Anyone got any/know any good companies that will freight windsurfing gear interstate, i'm trying to get some second hand gear but living in Tasmania really limits what is around and if i can get it freighted would be a lot easier.

Cheers.

try transdirect.com.au cheapest i found for a mast dont no bout a board but

Gaz45 said...

I have received deliveries from shops via smartsend.com.au
This company will deliver for anyone and gives quotes online.

I checked a few quotes just now.
I'm probably not doing it right, as for a 300g small packet, land delivery, they quoted $27.
For a 3m X 1m X 40cm packet (I.E. a board) the quote was $470.

Sounds too expensive, probably due to my inexperience.
Can anyone advise how much have they charged for, a board previously?

Freighting yourself is always going to be quite expensive. If you can find something you want to purchase from any of these companies, in the past they have quoted me about $80-90 for the freighting from WA or Queensland to Victoria. Clearly they have some kind of arrangement with the freight companies.

http://www.boardcrazy.ashop.com.au/c/126300/1/used-windsurf-boards.html
www.windsurfingperth.com.au/index.php/usedboards
www.2ndwind.com.au/products-used/used-boards.asp

Obelix said...

Gaz45 said...

I have received deliveries from shops via smartsend.com.au
This company will deliver for anyone and gives quotes online.

I checked a few quotes just now.
I'm probably not doing it right, as for a 300g small packet, land delivery, they quoted $27.
For a 3m X 1m X 40cm packet (I.E. a board) the quote was $470.

Sounds too expensive, probably due to my inexperience.
Can anyone advise how much have they charged for, a board previously?

The sizes you put in for the board are a bit excessive. My boards would all come under 2.5m x 60cm x 20cm with packing around them.

Obelix said...



I checked a few quotes just now.
I'm probably not doing it right, as for a 300g small packet, land delivery, they quoted $27.
For a 3m X 1m X 40cm packet (I.E. a board) the quote was $470.

Sounds too expensive, probably due to my inexperience.
Can anyone advise how much have they charged for, a board previously?

I think a problem with getting a quote for a board is that they apply the cubic volume and something that weighs 10kgs is deemed to weigh something a lot more based on the physical volume.

I think people have got around this by arguing it is a surfboard or should be classed that way and get a rate that is based around a surfboard which is set much cheaper.

If you can get a cheap flight with virgin, they allow 28kg of sporting equipment per person, plus carryon. Fly in and bring board back?

I've also used the freight company "Neilson and Johnston" to get boards into Tas from Victoria for around $20 and use another company to freight along the Eastern seaboard. They have brought a lot of boards into Tas and really look after them.

As others have said, the shops tend to get good freight rates and it can often be absorbed into the price of the gear.

AAE used to be pretty good if you could get it for a surfboard rate (around $80 state-to-state), but I seem to remember that they changed this recently and it now probably costs about what you were quoted!

Muzza12 said...

I use www.smartsend.com.au for all my gear I sell and transport (apart from small stuff through the mail).
To get a board from Adelaide to Hobart costs about $90. A sail or boom is only about $30.
The same thing with packsend will be more than double from the quotes that I have got from them.
They're also pretty quick. I sent a mast from outside of the suburbs in SA to Melbourne and it was picked up at 4pm one day and delivered by 10am the next!

Less than $100 seems quite reasonable.
It seems that the problem is with the automated quotation.
I guess, you pick up the phone and ask direct (?) Then the price gets more realistic.

Muzza12 said...

What size board are you trying to transport?
260 x 60 x 15 (for example) comes in at just under $100 on their online quote.

Looking at Seabreeze and eBay for a 140L-155L Freeride board.
That would be around 265 x 85 x 20.
$100 is fine. If/when I find one, I'll just pick up the phone.

Cheers,