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How To Ship Heavy Speakers With Insurance?

The seller of a pair of B&W N802 speakers and I are having the most difficult time finding a shipper for his set of N802's to me. It is from Georgia to Colorado.

We cannot ship via regular Fedex or UPS as each speaker in its box is around 195lbs. Fedex and UPS limit their shipments to 150lbs per parcel.

When you move up to their freight services they only insure their packages for a vlaue of $0.10/pound, meaning if you ship 195lb speakers, you could get a maximum payout of $19.50 if something goes wrong. As we know these speakers are worth much more than that.

Just wondering what people have used in the past to ship and insure very heavy speakers?

Thanks,

Josh
beatboy77
beatboy77 OP
6 posts
 
Called Pilot Air and BAX and both said they do not ship Personal or Residential items, only business accounts are accepted.

Any other companies to try?

Thanks,

Josh
jig
160 posts
 
I second freightcenter.com. I shipped a 550lb pair of speakers strapped to a pallet from Miami to Texas (hope I never have to do that again). Total cost was $450 and they picked up from my house. The carrier was R&L.
foster_9
1,638 posts
 
Beatboy77 again, try Freightcenter.com.
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grannyring
6,466 posts
 
Pilot Air does personal and has shipped 4 sets of speakers for me. I drop them off at the closest warehouse however.
texas42
98 posts
 
forwardair.com will ship on a pallet very inexpensively.
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