and freightpro said that axles on an open skid was fine), the tires I shipped via forward air, I just stacked them up 5 high on a pallet, banded them down and they were good to go.

Forward air wants anything that can be lifted with a fork lift. I shipped an axle on a wood pallet. And they are fine with that. If you call them they will say to crate everything. For a winch, I'd definately have him build a wood box.