Shipping Heavy Speakers: Freight of FedEx

Another vote for strapping both boxes to a pallet securely and ensure they have ample straps to prevent 'sway' when the pallet is moved; heavy shrink wrap and taping is a vital additional measure. UPS Freight does a good job with this sort of thing. Old Dominion, Estes and Southeastern have also served me well on both the inbound and outbound. Yellow Freight and Orange were very good contenders but I believe UPS bought them both a while back. If I was to ship today, I think I'd call OD first and UPS 2nd though Estes would be close behind. Caveat,...not all may serve your area.

***LTL carriers are not guaranteed to bring pallet jacks or ***lift-gate capable rigs with pallet jacks. You have to specify this at time of contract, otherwise they will assume they are backing up to a loading deck and that you have pallet jack, etc......***

I shipped my Revel Salons to the buyer by BAXGlobal. They did a perfect job. Those speakers were about 150lbs each.

Hello! Sometimes we all face the situation when we need such services. When I needed it, I did it via freight moving and it was a positive experience because tha vans are really good and they deliver all your things on time and this influences your attitude.

Freight. Though you can usually do better than FedEx in terms of price. Since you are in Phoenix check out Mach1 or Old Dominion.

I'm in Phoenix and work in logistics for what its worth.

I would get more details... 

FedEx freight? If it's LTL (less than load or less than truckload) it's going to move from truck to dock to truck a few times. 

Is U-ship consolidating it with other shipments? Same thing, it might come off the truck a couple times depending what they are shipping with it (if it's a partial shipment.) I would ask for more details. If it's a guy with a cargo van, you might be able to slip him a tip to take extra care of the speakers. 

You could go with a dedicated truck, but the cost would be more. (probably significantly more.) 

FWIW, I've been in expedited logistics and brokerage for the last 12 years.