Subject: Re: My anvil, sort of

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:26:56 -0600

Robert H. Neidlinger
  "The continuing drama of my anvil.

 I work at a place that ships
>a lot of UPS and I know that anything above 70 lbs is considered to
>overweight and this costs a lot and from what I have seen,
>
>  Robert H. Neidlinger                      [email-masked]
>  "The Tomb Guard"                          [email-masked]
>

UPS now ships up to 150lbs. I shipped a forge from Minnesota to California
for around $50.00. I think it weighed around 100lbs. A good deal I thought.

Bob

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From: "[email-masked] 415.855.5707" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 07:11:52 -0800 (PST)

>for around $50.00. I think it weighed around 100lbs. A good deal I thought.

Funny thing,

I got a forge shipped to me in california from some guy named "Bob" in
Minnesota, weighed 122 pounds and arrived in fine shape.  My experience with
Yellow Freight is that they are fairly expensive, even if you get a "discount
rate".  

Had 500 pounds shipped from the east coast recently via yellow freight, full
bore price was $1180, with a huge discount it came down to a more manageable
$500.  Still hurts to think about.

Go UPS if you can.  My UPS guy probably hates me, lots of heavy stuff shows up
on the front porch.  Bought a post vise and the guy just put a lebel on it,
wired the handle down so it wouldn't move and shipped it.  Worked out great,
but the UPS guy was really shaking his head at this big, heavy, rusty thing. 
Pretty funny (to me)

Joe