[Spridgets] Roll Bar Shipping Cost

[WFO Herb]

You only NEED to use it once and shipping cost doesn't seem important!
Herb


On 9/25/07, Bud Pazur <bpazur at excel.net> wrote:
>
> Herb wrote:
>
> One word of caution....
>
> I ordered a "Kirk Racing" bar for my TR8.  They shipped it via 18
> wheeler...
>
> ...the shipping was $200.00.  If I hadn't needed it for an upcoming event,
> I
> would have told them to take it back.
>
> Herb
>
>
> I decided to get an Autopower roll bar. I order it from Pegasus, their
> local
> distributor. Pegasus said it comes to me straight from Autopower freight
> collect. So I called Autopower to ask about shipping. They said it will
> ship
> by truck and cost me about $125 just for shipping. I asked them if they
> couldn't ship UPS or Greyhound and the guy said no, the roll bar is too
> large. He said they've been doing this for more than thirty years, and
> they
> haven't found a way to ship cheaper.
>
> I am going to go ahead with the purchase anyway. Me and my wife's skulls
> and
> necks are worth more than $125 in shipping.
>
> Bud Pazur
>
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>
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> as
> he does in the petals of a flower."
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