Shipping Costs for Quick Build Kit

Jeff Moreau · Post by **Jeff Moreau** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:56 am

Can anyone give me a rough estimate as to the shipping costs for a quick build RV8 kit? Mine will be shipped from the factory to Virginia Beach, VA.
Is it cheaper to have it shipped to a trucking terminal and then pick it up from there, or is it better to have it shipped directly to my hanger?
Any information is greatly appreciated.
Jeff

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:45 am

if I remember correctly it was around 1800, not sure if that is crating inclusive

poeboy · Post by **poeboy** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:26 pm

Jeff, I had a QB fuse only (no wings) shipped to Rockville, MD in January
2004 and the cost was about $1100 IIRC. There was a nominal discount
(about $50) for picking it up at the terminal instead of them delivering
it to my house (but, of course, I had to arrange the transportation
from the terminal to home. I used a flatbed tow truck - worked great).
The cost for the complete QB kit will be higher, of course, since there is
a second crate for the wings. The crate for the 6A QB fuse was about
4'x4'x16' and was about 800 pounds.

HTH,
-dpp

spikescopilot · Post by **spikescopilot** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:51 pm

poeboy wrote: HTH,
-dpp

Hi Dave! I see you finally decided to post.

Guess we'll be seein' ya later this evening. Woo hoo!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:47 pm

Dave, fly up here with John when he comes! There is a nice place on the water in downtown Plymouth we can go to for lunch!

Patti, I assume you will be joining us as well!

CJ

arffguy · Post by **arffguy** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:20 pm

Make sure you figure out how to get it off the truck if it is delivered to your house or hangar. A guy I know just got an RV-10 quickbuild and had to get a forklift to get it off the truck.

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:41 pm

Most trucking companys will deliver to your home but you need a good size forklift to unload it. I bought a quickbuild RV-6A and hired a guy with a beaver tail truck bed to haul it from the trucking terminal to my home. It cost me $75 and was well worth it. A beaver tail truck bed can raise the front of the truck bed and then extend the truckbed down to the garage floor. He and I were able to slide the crates off the beavertail onto my garage floor. I had a 41/2' long 3" diamenter pipe and a hefty 5' long pry bar. I used that and a 4"X6" chunk of wood as a fulcrom. My wife and I were able to move the boxes around in our garage fairly easily.

One friend of mine almost dropped his RV-8 Fuselage off a standard truck trying to unload it with just his wife. My RV-6A Fuselage box weighed over 800 pounds. Van's has very accurated weight and box size meaurements on their web site.

Hire a beaver tail truck!

Bob Barrett