Selling Large Speakers - How to reduce shipping?


I'm selling my Thiel CS6 that weigh about 200lbs each in their original shipping boxes. I'm looking for help in finding an economical, safe and insured way to ship these speakers within the USA. Both UPS and FedEx have a limit of 150lbs for normal shipping although UPS offers a Freight service that I found to be very expensive ($1000-$1200 to ship from Michigan to Texas or California). The speakers are packed in their original boxes that are 23x17x56 and weigh about 200lbs each. Any suggestions out there? Thanks in advance. Steve
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Try Bax Global. Put them on a pallet. Borrow a banding machine or just get some plastice banding and a few of the clips. You can do it yourself using a pliers instead of the banding tool. Uhaul sells that stretch plastic, about $6. per large roll and definitely go around each speaker to keep out the rain.

Very important. If one gets damaged could you replace it with an exact match? I would insure for twice the amount of the speakers that way if one goes you are covered.
Also extremely important. The buyer must view the speakers before signing off on them. In other words he must remove the plastic wrap and have a clear view of the boxes to check for damage. Once he signs off on them it could be over.

Next time purchase smaller speakers...