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I had a cousin from California come deer hunt in Wisconsin in November, harvest a doe and now need to get 43# of processed frozen meat from WI to CA. UPS or FedEx shipping costs are ridiculous ($300+ For 2nd day delivery)
Anyone have suggestions on how to ship?
Thanks, Dave
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Re: See Help - Shipping Frozen Meat
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The meat was processed into sausage, jerky and such so not available to take back on the return flight.
Dave
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Re: See Help - Shipping Frozen Meat
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My brother and family was here recently and had a processed deer to take back.
We purchased two cheap chest type chests. $20.00 each.
All the meat was vacuum packed. Divided the meat up between the two. No more than 50 lbs.
Cost was $35.00 extra per box. We had a couple of pounds of dry ice in each.
Arrived still frozen and good shape. It was wrapped after it was inspected at the airport.
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12/24/17 01:08 PM
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Sheesh, why complicate things. Get a little 1/2" foam sheet, line large flat rate priority boxes with the foam. Open up a large garbage bag, put in box and stuff tight with meat. Put the whole mess in the freezer for a couple of days. Tape the crap out of the box and ship on a Monday! That will work, especially this time of year.
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but to take the 50 lb as excess baggage A lot cheaper.
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I ship tons of frozen items all over the country, whole animals and pelts. Get a heavy duty box that will fit all the items, use r19 insulation and just line the whole inside of the box, get about 5-7 lbs dry ice, put that in there and tape up all the seams really good with tape. It'll be rock hard still 3-4 days later. Ship FedEx on a Monday with there cheapest fastest delivery, be like 2-3 days. Somewhere between $50-$70 for shipping. That's your best option
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12/27/17 09:52 AM
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Thanks folks for the responses. My cousin put this out on a website called uShip and had a bid come in for $125 for 2 day delivery from an OTR trucker running a refrigerated trailer. So I'm packing it in two coolers with ice packs inside and off it goes.
Will let everyone know how this turns out. My cousin and I already talked on next falls hunt and just taking the meat (or a portion of) back on the flight to CA. Some pretty expensive venison for the first go around.
Dave
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Thanks folks for the responses. My cousin put this out on a website called uShip and had a bid come in for $125 for 2 day delivery from an OTR trucker running a refrigerated trailer. So I'm packing it in two coolers with ice packs inside and off it goes.
Will let everyone know how this turns out. My cousin and I already talked on next falls hunt and just taking the meat (or a portion of) back on the flight to CA. Some pretty expensive venison for the first go around.
Dave Be careful about Uship. I've dealt with them 3 times on motorcycles, 2 unhappily. Make sure the truck is running a team operation, a solo driver can't make that run in two days. Get everything in writing, promises made via the Uship board and text won't help you and I'll tell you from experience if there's trouble with the shipment Uship's response is 'These are independent contractors, we're not responsible, we just broker the loads'. Very best of luck, hope it goes well.
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