OT can anyone recommend a freight company

from where to where ?

I know of one that would fit the bill inter-capital, but there is NO WAY I would recommend them even to my enemies. Northline.

From Launceston to Cairns. I just spoke to my friend and he's been able to remove the useless steel backing plate which has cut the weight to well under 20Kg so it'll go via Post now.

Thanks for the tip

Hi, try the following e-go.com.au hunter express pack and send

I think e-go are a retail outlet of hunter.

Greg

Ok, e-go it is, thanks guys!. I'll let you know how things go.

can you get the seller to remove the jaws and ship them in a separate box?

OTOH: why do you need a pine box, it's not like it's fragile. brown paper and twine are all that should be needed.

Australia Post is famous for damaging parcels with it's conveyor belts dropping parcels onto the ground and a 20kg cast iron chuck will fret through brown paper and twine in no time, not to mention getting damaged beyond repair the first time it get dropped on a jaw and smacks into the internal scroll plate.

So far Lathe chucks in wood boxes have survived with minimal damage via post even if some of the wood was splintered.

I'd mentioned in an earlier post that the sender has removed the steel adapter plate (unusable to me)at the back which has brought it under 20 kg.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@deletemelbnospam.iimetro.com.au said... : :Hi, :try the following :e-go.com.au :hunter express :pack and send

Pack and Send's prices are completely unviable. I was quoted approx. $140 to send a 16 element UHF yagi from NSW to QLD. You'd probably be better off booking a return flight ticket and picking it up yourself!

That was one of my options too.