As you know, I ship transmissions...100 to 140 Lbs...Boxed in heavy cardboard and bubble wrapped to keep weight down and still protect... Went to UPS (my regular center) and put the box with the syncro tranny and some oil in it on the scale...Said overweight... I expected 145 lbs or so...well under the 150 max.. Crap I says outloud... The mgr came over & said...sorry...make it weigh less..I opened it up and took out a 12" square piece of cardboard and the scale said 147 lbs...Hmmmmm How can a 8 oz piece of cardboard weigh 4 lbs...go figure. On the other hand they have put a package thru on 3 day for me and charged normal ground in an emergency...Got figure Fed Ex is cheaper to Canada by far for the recipients... Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) 1-877-377-0773 toll free 425-788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Name Available" <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:15 AM Subject: Re: Shipping a Vanagon tow hitch - a saga
>I smile, wink and walk out. > > Life is good when you can work the system. > > Ohhhh, Lordyyyyy, YES ! > My, Jr. High Arithmetic teacher should have Never told me : > "For every Rule There IS an Exception" !!!! > :o) > JC... > |
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