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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: TM BILL on October 19, 2011, 05:10:09 pm
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Hopefully my Metisse is on the water now :) here is a picture of the crate i had made and the shipping cost .
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/tmbill/DSC00977.jpg)
the bike stripped is 1 metre long to give an idea of the size of the crate .
The crate cost UK pounds 170.00 , i went this route as you cant just use any wooden crate to ship into NZ . I delivered the bike stripped and some personal effects i had left in the UK to the crate makers and they built the box and packed it for me ( photo shows box partly packed ) cost 170 quid or $NZ330.00
Shipping ex crate factory Southhampton UK to my yard in Taupo NZ was 375.00 Uk pounds or $NZ 740.00 .
So all up approx $NZ1100.00 for a fair sized crate .
Maybe this may help anybody else wanting to ship a bike from the UK . I shipped a crate half the size from Brisbane to Taupo a couple of years ago and that cost approx $NZ900.00 witch i was very happy with too.
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Sounds like a good price bill from uk to gods country ;D
I just hope they wrap some sort of protection stuff around the bezza tank....To stop ya boots hiting it
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Geezus Bill, your getting organised in your old age, I still dont know how the Buzzard fitted 3 bikes and shit in that box.
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What was the name of the shipping company you used? I've got some parts to come from the UK later this year.
Mike
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Hope it's not the same shipping company that own the grounded one!!
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How many illegals are you bringing in Bill? ;D.....you'd get half a dozen families in there!!!
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Nice job!
I've got a full bike coming from the Uk which isn't crated, Im expecting to pay a hell of a lot more than that.
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can any of you guys fit a rear wheel in your stuff ? your left already Bill >
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Look at all the empty space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know someone who had a WLC Harley for sale and some one in NZ wanted to buy it. They asked about the cost of shipping to NZ.
£600 was the quote which seemed like good value for to me for such a big / heavy bike.
The WLC didnt make it to NZ and ended up in my garage on what will probably be a temporary basis. So, if anyone from NZ knows who that person is let me know as I have too much stuff and dont want to fall in love with this bike and end up keeping it along with all the other stuff I dont have space for!
Large drink for the person who can find that buyer....
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can any of you guys fit a rear wheel in your stuff ? your left already Bill >
I have got some crappy wheel covers that need to get to Oz that could have been slung in that box (sorry, carefully placed!)
I bet you drove past the end of my Dad's road on the A36 if you drove from Farleigh to Southampton. he is only 10 mins from Soton and is there most days with work....!
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My crate has apparantly already left , dont worry there wasnt much space left after i put the rest of my junk oops im mean treasures in there ;D Pity about the wheel covers Ben , i was up and down from Pompey to Exeter and all over the south east and west while there ::)
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now he says......!
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Ben PM sent
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and let me know if you find that chap who was after the WW2 Harley.....
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My crate has apparantly already left ,
Hey Bill only MAF and the tax man left to deal with .... I think when I shipped my Cheney Honda it cost about the same door to wharf. I have about 10 cubic meters coming from Japan, that will be exciting.
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Gee Marc, you'll be golden egg that pays for the pollies next pay rise.....or a day before your bootie arrives they'ill bring in a new shipping charge to pay for the oil spill in the BOP. ;D
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Hey TM Bill. What about customs charges? It cost me $5000.00 to import my EML outfit from the UK. $900 for the boat,abour $500 for the crate (because of the size of the thing) about another $300 pickup in UK, another $300 pickup in Aust and the rest was customs charges at both ends. Oh and GST on the purchase price (couldn't get out of that one) ;)
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Going on previous shipments it wasan't to bad :) but always expect the worse ::) whenit gets here and i know what im up for i will report back with full cost.
I really dont know if the price was good or not ??? i was happy with the price :) it took 2 ph calls and a trip to the crating company with the goods (about a 50km rd trip ) so it suited me as it took FA time out of my holiday :)
I didn't shop around as the first quote i got i was happy with. good people to deal with at both the shippers and the craters (John at the craters is a bike nut and shipped 60 Bezzas to Aus for the owners club about 10 yrs ago.
But the storys only half told , until its in my shed theres still unknown cost :)