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Is anyone heading out to the west coast?
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Post# 158779   10/4/2006 at 20:53 (6,385 days old) by wigwag (San Diego)        

Hello,

Most of you know I picked up my wonderful Frigidaire washer from Oregon last weekend. It was a whirlwind trip and unfortunately I didn't get to see Patrick, apparently Beaverton is almost to Washington, next time I won't bock at the estimates from google maps. But at any rate I made it home, and the machine looks great!

I will take some pics and post them, but there is so much going on right now that believe it or not I haven't tried it out. I did notice that there is a sticker on the back that says something about securing the mechanism before transportation. Is that something I should have worried about? Needless to say I was unbelievably careful moving the machine and had it wrapped like a pig in a blanket for the enture 1100 mile ride home!

I wanted to ask tho, a member in Tennessee has the matching dryer for sale, but shipping is like 600 bucks! (I checked craters and freighters, anyone had experience with other shipping vendors?) I just thought I'd ask but is anyone in the midwest planning a west coast trip =-)

I'm sure I will be asking lots of questions when i hook up the frigidaire, honestly I just can't stop just staring at it, and there is a delightful story behind it. It was in the same basement since 1954, and its owner is still alive. I will share that story with the pics after I catch up on the stuff i didn't do this weekend =) I want to make sure I don't do anything wrong when I hook up that beauty!

S






Post# 158783 , Reply# 1   10/4/2006 at 21:09 (6,385 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

'Chile, if you can ship a '54 Filtrator from Tennessee to California for $600.00 jump on it! C&F would want that much from me just to drop it off in Alabama somewhere!

Hope you enjoy your machines and I look forward to your photo's.


Post# 158796 , Reply# 2   10/4/2006 at 22:54 (6,385 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
I've used freightquote.com

If you can manage taking the machine to the shipping station, picking it up at a shipping station, and securing it on a pallet yourself, it can be alot cheaper. Don't bother with the online quote -- you have to set up an account and talk to an agent.

Post# 158886 , Reply# 3   10/5/2006 at 09:29 (6,384 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I did notice that there is a sticker on the back that says something about securing the mechanism before transportation. Is that something I should have worried about?

You should be just fine Steven, the Unimatic has a simply but solid suspension system.



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