ucsspirit said:
I was looking at shipping my ski. With that said I need some ideas on how to build a shipping crate.
How are you going to ship it? Its different if you ship it by air or by ground.
By air as some poeple mentioned this falls under IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations UN 3166. ('Vehicle, Flammable Liquid Powered')
To pack it packing instruction 900 is to be followed. Mainly the gas tank has to be drained as well as all the fuel lines. The battery can be left but disconnected and has to fall under the packing instruction for batteries with compliance with UN (Something I don't remember).
I recommend you leave the battery out.
Finally, air freight with HAZMAT is MUCH easier with crates that open easily or open crates. Rest assure that people will want to see that you followed the packing instruction and did all the necessary steps.
Here is a link that I read a while back that has lots of good info.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/trip-transport/2006-rules-shipping-motorcycles-air-21880
Takeastand SJ said:
I am planning on sending my ski to Portugal in April Mearsk by ship. How long will it take?
The difference in price between air and sea freight is not enough to justify the length of time and the fact that IMHO it is more likely to be lost since its loose cargo. I had stuff "misplaced/lost" when I shipped through sea which made me not want to do that EVER again unless its a full container. It is much easier to "misplace" loose cargo as they call it than messing with a full container. Containers are sealed and you pack it yourself if you want. Loose cargo most of the time would get loaded and unloaded. A container's seal would only be broken in your presence.
With a very rough estimate, the cost to ship a ski from the US to Portugal by sea is around 1100 and by air is 400 more.
Any how however you guys want to ship your stuff you
MUST always always always
INSURE YOUR STUFF for its
FULL value