Getting Heavy Stuff Out Of Japan..

[Poida]

Hey Guys..

Recetly i just got my LSD including the case etc, and am still looking at buying a few more things before i leave later next year.. Just wondering, for people like rezz or other memebrs that have contacts/previous experience with Japan, how did you get your stuff home? Please don't say the post, as i doubt a 46Kg Piece of LSD is gunna make it through the post.. and surely there must be a more affordable way to send a Cubic Metre of stuff.. Could you guys give me some ideas?

Thanks

[drunkenmaster]

Hey Guys..

Recetly i just got my LSD including the case etc, and am still looking at buying a few more things before i leave later next year.. Just wondering, for people like rezz or other memebrs that have contacts/previous experience with Japan, how did you get your stuff home? Please don't say the post, as i doubt a 46Kg Piece of LSD is gunna make it through the post.. and surely there must be a more affordable way to send a Cubic Metre of stuff.. Could you guys give me some ideas?

Thanks

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Palette and freight?

Get a good customs broker though because Tullamarine can be a bitch.

[Poida]

Im from Brissy

[drunkenmaster]

haha ok, well whatever your local port is, I am sure the customs people are just as random fee/duty/tax hungry.

[Rezz]

Poida, take it from me, don't just think about sending your LSD alone. Get some mates together and do big group buys and fill up a 20 footer container and do it that way. Alternatively, have the LSD attched to something large - like a car - then stuff it in said 20 footer. There is no cost effective way to send single items over 30kg.

[totoro]

get your own container or ring some shops in brissie and im sure they will have some container coming through so put it in with them.... or do them a bit of favour and look for parts as well and get free freight....

[Streeter]

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That said though, if you can organise to fill a container that will work out alot cheaper... good luck getting anything like that off the ground though.

Edited September 13, 2005 by Streeter

[Rezz]

if you can organise to fill a container that will work out alot cheaper...  good luck getting will work out alot cheaper...  good luck getting anything like that off the ground though.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yep, but if you can get a cheap ceffy or S13 and fit it and as many parts as possible into a 20 footer it'll be easy enough for one guy to do... just need the cash up front.

Poida I'm doing a 40 foot container and shipping 2 cars right now, and even the 40 foot is reasonable if you were to sell both cars when they land. Any parts that you can fit in there is a bonus.

[Kaido_RR]

rezz, how much does a container cost?

[Rezz]

rezz, how much does a container cost?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

All up total including all associated bullshit it's costing me A$4,200 for a 40 foot container. When it arrives in Perth there are additional customs and quarantine costs aswell.

[GTR-80Y]

Cant break it up into smaller bits?

I shipped my suspension back, via post, think it was 20kg max each box, at bout $100 each.

[lwells]

Cant break it up into smaller bits?

I shipped my suspension back, via post, think it was 20kg max each box, at bout $100 each.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

IIRC, that's what shops like Nengun do. Its expensive but saves the hassle of container shipping.

[Beer Baron]

or do what i do and stowe it safely in the overhead locker(s)...lol.

i am sure if you look you should be able to find a freight forwarding company in japan that can sort you out with sea freight. or talk to one of the traders on here about sharing some container space.

[NXTIME]

Or you could put it in the boot of a car that is already on its way here

[NXTIME]

Or you could put it in the boot of a car that is already on its way here

[funkymonkey]

pull the LSD out of the diff dude. Diff cases aren't that expensive to buy locally anyways. I got a TRD 2 way LSD and a couple of small bits down for my AE86 and it cost me under $100 shipping via SAL (Surface/Air Lift). Got them to my door in 5 days.

We used to organise containers for some of the backyard traders, but we've stopped doing them now because chasing up payments, logistics and deliveries is just not worth the hassle.

[Ronin 09]

Or you could put it in the boot of a car that is already on its way here

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If the car is already on it's way here how's he going to get it in the boot?