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#144080 7-May-2014 08:57

Can anyone recommend me a freight forwarding service that can ship a 150-200kg item from the UK? Looking to get in one of these http://www.briannixonjetters.co.uk/pressurewashers-hot-electric-three-deluxe.html but it's far too large for Youshop.

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#1038105 7-May-2014 09:14

Give Mainfreight a call.
I've had some surprisingly competitive quotes from them lately.
At least it'll give you a ballpark figure to make comparisons..

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#1038115 7-May-2014 09:29

Jumpin jehosaphat, What are washing with one of those, the picton ferry :)

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#1038131 7-May-2014 09:40

Trunks2: Can anyone recommend me a freight forwarding service that can ship a 150-200kg item from the UK? Looking to get in one of these http://www.briannixonjetters.co.uk/pressurewashers-hot-electric-three-deluxe.html but it's far too large for Youshop.

You probably need a UK based shipper not a NZ one.

They will handle getting space on a container and shipping it which would be the cheapest way.

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#1038146 7-May-2014 09:52

Geektastic:
Trunks2: Can anyone recommend me a freight forwarding service that can ship a 150-200kg item from the UK? Looking to get in one of these http://www.briannixonjetters.co.uk/pressurewashers-hot-electric-three-deluxe.html but it's far too large for Youshop.

You probably need a UK based shipper not a NZ one.

They will handle getting space on a container and shipping it which would be the cheapest way.

I thought mainfreight had global operations, huge company now.

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#1038190 7-May-2014 11:03

surfisup1000:

I thought mainfreight had global operations, huge company now.

Mainfreight's been buying up smaller specialist shippers (like Kiwi Shipping in L.A.) the last couple of years - gaining a presence in different places.

I've recently used them to ship individual crated items, PCL and full 40' Containers into NZ from the US & Canada.

They've made the effort to become competitive with the smaller specialist companies I used to use, and they've bonded storage, in house customs & quarantine, depot deliver throughout NZ.

You can find cheaper, faster etc, but they've become competitive in the NA - NZ market and, I've heard, UK-NZ.

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#1038346 7-May-2014 13:42

wellygary: Jumpin jehosaphat, What are washing with one of those, the picton ferry :)

Haha, its for cleaning tractors and farm machinery.

Mainfreight have given me a price of ~$500 from the port in the UK to my door, excl gst etc.
Also waiting on some quotes from a few other places, will be interesting to see if there's much of a price difference between them.

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#1038380 7-May-2014 14:50

$500 is cheap. Thats a mighty fine looking hot water blaster at a great price.

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#1038577 7-May-2014 20:23

I've used Mike Griffen at http://www.cargoex.co.nz/ to bring in heavy computer equipment purchased from eBay and shipping from the US. He organised the lot. Probably can help with everything from the UK too. I believe he uses companies like mainfreight/fedex/etc but gets better rates than if you go direct.

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#1041228 10-May-2014 03:50

Try posting on emigration forums (such as ENZ.org) to see if there is anybody that has container space.
Might have space in an NZ-bound container next year but doubt you would be willing to wait that long :)

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