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There is Matson and there is Pasha. Matson has 4 ships, Pasha has one, with one more in the shipyard. Matson is building some more ships also.
The reason vehicles are standard and less cost is they are RORO (roll on, roll off). Containers take container crane facilities and a lot more pierside coordination. Basically, it's about $2 per pound. Everything is based on dollars per pound weight around here because that translates to oil transport cost, loading/off-loading, air or sea. If you look in the grocery store, they aren't getting much of a break from about $2 per pound. So, the question is what is worth $2 per pound to bring over? Not much.
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*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
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You can read my former thread about "take nothing when you move", but what I did was rent a UHaul, took all the boxes to the post office in one day, sent it all parcel post (took about 3 weeks), and then I shipped the van seperately. I looked into containers and pallet shipping also, but it was just so expensive, I just couldnt justify the expense. I sent the van on ahead and rented a car on the mainland for 3 weeks for cheap. GL. It's a logistical nightmare to move to Hawaii. Simplify, simplify!
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Just FYI if any one was interested, our quote from last month from Matson for a 20 foot container door to door from Wa State to Pahoa was $4101. They stated they only need about 3 days lead time to schedule delivery to our home. Container arrives 4 feet off the ground on wheels and they do not provide ramps, tie downs or packing materials of any sort.
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I made 4 plywood/wood frame crates that will fit inside a 20' container. I packed and sealed 3 completely, and #4 is partially packed taking up a stall in our 2 car garage.. Check with Matson about requirements, they advised me to use Allied to send them to the left coast to be loaded on a container to Kona or Hilo via Oahu. Take pictures as you fill up the container and store them in a couple of remote places for insurance purposes. I got side tracked with cancer, am just now getting ready to move to Puna again.
I was limiting us to one 20' container, but now it may be 2 or a 40' because we waited 3 years with the cancer and didn't get rid of enough stuff.
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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Rick
Rick, Just what are you bringing? I am thinking that is way, way, way too much stuff.
You are correct, however you talk to my wife, Ok? [B)]
Mostly tools and equipment. A whole woodworking/Cabinet shop of tools. That is 2 crates ready to go (over $50,000 invested) plus all the time of accumulating them. I have a ShopBot 42" Buddy CNC and a complete ShopSmith and all of the associated stuff in one. One crate is for household items. Some Heirlooms. All our clothes are going to Goodwill except for the bare minimum. I will buy new T Shirts when I get there. None of my clothes fit anymore since I am much bigger now from lack of activity and willpower from the cancer. But I suppose I don't need 10 pairs of Jeans anymore and 15 pairs of shoes I never wore often anyway.
2 Generators also. Both new. Plumbing and Electrical stuff and all the tools of my old trade (Electronics Technician)
And for the record, I may store the items for later transit except the household stuff. [  ]
The one thing my wife will not part with is our living room furniture, it is leather, and I know it will end badly. But she says she will wipe it off every day and take care of it. I say she will not and we will end up burning it at some point or having it recovered. The set was over $5000 10 years ago. The couch comes apart in 4 pieces, and 2 recliners, tables, lamps and rugs.
So....I agree we are bringing to much. [:p]
Our Vehiclaes are going to our Grandchildren. They are getting pretty old and I put off getting newer for that reason.
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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Rick
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
Mahalo
Rick
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Before shipping the leather, make sure it is CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN (cannot stress that enough!) It will be sitting in that box for a bit with no light & lots of time & nothin' else to do but grow stuff & dirt & oils are the growth medium.... Also a good idea to bag up as much of it as you can in heavy mil plastic with some desiccant (you can buy bags or make 'em yourself with unused crystal kitty litter) to help keep them as dry as possible for the trip over...
Hopefully, she will not need to clean daily, but keeping the leather clean is what will help (although my leather hiking boots that go through clay also seem to do OK, as long as they are thoroughly sun dried & stored in a dry windy area...) some folks I know keep a thin fabric cover on their leather to absorb the dirt & grunge of humanity draped on the furniture...but still you gotta clean it...
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I gotcha Rick. It sounds like you could set up a shop or some such. Just be aware that housing tends to be smaller than on the mainland, so what you have here may not fit in housing there. We are moving everything in a 16' moving truck then into the container on the coast to save $$. Shipping a minivan and my wrangler. We are basically not taking hardly any furniture. as we are renting a furnished vacation house so what we are keeping is going straight into storage in Hilo.
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microage, this is smart, but just remember that things "in storage in Hilo" will be degraded by the elements fairly quickly. It is possible that somehow the storage is worth it short term, and climate controlled, but I might consider storing stuff on Kona side for any type of long term situation. IF you guys really are so attatched to so much stuff, then I'd store it somewhere like arizona on the mainland for a couple years, and then ship it over then, once you are sure you enjoy living here and it was all that you thought it would be.
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Thanks Julie! I am going for climate controlled and will de-box everything when we move to our more perm place to keep potential mold to a minimum.
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I gotcha Rick. It sounds like you could set up a shop or some such. Just be aware that housing tends to be smaller than on the mainland, so what you have here may not fit in housing there. We are moving everything in a 16' moving truck then into the container on the coast to save $$. Shipping a minivan and my wrangler. We are basically not taking hardly any furniture. as we are renting a furnished vacation house so what we are keeping is going straight into storage in Hilo.
I will have a garage building built. It does not need to be much except to keep the rain out. And yes I do plan on being busy. I imagine there will be plenty of things to build for other people. I love to make custom kitchen/bath cabinets. The ShopBot makes nice signs and Art work. I am sure there will be plenty of new things to explore too.
It is going to be expensive no matter what, and did I mention the 6 Dachshunds? [ ]
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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Rick
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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It's a misconception to think Matson or Pasha will put your car in a container. They don't. Pasha uses a ship specially designed to handle cars and other vehicles in enclosed space, and Matson uses adapted ships that look like a parking garage welded onto the back of a container ship.
If YOU put a car into a container, it will cost you the price of the container PLUS the car tariff, which is about $1,100 today. If you ship the car separately it will still cost you the price of the container PLUS the car tariff.. and the car can have NOTHING in it.
The ISO containers are priced by volume, not weight, with about a 65,000 pound net weight limit.
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