Shipping a Pedal Pack hard case?

In article said:

I'd like to sell a Pedal Pack hard case. UPS & FedEx have informed me that case dimensions
exceed their allowable size. I'd like to know of alternate shipping sources that would
accomodate this case.

Check with USPS (the post office) they will ship some surprisingly sized things.

Tom Gibb <[email hidden]

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Quoted message said:

I'd like to sell a Pedal Pack hard case. UPS & FedEx have informed me that case dimensions
exceed their allowable size. I'd like to know of alternate shipping sources that would
accomodate this case.

There is may be a communication problem here. Or possibly you're volunteering too much information!

UPS and others use a figure, comprised of the longest side in inches plus the girth in inches, to
establish dimensional billing increments.

A wheel box can sometimes just sneak under the first "oversize" increment of 84 inches. Once it
goes to 84 you are billed at the 30 lb rate even if the carton is two pounds. The next increment is
108 inches. That's about the size of a frame carton and bills at 70 pounds or actual weight
whichever is greater.

A standard bicycle carton is usually right at 130 inches if the designer paid attention. Road bike
cartons are taller, mountain bike cartons are wider, generally.

Suppposedly, no package can be longer that 60 inches on a side, nor over 130 inches total. In
practice, cartons past the "limit" are billed $5 as a special handling charge. You just need to get
the carton into the system, which is easy if you ship it through a reglar UPS account which commonly
ships cartons of similar size. Drivers don't measure cartons when they pick up. Of course if you
call and ask whether a 132 inch carton can be shipped, they will tell you it cannot.

So how large is this thing?

You can always just send it motor freight but the minimum billing increment is usually substantial
compared to our needs.
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