<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>One of the problems with containers is if they are active as part of intermodal shipping, they have to be back at port within a certain period of time(they are owned by the maritime shipper, not the local terrestrial shipper); usually within 21 days. And even then they’re often tied up for 1 to 2 weeks delivering from or delivering to the ocean going vessel. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You’ll have to buy one if you need it longer than that.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Some national carriers also have a “move it yourself“ as do the the moving companies. They’ll drop off a trailer, deliver it after you pack, pick it up when you’re done. I can’t think of their names off the top my head.</div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Talk to a local tractor trailer leasing company that is part of nationalease. You can rent a regular van trailer for a month or two, load it up, call them to deliver it for you(they have connections with carriers if they don’t have a carrier subdivision, which most do), and they’ll pick it up from the destination when you empty it. No muss, no fuss.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="https://www.nationalease.com/">https://www.nationalease.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I have used this for long distance tractor deliveries, especially over the Canadian border where I didn’t wanna fool with customs(customs handling is another service they provide). The only problem is finding a local, cooperative, professional local member of nationalease. Most of these folks make their money leasing 2-300 tractors at a time to big corporations and keeping a huge pile of trailers available for them. A one-off is received very differently among the different members. Last time I did this it was 450 a month for “roadworthy”(and using quotes on purpose here. (-: ) 53 foot trailer and 2.50 a loaded mile to take it to the destination. But that was a while ago. Customs was a flat fee plus whatever charges and expenses the government(s) levied. I don’t remember that fee was but it was reasonable.</div><div><br></div><div>Spencer </div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 29, 2020, at 5:52 PM, Jim Thomson <macowboy@comcast.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Has any on the list shipped goods via a shipping container to locations in the US? We have items to move and this was suggested as a economical way to get it done. Thanks.
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