Sending Large Car Part from WA to VIC

DreadPirateRoberts on 14/08/2022 - 18:46
Last edited 15/08/2022 - 10:13 by 1 other user

Hi OzBargain brains trust,

Short story: I need to freight a large package from WA (about 4hrs north of Perth) to Melbourne, VIC. Cost isn't really an issue (Toll quoted ~$450 but wouldn't take it because it's too big) but still needs to be reasonable (i.e <$500 and not paying someone to Uber the 4 day trip from WA to VIC).

Dimensions: 180cm x 80cm x 70cm
Weight: 36kg

Have checked: Aramex (yuck), AusPost, Toll, DHL, etc but all won't take it because it's too big and heavy.

Long story: it's a bullbar for a rare and stupid 4WD. The bullbar itself is also very rare (I'm lucky I found it within 6-12 months of searching) and there are no others in the country for sale at the moment. Only one company still makes new bullbars for this car but they're $3.5k and stupid as (sits over the front bumper, wtf).

Anybody have any freight recommendations? Or anything else to get this bullbar down?

tl;dr: big bullbar, nobody will freight it to me, very sad :(

Automotive

Comments

  • coffeeinmyveins on 14/08/2022 - 19:01
    +1

    Fly there and one way car hire it back to your home town?

    • HeWhoKnows on 15/08/2022 - 14:24

      Its is questionable whether any freight company (unions) will allow 2 people to lift 36kg so there is your problem.
      Thats why they insist it must go on a pallet and then lifted with a fork lift onto a truck.
      But its too big for a pallet so that rules out any freight companies.

      Removals are not regulated like freight companies hence as many have suggested, try that avenue.

      • Euphemistic on 15/08/2022 - 14:38

        They make pallets in various sizes for larger items. I’m fairly sure they’d ship bullbars from factory to retail fitter all the time. It’s just a matter of finding the right shipper. Regular couriers, unlikely but someone will do it.

      • coffeeinmyveins on 15/08/2022 - 15:50

        Its is questionable whether any freight company (unions) will allow 2 people to lift 36kg so there is your problem.

        Really? I bought a cabinet from Aldi on the weekend that had two parts. Each weighing 45 kilos and 25 kilos and lifted it with one other person.

        • Euphemistic on 15/08/2022 - 15:52

          It’s not that they aren’t capable, it’s about WHS lifting limits - and the limits are so low because the human body should not be lifting stuff like that lots and lots like they used to.

  • Muzeeb on 14/08/2022 - 19:13
    +3

    Only one company still makes new bullbars for this car

    Call this company, pretend you are going to place an order. Ask them how they will get it to you?

    Bingo!

  • BugsBunnyAUS on 14/08/2022 - 19:37

    Direct Freight Express?

  • AndyC1 on 14/08/2022 - 19:37
    +1

    Try a removalist or google if it can be sent by rail by someone.

  • Euphemistic on 14/08/2022 - 19:47
    +1

    I’d look for removalists. They cart all sorts of stuff in weird shapes and sizes. Surely a bullbar couldn’t be more heavy that two removalists could lift?

    Freight companies want to be able to use a pallet and a forklift for everything.

    • DreadPirateRoberts on 15/08/2022 - 09:33

      Hmm I'll look into it but not sure how many removalists do a WA -> VIC trip (especially because it's not near Perth)

      Unfortunately it doesn't fit on a pallet which is why nobody will take it.

      • Euphemistic on 15/08/2022 - 10:31

        As bell try to make it into two sections. Getting it to Perth will open up a lot more options

  • brendanm on 14/08/2022 - 19:55
    +1

    Uship

    • AndyC1 on 14/08/2022 - 20:10

      Stop Yanking the chain and watch OZ Outback…. shows.

  • enzioFirenze on 14/08/2022 - 20:06
    +5

    out of interest, what's this 4wd?

    • DreadPirateRoberts on 15/08/2022 - 09:36

      It's a manual diesel Hyundai Terracan. Surprisingly very capable little car but has a lot of weird quirks. We needed a proper 4WD to visit family that live very remote and the car was cheap as (~$4k and about another $1k in parts fixing and lifting it)

      • coffeeinmyveins on 15/08/2022 - 15:51

        wowsers, never seen one of those one the road let alone ever hearing about its existence !

  • Benoffie on 14/08/2022 - 20:19
    +4

    My old man uses this bloke (sends large aeroplane parts)

    https://m.facebook.com/mickstransportservice

    Will ship from anywhere to anywhere really.

  • pegaxs on 14/08/2022 - 21:44
    +3

    Get on one of the freight shipping sites like truckit.net or similar and get someone to quote it.

    The problem is that being that large, it may have to be palletised for transport and the sender will need some way of loading it when the truck turns up.

    • nswnotill on 15/08/2022 - 11:15

      it may have to be palletised for transport and the sender will need some way of loading it when the truck turns up.
      I recommend to make up a suitable pallet/wooden box ( or maybe stout cardboard) and send it that way

  • SF3 on 14/08/2022 - 23:04
    +4

    Drive to WA get it installed, then drive back to Melb.

    • Euphemistic on 14/08/2022 - 23:07

      Or freight the whole car there and back.

    • DreadPirateRoberts on 15/08/2022 - 09:34

      It's a thought but the drive is min. 40hrs and I'm not willing to take that much time off work

      • hoey888 on 15/08/2022 - 10:43
        +1

        Could always ask a mate… paying for diesel would sweeten the deal for a free holiday break

  • mapax on 14/08/2022 - 23:09
    +1

    I would have thought that for $4k there would be plenty of places in Vic that could custom fab something.

  • geta on 15/08/2022 - 08:48

    Try Bohaul - they specialise in the Melb to Perth route. We use them at work and have only ever had great service.

  • Stoozer on 15/08/2022 - 08:48

    Where is it located 4 hours north of Perth?

    • DreadPirateRoberts on 15/08/2022 - 09:38

      Near Geraldton

      • Euphemistic on 15/08/2022 - 10:30
        +2

        Probably going to need to find a company willing to do it in two hauls. One to Perth, then Perth to melb. Not many places would do Geraldton to vic in run.

  • killbill02 on 15/08/2022 - 08:56

    Trans direct

  • Speckled Jim on 15/08/2022 - 09:23

    e-go no longer accept vehicle parts, however:
    "Car accessories that are new, in a cardboard box and can be lifted by hand may be accepted if suitably packaged".

    Worth a shot.

  • morganz on 15/08/2022 - 11:20

    Talk to a freight forwarder, the dimensions don't matter freight companies will take almost anything. Just get it strapped to a pallet it doesn't matter if it overhangs. You might save a lot if you can get someone to drop it off at the depot in Perth, rural makes everything way more expensive. Also you can hand load pallets onto trucks, if 2 ppl can move the bull bar 2 ppl can lift it into a truck

  • Ashless on 15/08/2022 - 16:13

    Try putting the job up on https://www.truckit.net/

  • Tigercjn on 15/08/2022 - 18:03

    Greyhound freight, it goes under their bus's. Good for remote areas as well.

  • the Unforgiven on 16/08/2022 - 04:07

    In the old days, if we had something big to freight, we'd send it by rail

  • vk3xz on 16/08/2022 - 05:04

    Hi try using truckit.net . I use it for anything. it is quick, reasonable fantastic service! It's never failed me. cheers Mick

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