I'm trying to buy a sled in Wisconsin. Shipping to Maine. Seller has obtained a price of $800.WOW!! 
This can't be typical. Any recommended companies would be appreciated. At $800 the deal will not happen. 
I heard of some guys shipping from further away for half that cost.
Thanks
This can't be typical. Any recommended companies would be appreciated. At $800 the deal will not happen. I heard of some guys shipping from further away for half that cost.Thanks
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montynormand
Member
Zach
try posting an add for sled hauling on these two vintage sites: Alot of guys are moving vintage sleds and sometimes it works out well. I had a Chrysler Sno Runner brought to Minnesota from New Hampsire for $150. Keep in mind that its as small as a mophead. I was paid $250 to bring a sled from Minnesota to Oregon last summer.
http://www.vintagesleds.com/
http://207.99.102.178/
Monty
try posting an add for sled hauling on these two vintage sites: Alot of guys are moving vintage sleds and sometimes it works out well. I had a Chrysler Sno Runner brought to Minnesota from New Hampsire for $150. Keep in mind that its as small as a mophead. I was paid $250 to bring a sled from Minnesota to Oregon last summer.
http://www.vintagesleds.com/
http://207.99.102.178/
Monty
Freight charges ate pretty high. I shipped a 200# snow thrower for a tractor to CO from MI this year and it was almost $300.
SiR X700
New member
sled shipping
Have you called a moving company like Allied van lines?
Have you called a moving company like Allied van lines?
sandmanmike1
New member
Call a local truckstop and inquire. There is some hubs for yellow freight or some other company that has drop off and pick up stations thru ought the country.
woolyviper
New member
a common carrier (yellow,roadway, ccx, american, holland etc.) won,t touch a snowmobile without a crate around it, and even then, they have this little rule about used machinery having a released value of .10/lb. Freight is not a consumer commodity, but rather it is a contract business with big shippers having discounts off of base rates. Call around to truckload carriers and see if someone can quote you on a backhaul rate. Look in the phone book for freight brokers and see if they can find someone with room on a partial load or even someone moving an empty trailer.
03viperguy
Moderator
go to http://207.99.102.178/
it is the NH snowmobile museum site. ask for don smitt to contact you about shipping a sled. he may take a little while but is REALLY fair and does a great job. tell him Eric White sent you, Don Whites son. he has had a lot of vintage sleds ride from around the country to us. dad has like 25 old sleds. not all were shipped, but enough
it is the NH snowmobile museum site. ask for don smitt to contact you about shipping a sled. he may take a little while but is REALLY fair and does a great job. tell him Eric White sent you, Don Whites son. he has had a lot of vintage sleds ride from around the country to us. dad has like 25 old sleds. not all were shipped, but enough