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Looking for Good Shipping Companies

Many sellers are not willing to ship speakers or other large components like amps or monos. With large speakers I have used Craters and Freighters to mixed effect. I got a nicely crated box with a pair of Thel 5’s with no damage shipped from Birmingham AL. But a Cleveland version of the same company didn’t build a crate and the CS6’s arrived with a big ding on the top of one speaker.
50% is not a standard I want to live with, so no more Craters and Frieghters, especially from the Cleveland area. Since I live in a remote area of west Texas, I have to ship most components, especially speakers. 
I would be interested to know what shippers the members of this forum would recommend as a result of a good experience with that shipper.
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R+L-- good company. Of course, use Google to look up West Texas Freight to call others. Mostly I wanted you to know to buy insurance at www.u-pic.com. Follow their instructions to the letter. With them, we have real insurance, even for the smallest Post Office or FedEx package. At the value WE determine!!
Very important:
  • The person buying the insurance is who will get paid. Whomever buys has three days after shipping to buy the insurance which includes registering the tracking number(s) with them.
  • With your chosen freight carrier, declare NO value to them because, as U-PIC explains, the U-PIC claim inspector can’t get started until that freight company’s inspector is done. A zero value keeps that inspector out of your picture.
  • You have to request "Have these two big cartons strapped to a pallet when the driver gets back to the dock, and keep them upright as marked-- I’ll make sure your driver knows, but will you put this on my waybill? Thanks." If not, then good luck on those cartons surviving truckers and forklifts.

Best,Roy
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