Traveling never going to happen??? need advice


Greetings, my question friends if you fell in love with a pair of excellent condition very heavy 130lbs. each floor loudspeakers would you drive say 1,500 or more miles to pick them up saving tons of money on shipping and also, knowing they will be perfect once you get home. The point of this forum how many audiophiles, would actually do the drive, I have been trying to sell my Andras, without success for near 6-months!! I have no shipping crates. Thanks for reading any help, or advice I would so appreciate it... anyone else have this problem??
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It would depend on if I had a large enough vehicle to get the speakers all the way inside, (like a large cargo van without rear seats). Where I live, the weather can change really quickly, so they would have to be covered and safely secured the whole trip.

If I had to rent such vehicle, I would need to add all the expenses together and see if it really was cheaper than having a crate built and shipped.

That said, I have driven (2) different times to pick up speakers. Once was around an 8 hour each way drive and the other was around a 6 hour each way drive. Both times it worked out great and saved me quite a bit of money and I felt very good about the condition of the speakers once I got home.
Well if you're the seller, then just ship them and collect the insurance. If you're the buyer, and you really want the speakers and can't locate another pair, make 2 trips, one for each speaker, if you have to.
I would get some quotes from U SHIP....BUT...I would certainly make sure they were protected.You might get them safely shipped for around 300.00 or less as they just would not take up much room in a shippers truck.Once you start getting quotes you can contact a shipper and address the fragile nature of the shipment,in fact,they might crate them for you.This would be a door to door service.This might sound crazy to some,but it is a solution without crates.Check it out.