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What’s most important when shipping large boxes is keeping the contents safe and secure. While much of that responsibility is in the hands of the transporters, you can take steps to ensure successful delivery.

After identifying the best way to ship large boxes, you must provide proper packaging. Use a sturdy box that can handle the rigors of being in transit.

• We recommend you use a new box at its full strength when shipping heavy items.
• Stitched or stapled seams give the packaging additional strength — don’t use boxes that are only glued together.
• Use dense, heavy-duty padding to prevent shifting during transportation.
• Divide the box into sections using corrugated board or engineered foam — this enhances its rigidity and stability.
• If you’re using UPS to transport your heavy package, attach a “heavy” sticker for items over 70 pounds.

Shipping large items locally is difficult. But what if you need to transport heavy packages cross-country?

Ground-based transport companies take an average of three to five days for delivery. If you need it to arrive at the destination sooner, consider paying more for air transport.

If you’re shipping several boxes of heavy items, palletizing them and shipping them via freight may be more cost-effective.

Large item shipping is expensive! If you’re a business that needs large quantities of heavy boxes transported, you’ll want to find cheap ways to ship large packages. Unfortunately, shipping large packages is never cheap, but there are ways to make it more affordable.

One way to cut high package shipping costs is using a competitive reverse bidding marketplace to hire a transporter. CitizenShipper’s marketplace has thousands of drivers with years of experience handling freight and heavy item shipping.

Because the transporters bid for your business, you can select one who knows how to ship large, heavy items at a price that fits your budget. You won’t sacrifice quality or experience either; many of the transporters on CitizenShipper have years of experience in the industry.

Another benefit of the marketplace is your ability to communicate directly with the driver. Consolidated freight carriers or parcel carriers like UPS and FedEx simply assign you a driver — there’s no way to know exactly who will transport your valuables.

With CitizenShipper, you can negotiate every detail, make special requests and even ask for GPS tracking during the transport.