Shipping a Shirley to New Jersey

[ButtBurner]

hey Dan so I guess this means ya got your wood splittin' down pat now LOL

 

[DanB]

Wood

hey Dan so I guess this means ya got your wood splittin' down pat now LOL

Hi BB I've just been using 3" x 6" chunks I got from Frutia wood.
Working OK in my COS. Hoping they make still work, in my new smoker, what ever it is and when ever it gets here.
DanB

 

[palmtreefrb]

Hi All Many thanks for your replies and idea's on the smoker. There is "NOWAY" I'm paying $1,000 to ship a smoker.:crazy: Just got 2 more quotes from U-Ship, both were over 1000.
I got shipping quotes from Lang and Yoder for their Patio smokers, shipping was 500 and less.Just might be the way to go, even if I had my mind set on Shirley.
Thanks Again DanB

PS I did look into Meadow Creek,after adding up the options,they were in same ballpark as Yoder/Lang.

Wow, that's crazy. It cost me less than that to ship here to California, and that is when gas prices were about $4.00 a gallon about two years ago.

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

I would not pay....1000$$ to get it shipped either.. I will say this our 36 inch models are...3/8 thick cook chambers... 24inch diameter......with 2 slide out grates.. Compare them to some other 36 models.. That are 20 inch diameter.. Lot of great builders out there for sure.. You just have to compare apples to apples.... We have a new website that will be launching soon... The webmaster is very proactive... And we needed that... His work is top tier...

 

[Seefyre]

For me, paying $1,000 for shipping was sticker shock at first until I checked total mileage-5200. Days away from work and family 4-6. Gas and hotel-$700

Absolute no brainer, not only was it hitting the 'easy" button, but it made the most financial sense.

As I type this response I can lean out my patio window, giggle with joy over seeing my Shirley out there. Yay me :clap2:

 

[DouG M]

Shipping

Maybe some of the cooker builders should look at adding shipping as a side to thier operation. $$$$$ to be made. Get a retireie, layed off worker or friend looking to make some extra cash to deliver thier cookers. Never know two or more companys could work together haul one one way and another back. ON COMES THE LIGHT One of our brothers with some time on thier hands spear head and orginize a deliverery system of cookers as needed for all the cooker manufactures who need thier cookers delivered. just my .02 $

 

[mike-cleveland]

Maybe some of the cooker builders should look at adding shipping as a side to thier operation. $$$$$ to be made. Get a retireie, layed off worker or friend looking to make some extra cash to deliver thier cookers. Never know two or more companys could work together haul one one way and another back. ON COMES THE LIGHT One of our brothers with some time on thier hands spear head and orginize a deliverery system of cookers as needed for all the cooker manufactures who need thier cookers delivered. just my .02 $

I have a friend who runs a Christmas shop and rents uhuals and does deliveries to 6 states. Shipping one cooker would not make sense but if people were patient and you could do a quarterly shipment it might work.

 

[pjtexas1]

I have a friend who runs a Christmas shop and rents uhuals and does deliveries to 6 states. Shipping one cooker would not make sense but if people were patient and you could do a quarterly shipment it might work.

People are not that patient these days. Already takes 6 months just to build. another couple months would be painful. Although maybe if you know all of this upfront it could work?

 

[Desert Hawg]

Contact Old Dominion. Shipped a bunch of furniture from NJ to AZ. They cost ahlf of what other shippers wanted. Uhaul now offers shipping, check them out.

 

[Burnt to a T]

Contact Old Dominion. Shipped a bunch of furniture from NJ to AZ. They cost ahlf of what other shippers wanted. Uhaul now offers shipping, check them out.

I don't know about Old Dominion, but U-Haul is just like any other mover cross country or state to state. Very very expensive. He went U-Ship, and that's about the most fair prices you will find IMO. I know when I got quotes for shipping U-Ship was the only one that had viable prices. Not saying others don't, but that is a pretty big network.

I got quotes from other movers that did cross country or state to state, and they where all over 1G to almost 2G just to move from Illinois to Iowa. I paid a bit over $400 via a U-Ship bid. I figured it up, and that was cheaper then I could have rented a U-haul for. I was going to use a PU Truck or a Cube Van. Myself or through U-Haul and I still would have been money ahead going U-Ship.

 

[DanB]

Shipping

Hi All I think I got a shipping quote I can live with.This shipper is going to be in the area that Shirley Fab is in around the 22nd of Feb. Read his reviews all good.
So this maybe is a go. I have to contact Shirley about that time period, shouldn't be a problem.
DanB

 

[MAB52]

Alright DanB.

 

[DanB]

Question

Hi All I got a stupid question, are probe holes necessary, or can just run my Mavericks probe wires under the hood?
Thanks DanB

 

[Jason TQ]

Hi All I got a stupid question, are probe holes necessary, or can just run my Mavericks probe wires under the hood?
Thanks DanB

Not necessary as you could run them under the doors, but they would get pinched a lot by some heavy tight fitting doors. Unless by hood you meant down the exhaust and then you would need some long probes.

 

[AZRaptor]

Hi All I got a stupid question, are probe holes necessary, or can just run my Mavericks probe wires under the hood?
Thanks DanB

I wondered this as well, but ended up adding them after I checked the price of replacement probes.

I've pinched probe wires for some time when cooking on my WSM, but it's lid is light and the tight fit on the cook chamber doors is going to put more stress on those wires doing it that way. Since probe wires aren't usually that long I put one on either side of the main cook chamber and one for the warmer.

In the grand scheme of the price on the cooker, the probe ports weren't much of a price bump.

 

[DanB]

question

Hi I was thinking about running under the doors of the pit.
Thanks DanB

 

[AZRaptor]

Hi I was thinking about running under the doors of the pit.
Thanks DanB

The doors are a REAL tight fit. I'd be worried about probe wire longevity, but nothing should prevent them from working that way.

 

[pjtexas1]

Hi I was thinking about running under the doors of the pit.
Thanks DanB

makes me cringe...i would get the probe ports. those doors are tight. i don't think twice about putting the probes wires in my other cooker doors but they are not as heavy.

 

[ButtBurner]

Hi BB I've just been using 3" x 6" chunks I got from Frutia wood.
Working OK in my COS. Hoping they make still work, in my new smoker, what ever it is and when ever it gets here.
DanB

you will be going though a lot more wood on a smoker like that and a ton of money if you go the Fruita wood way

maybe you can find a local supplier that can split it up for you to your specs.

Probably would cost more but still would be tons cheaper

 

[NickTheGreat]

So when does it show up? :becky: