Overseas Postage/Carriers

[cava]

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]

Nobody post timber overseas?

[BobL]

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]

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]

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]

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]

seamail service of 4-6 weeks.

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/...mPostcode=2780