On 2009-12-09 08:21, hugmagic wrote:
As point of reference, UPS and Fed EX will both be going up 5% the first of the year again,.

Richard

On 2009-12-09 08:21, hugmagic wrote:
As point of reference, UPS and Fed EX will both be going up 5% the first of the year again,.

Richard

On 2009-12-09 13:40, chmara wrote:
Forward Air always did a good job for me. Good packing, however is the shipper's job and damaged ATA cases are to be expected == so unless you put an ARA case inside an ATA case......

One of the more interesting conversations I even sat in on was one between Andre Kole and Franz Herrari pn how they got their equipment around. Kole was an advocate of one chow with props shipped just on time delivery -- repairing damage n the spot if need be. Franz advocated (at that time) multiple shows of the same props being shipped ahead "hopscotch" style.










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When it got down to brass tacks costs between the two were very similar (comparing express for Kole, ground for Herrari plus props) at the end of a season. However, my feeling was that the emotional tax paid by Kole was greater than that for the multiple shows in the props could look patched or too simple -- or have to be eliminated from a show based upon timing. Anything broken from the multiple show props, if not immediately fixable fist class, could have a duplicate expressed in.

When it finally came down to it -- though - my personal experience was to truck and trailer in my own props in my own truck and trailer. I limited myself to dates I could easily and economically drive to in the rig (50 MPH figured as speed plus stops.) I at most times kept a back-up effect at my Tucson Headquarters just in case. Using my population base and health decline toward the end of my bigger presentations, I tried to limit my dates to a ten hour drive -- which picked up the area between Alberquerque and Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Flagstaff and a multi-million person population base and corporations and fund raisers to pay the bills.