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cava
6th November 2018, 11:39 AM
Hi All,

Looking at sending some timber overseas ie UK and USA.

Ausposts rates were (to me anyway) eye watering.

I did a search and most of the threads were the reverse into Australia.

What is the cheapest way to do this and who should I use?

Thanks all.

George
cava
8th November 2018, 09:05 AM
Nobody post timber overseas?
BobL
8th November 2018, 09:13 AM
Hi All,
Looking at sending some timber overseas ie UK and USA.
Ausposts rates were (to me anyway) eye watering.
I did a search and most of the threads were the reverse into Australia.


My experience is US postage to Australia is just as eye watering.
Chris Parks
8th November 2018, 12:09 PM
I have never posted OS but I have done a lot of postage/freight work within Oz and the only way to get costs down that I know of is to have an account with a carrier of your choice for larger stuff. Have you tried Pack&Send? It should be cheaper to export from Oz than import because there should be a lot of empty air freighters going back to the US and Europe.
david.elliott
8th November 2018, 12:31 PM
Seems like the cost of post FROM the US may have recently changed. A workmate required a Front Wheel Hub assembly for his Dodge Grand Caravan. Somewhere between $180 and $230 local cost.
I introduced him to RockAuto in the US, with a warning about post cost. In USD the assembly cost him 57 and the post 20, and it arrived in less than 7 days..It arrived in a 200mmish cube box, and weighs a bit...
cava
8th November 2018, 08:39 PM
Have you tried Pack&Send? It should be cheaper to export from Oz than import because there should be a lot of empty air freighters going back to the US and Europe.
Pack & Send 's quote is $86.26 using their cheapest option of 'Saver' to USA. Parcel is anticipated to be 30cm x 14cm x 9cm circa 3 Kg.

To be fair it is a 2-3 day service which I do not need. I am happy with a seamail service of 4-6 weeks.
FenceFurniture
8th November 2018, 09:41 PM
seamail service of 4-6 weeks.:no: Double that: 2-3 months to the USA via AustPost, but the cost is down to $45. Try their calculator:

https://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/calculate-postage-delivery-times/#/option/international/AU/US?fromPostcode=2780