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TW Express Request: Salinas, CA to IE (or close enough)

Discussion in 'Southern California' started by dome, Nov 11, 2024.

  1. Nov 11, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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    If anyone is planning on a drive passing through Salinas and coming down south, please let me know, looking for a ride for an OEM rear bumper and hitch. Thanks!
     
  2. Nov 13, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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    You can actually ship it on a greyhound or Amtrak for cheap
     
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  3. Nov 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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    Can confirm; I lived just outside Salinas and had a bed rack shipped to me from out of state to the Amtrak station in Salinas
     
  4. Nov 14, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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    Back when surfermag still had the erbb (forum) bunch of guys shipped boards up and down the coast via Amtrak or greyhound
     
  5. Nov 17, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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    Ohhh I'll have to look into that.
     
  6. Nov 17, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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    Hmm, not sure if they're still offering this, the website seems to indicate this service is suspended.

    https://www.amtrak.com/express-shipping

    And if it was available it looks like it would need to be palletized, which I'm not sure is feasible for this.
     
  7. Nov 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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    Looks like Greyhound also shut theirs down in the past few years.
     
  8. Nov 17, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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    4 run, 2 don't
    I go to Salinas often just never to IE so if you need an in-between I can probably help.
     
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    Damn sign of the times I reckon. Take it to a truck stop near your pad they’re pretty much all heading to the ie someone will take it for 50bucks but it involves a level of trust on your part
     

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