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Refinish Glider in Europe
Would anyone consider shipping their glider with mine
to Europe and evenly split the shipping cost? It appears that a refinish in Poland, and probably Slovenia, can be done less expensively than here in the US. It is less expensive if only more than one glider can be placed in a shipping container. Looks like the cost for shipping there and back would be about US $6,000. Split three ways and add that to a refinish cost of less than $8,000 (for a Standard Class ship) and the refinish almost looks, eh-hem, affordable (cough, cough). No, I don't know the exact costs yet, but as one person told me today, you don't know the EXACT total cost until the glider is returned to you and you have picked it up at the port. If you might be interested in a joint shipping and refinishing effort, shipping from the east coast of the United States to Poland (or elsewhere?) please contact me at: vison at intrex dot net Thanks, Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina |
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Refinish Glider in Europe
Please make sure all your trailers are US DOT complaint and do NOT use
the port of Balitmore. To be DOT Compliant your trailer must NOT be a homebuilt and you must have a federal DOT sticker on the side of the trailer. |
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Refinish Glider in Europe
Ray Lovinggood wrote: Would anyone consider shipping their glider with mine to Europe and evenly split the shipping cost? It appears that a refinish in Poland, and probably Slovenia, can be done less expensively than here in the US. It is less expensive if only more than one glider can be placed in a shipping container. Looks like the cost for shipping there and back would be about US $6,000. Split three ways and add that to a refinish cost of less than $8,000 (for a Standard Class ship) and the refinish almost looks, eh-hem, affordable (cough, cough). No, I don't know the exact costs yet, but as one person told me today, you don't know the EXACT total cost until the glider is returned to you and you have picked it up at the port. If you might be interested in a joint shipping and refinishing effort, shipping from the east coast of the United States to Poland (or elsewhere?) please contact me at: vison at intrex dot net Thanks, Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina Hi Ray, Tom Knauff was talking about doing the same some time back and may have done it by now. If so, he would be a good source for info and costs. Lorry Charchian |
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Refinish Glider in Europe
Hi Tim - Did you eventually get your trailer extricated ?
How did you do it ? Best Regards, Dave PS: You owe us a wash and wax ;-) |
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