Transmission help with delivery to commercial address.

inri · Oct 27, 2017

Hi Guys,

Another question for you

The transmission I have ordered from John Cope is ready to ship, yah! However, John tells me I need a commercial address in order for him to ship it to me.

I live in a residential house in a suburb just South of Sacramento, (save the Hippie/Liberal/Surfer/High Tax California jokes for another time he he) and I'm not sure how I go about this? Any advice? He is waiting for my response.

Thank you all.

493 Mike · Oct 27, 2017

I would imagine it requires someone to be there during regular business hours and have a forklift for unloading. I had no trouble receiving a 1,000# plus metal lathe at my home after borrowing my friends tractor with forks. In the past I've unloaded from semi trailers into my pickup box-gravity is your friend sometimes. It may be a freight company requirement also. Do you have any friends that work at a business with a freight dock?
Mike

tnfastback · Oct 27, 2017

Or you can pick it up at the trucking companies terminal if they have a location remotely close.

Cranky · Oct 27, 2017

It's also much cheaper to ship commercial to commercial too. I know it's that way with UPS and it's a fairly big difference. Us poor folks get shafted by them.....

1967coronet440 · Oct 27, 2017

See if you can arrange shipping from a carrier yourself, try R&L, old dominion... try looking it up on

https://www.uship.com/

I live about 20 mins from Cope, if he crates it up I’d take it to a Fastenal or a trucking terminal close by for you if he won’t.

I just shipped my trans from Washington to Indiana for $400 through old dominion freight, that was to my residential address.

OKDart · Oct 27, 2017

I just got mine a few months ago. I picked it up from the freight terminal.

inri · Oct 27, 2017

Thanks for your response guys. Unfortunately, I don't have any friends with forklifts or that work in the freight shipping business in the area. Gonna have to digest this for a minute...

1967coronet440 · Oct 27, 2017

I’m still a bit confused why it can’t be shipped residential

inri · Oct 27, 2017

1967coronet440 said:
I’m still a bit confused why it can’t be shipped residential

1967coronet440, I don't know why it can't be shipped residential either? Perhaps its due to cost? John said shipping would be $165 at the time of purchase and I believe he assumed commercial to commercial. Since I'm already thousands over my budget saving some green greatly helps get the car back on the road sooner, even if that means me driving 50 miles to a freight terminal to pick up the trans.
I just sent John an email asking for the terminal info and that I could pick it up from there. I'm not sure if he knows this but I would imagine there would be terminals in the Sacramento, CA area, which is 15-20 minutes away.
I also posted on Facebook to see if any people in the Golden State Mopar forum had a commercial address that I could ship it to. Fingers crossed and I'll update as soon as I hear from one of them.

1967coronet440 · Oct 27, 2017

inri said:
1967coronet440, I don't know why it can't be shipped residential either? Perhaps its due to cost? John said shipping would be $165 at the time of purchase and I believe he assumed commercial to commercial. Since I'm already thousands over my budget saving some green greatly helps get the car back on the road sooner, even if that means me driving 50 miles to a freight terminal to pick up the trans.
I just sent John an email asking for the terminal info and that I could pick it up from there. I'm not sure if he knows this but I would imagine there would be terminals in the Sacramento, CA area, which is 15-20 minutes away.
I also posted on Facebook to see if any people in the Golden State Mopar forum had a commercial address that I could ship it to. Fingers crossed and I'll update as soon as I hear from one of them.

Keep us updated, most big shipping companies have box trucks they transfer the load to for residential shipments

inri · Oct 27, 2017

1967coronet440 said:
Keep us updated, most big shipping companies have box trucks they transfer the load to for residential shipments

Yeah. I shipped my 392 Gen 3 Hemi this way to Virginia and it cost $210. The freight truck pulled up to my home and I even had a pallet jack to help them put it on their lift gate but they had one to. They were here for less than 4 minutes and then left. It was clearly not their first engine pallet pick up from a residential address. I didn't think this would be an issue but then again rebuilding/repairing a car can be curveball after curveball

tomlin · Oct 28, 2017

Do you have any buddies that work at the local auto parts stores or salvage yards? Open a commercial account at a Advance or Oreilly or Autozone. Buy a few parts and then ask the store manager if they will accept a drop off. Worth a shot.

moper · Oct 29, 2017

Seems this should just be a case of dollars, even for John. Anyone can ship anywhere, for a price. If you don't have a friend with a loading dock or the ability to unload it, you need the cash to pay for the delivery, or the ability (truck and gas) to go to the terminal and pick it up. It's easy to grab at the depot with a pickup truck.

inri · Nov 1, 2017

UPDATE.... John Cope is shipping it to the freight terminal in Davis, CA which is 18 miles north of Elk Grove. I will pick it up there. I appreciate the replies

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