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    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.

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    Nobody post timber overseas?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cava View Post
    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.

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    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.
    CHRIS

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    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...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris Parks View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cava View Post
    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
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