How can I get rates for shipping about 8 tons of books across the US?

Here you go!

Daylight Transport LTL 3 business days $2,169.31 $0.00 $2,158.20

Roadway LTL 5 business days $5,420.24 $0.00 $3,881.13

CTI LTL 6 business days $6,284.29 $0.00 $4,306.36

SAIA Contract LTL 5 business days $6,632.64 $0.00 $4,962.23

R & L Carriers LTL 4 business days $7,946.41 $0.00 $5,170.52

Yellow Transportation LTL 4 business days $8,405.46 $0.00 $5,797.28

UPS Freight LTL 3 business days $8,624.42 $0.00 $5,852.17

Old Dominion LTL 4 business days $9,481.30 $0.00 $6,538.78

Fedex National LTL *Guaranteed Day* LTL 4 business days $11,935.65 $0.00 $7,772.68

These are quotes from 90210 to 30519, CA to GA

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Enjoy! :-)

Depends where they are going.

Either rent a van and drive them with some friends(Great roadtrip).

Or ship bookrate in boxes.

Unless you are doing a fundraiser, some local business like to help.

The rate depends on the dimensions or the shipment, the weight and exactly where from and to.

A very very rough estimate would be $2000.

Um...yea, you have 8 tons of first edition and author signed books! I may have been born at night; but it wasn't last night!

Put them under you pillow and let the fairies deliver them!

8 tons?

Is this a major library or something? 8 tons is a lot of books!

Use Roadway or other freight carrier.

http://www.roadway.com/

You really have 16,000 pounds of books?

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