Shipping from trail gear

[Petemcc]

looking at getting some low range gears from trail gear and they say they only offer one shipping option which they want to charge $130 American for. Seems steep. Any body been through this before and found a suitable solution?

[Crash bandicoot]

yeah, a little.... get hold of 4wdbits or the like and see who they use, they might even be able to piggyback it on one of there orders (or the likes)

even still i just got on ebay and had a squiz at a transfer set for a toyota hilux 4.7 ratio and they are only charging 78nzd for P&P estimated to arrive 23 april.

[Petemcc]

First option seems a bit rude to me really. If I was them I would feel a bit cheated if someone asked me to do that. Will steer clear of that for now.

Problem with second option is I also need a 23 spline adaptor and couldn't find that listed on eBay . Might ask one of the eBay guys if they can get one to send with it.

TG were $60 to freight just coupler so no point getting gears of eBay and adaptor off TG.

Cheers Pete

[tallsam66]

Try http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com

[BadCo]

Most websites just use some sort of Generic shipping calculator with only one carrier.

Try emailing them directly and asking for a shipping quote, they can probably do it for cheaper then what the website calculator says.

[Big]

what about getting them to ship free to youpost.. then getting youpost to ship to you? also make sure you get youpost to repackage.. otherwise you might be paying for a massive parcel when not needed.. its what I did to get some gear from amazon.. worked out cheaper for me anyway..

[teamorange]

A few months back i needed the Trail Gear full hydro kit, 6.5 reduction gears, high steer arms and drive shaft adapters, after working out shipping i contacted Warren at 4WD Bits, he gave me a landed in NZ price and if you consider everything, including service/piece of mind dealing with a NZ business, customs duty and handling on heavy items, shipping, warranty issues (if any) then i think i got an excellent deal so i just ordered everything through 4WD Bits. I did in fact order one item wrong (my fault completely), it was way easier sending it back to Auckland to get a refund.

A mate ordered a winch direct from China and ended up paying @ $750 GST/duty/heavy item handling charge with customs which was always in the back of my mind.

Cheers

[wopass]

ask Suzolla, he may have what you want on the shelf or get it.

[4wdstuff]

Cheers Ben, have been in contact with Pete

[wopass]

[callum007]

I have a TG supplier in the US that does good shipping but from experience my price and Tims (Suzolla) price were pretty similar. Pm me if you want my suppliers details