<VV> Shipping a door ~ Greyhound ~ Whodathunk ?

[Jay Pitchford]

>From the Greyhound Package Express website:

"The maximum weight per package is 100 pounds. The extreme measurements of
length, width, and height shall not exceed 30" x 47" x 82"

Jay

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Tom Berg <thesuperscribe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> This has nothing to do with Corvairs, but the notes about shipping parts
> via Greyhound bus reminded me of my TV news days in Green Bay, Wis., from
> late '68 to early '73.
>
> We had stringers (independent photographers) in other cities who'd shoot
> news film and send it to us from places like Madison and Manitowoc for
> same-day delivery. We'd pick up the packages at the bus depot in GB and
> take 'em to the TV station (WFRV-TV, Channel 5) and develop the film there.
> The stringers would send notes and/or talk with us on the phone, so we'd
> write a script and have it ready when the film came out of the soup and was
> ready for editing.
>
> Occasionally we'd go to Madison ("Mad Town") to cover some heavy event,
> and someone would have to leave for Green Bay with the film in time to get
> it on the 6 o'clock newscast. I found I could leave at 3 p.m. and make it
> to GB by 5 (usually a 2.5-hour drive) if I drove fast, at 80+ mph. There
> was one stretch of U.S. 26 southwest of Fond du Lac where I could safely
> cruise at 100 mph for maybe 10 or 15 miles. and It was safe because I'd run
> with headlights on, the two-lane road was wide and straight, there was
> little traffic, and never a State Patrol car in sight. The car I'd use for
> this dash was a '67 Plymouth wagon (a Belvedier, I think) with a 318 V-8
> and a 727 automatic. It was a fast and reliable car.
>
>  Of course, today everything's photographed digitally and transmitted
> almost instantaneously by uplink or the internet.
>
> Back to Greyhound: It was very reliable and reasonable in cost. I didn't
> know that they handle large items. Anyone know the size and weight limits?
>
> --Tom in Ohio
>
>
>  *From:* Jay Pitchford <jay.pitchford at gmail.com>
> *To:* Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 30, 2011 9:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: <VV> Shipping a door ~ Greyhound (and Amtrak!)~ Really ~
> Whodathunk ?
>
> I've purchased off Craig's List and shipped via Greyhound from St Paul MN
> to Columbus OH a 5 ft long, 40 lb snow sled I bought for my boys. It was
> cheap and fast. My brother-in-law bought it and took it to the local bus
> station; I picked it up at our local terminal.
>
> If I recall properly, it was Matt Nall who I got the idea from. He
> suggested Greyhound on the Corvair Forum board, when talking about how to
> ship heavy steel parts!
>
> >
> >
> > Mike Moyer wrote:
> > When I owned a Kitchen remodeling business many years ago one on the
> > companies I worked with shipped via Greyhound.
> > Their truck delivered once a week  but for off schedule greyhound was
> fast
> > and cheap delivery. only downfall was had to be picked up at Greyhound
> > station and not door to door but worked well for large items
> >
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