How to ship my speakers out of state

A couple words of advice, from a both a fellow Studio owner and one who has shipped speakers before:

One, put both speaker boxes together, and wrap up with sturdy packing tape, to ensure they can not get separated.

Two, put the speakers on a pallet, and cut it to size, if necessary to fit the boxes perfectly, and then secure the boxes to the pallet. (FYI: my studios were shipped to me on such a pallet, so I am not sure if that was standard from Revel, or somebody at the dealer was just intelligent!)

Three, insure the speakers in such a way, that if one is damaged, they pay for both speakers. (Nothing worse than having half a pair of speakers!)

Good Luck!

PS Some of the freight companies (Including Bax, I believe) are starting to limit your insurance to $500 for a pair of speakers. Make sure you DON'T use those companies! Speakers are WAY too fragile to even think about shipping them without insurance!

Insurance Discussion Link

Yellow has spring ride trailers, I suggest air ride.

Most freight forwaders (i.e Yellow) use freight trucks (i.e spring-ride trucks) not air-ride trucks like moving van companies. Bax is an air freighter so that's not as big of an issue, as stated above they will not do residential pick-up, and will question any business pick-up that's not related product (i.e speakers from a law office). Through another poster here on a related thread I found Team Air. Now the final jury is still out cuz delivery is next Tuesday....but they were half the price of Bax, picked up at the non-business location (storage faciity) and use air-ride trucks for ground transport. So far, I highly recommend them......I'll repost later next week "the rest of the story". BTW, my stuff (speakers/stands) was 500 lbs.

I have used Dayton Freight (www.daytonfreight.com) successfully twice to ship heavy speakers (160 lbs ea)and they did a fine job on each occasion. They do residence to residence shipping and are less expensive than some of the competition. Be aware if you use them, they do charge extra if you want a truck with a liftgate. In my case I just help the driver lift the speakers on to the truck rather than have a liftgate truck. You'll also have to see if they have a hub in your area and if they ship to your destination point. But they've been good.

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