Backloading Boat to Perth

[tunaticer]

As a guide, a month ago i sent one pallet weighing 410kgs to Perth from Brisbane using the cheapest carrier I could find. Cost was $362 and 6 days from my place to the destination. It is not a boat I know, but it is an indication of weight pricing and cubic meterage. The pallet was 116cm x 116cm and 96cm tall (nearly 1.3 cubic metres).

[Splash]

If it will fit, a container via rail will be the cheapest you will find and also the most secure. If you go this way, make sure to get coded bolts for the container so that when the container arrives, you can tell if it has been tampered with or not and can inform the freight company straight away, take photos of the container ans seals when closed and locked, and again when it arrives at its destination, that way, the freighters are responsible for any goods missing or damaged in transit if the locks have been tampered with.

Scott.

WHat are these coded bolts called to buy in shops?

Where can I get them?

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[Splash]

Hi again.

Done some mroe investigation and can get a container if I choose at a reasonable rate.

Now, what I have been informed is that if I did place my boat inside a container and railed, the jerky movements of travel may damage the hull and side, etc.

Your thoughts on this and confirm if it is true?

THe extreme width of my boat is just on 2.29m and the total internal width is 2.35m. I am choosign a 40ft (12m) container so I have plenty of room length wise for my 7m trailer.

Or, would the boat be more expose to potential damage ontop of a flatbed trailer?

Splash