Clicker press cutting boards...

[brmax]

If the shipping were 400. total for the 60.

Its likely higher though

I figure with both sides surfaced by weaver the cost is 50 per board/poly. 

I’d have to put them on the pallet and call the freight truck. This one go around for the time being is half price. 

Good luck 

Floyd

Edited April 25, 2018 by brmax

[KingsCountyLeather]

1 hour ago, brmax said:

If the shipping were 400. total for the 60.

Its likely higher though

I figure with both sides surfaced by weaver the cost is 50 per board/poly. 

I’d have to put them on the pallet and call the freight truck. This one go around for the time being is half price. 

Good luck 

Floyd

Is it really that expensive to ship in the US ?

if you ship with Fed Ex or DHL etc... I can understand that kind of charge but I’m talking trucking haulage. Here in Ireland a pallet with a Tonne costs me 40 euro approximately  49 dollars.

If it were me... I would put a pallet on my truck and load all the boards and ask a bigger company who handles pallets to ship it for me?

[BenjaminEstberg]

we had the same problem. and just buy new ones for a hundred dollars.  The problem we found when you have them planed a couple of times is that they start to bow if you are not constantly flipping them.

 

Just a thought.

[Mark842]

22 minutes ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

Is it really that expensive to ship in the US ?

if you ship with Fed Ex or DHL etc... I can understand that kind of charge but I’m talking trucking haulage. Here in Ireland a pallet with a Tonne costs me 40 euro approximately  49 dollars.

If it were me... I would put a pallet on my truck and load all the boards and ask a bigger company who handles pallets to ship it for me?

For me to ship one board it would cost $52 each way. Shipping all 60 would be laughable. At 25lbs each and taking a whole pallet space on a truck I'm sure it would be in the 6-800 range.

Guess I have a bunch of trash. Just hate throwing stuff out that still has life.

[KingsCountyLeather]

9 minutes ago, Mark842 said:

For me to ship one board it would cost $52 each way. Shipping all 60 would be laughable. At 25lbs each and taking a whole pallet space on a truck I'm sure it would be in the 6-800 range.

Guess I have a bunch of trash. Just hate throwing stuff out that still has life.

I don’t want to go on too much... but you are looking at shipping the wrong way.

If I ask my suppliers to ship me a package 25 lbs they will charge me between 20 and 30 euro because they use curriers like UPS or DHL. (Mileage will be less than yours) but when I ask my same suppliers to ship me a pallet (50 bags at 25lbs) they then use a haulage company and the standard charge is around 40 euro. I hope that makes sense?

By the way... I’m a very small company and work from a small warehouse at my home and I don’t have a forklift.

I also have a 20 tonne hydraulic clicker press and would love to get my hands on your boards. 

Hope you can work things out.

[fredk]

Could you not do the job yourself with a planer-thicknesser? They only cost a couple hundred $$ or less.

At $100 each board, after you've planed the second or third you're winning

Edited April 25, 2018 by fredk

[brmax]

Even the truck freight in the US is much more. My earlier this year hdpe had a 176lb weight, required a double pallet length. East coast to Missouri ran 200.$

If its possible, and i would try if it were me, to use a smaller stationary planer. I have one for wood, it doesnt have tiny spiked roller that somtimes help feed. Believe it or not slick varnish old flooring stuff kicks it az. 

 

Good day

Floyd

 

ps: i meant to ask what some lastic hardness specs are on these plates/cut boards. 

Edited April 25, 2018 by brmax

[JLSleather]

3' x 1' x $5 is $15 per side? 

No machine shops?  Simple face mill should take care of it.  The set-up would maybe take a bit, but after the first one, should be able to "plane" (mill) them at about 5 min per side.  Even at $60/hr it's still a bargain.  That's $1 per minute .... thinkin' out loud here, that's roughly 1/2 the cost as weaver, but lets you duck the shipping charges.

Simple job... and if they're using a CNC machine, even easier -- just need the new guy to clamp it down and hit the "go" button 4 times an hour....