lollyno1

hello

ive had a quote off crown relocations regarding shipping. basically im taking the contents of my wardrobe, a couple of pics and odds and ends.

They have given me two quotes..

120 cubic feet £678

145 cubic feet 828

what does 120 cubic feet look like? in real terms how many packing cases..! im a woman forgive my ignorance please.

thanks

lolly

The Brownos

Hi Lolly,

Imagine a small square box with each side 12 inches/300mm long, 120 cubic feet is the amount of space occupied if you had exactly 120 of them all piled up together.
Hope this helps get your head around it......

datamile

A container is about 8ft x 8 ft by 20 ft

So each foot of container fits 8x8 = 64cft so 120cfg is about 2ft worth of a standard container

Clairertw

had same issue (could def. be female thing ) so asked question on this thread:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...7&page=2&pp=15

check out the reply from DianneH68 about how much she could fit in a normal 'tea chest' box which is 4.5 cubic feet.

hope it helps!

claire

premkit

Imagine a single mattress squared 6 foot long 6 foot high 3foot 4 inch wide
that is around 120 cubic, my wife has to have all her measurements household items.

lollyno1

thanks for all the info... much appreciated.

Ive tried the bed test and took clothes and laid them on the bed...

probably will need about 5-6 boxes.

Would they drop of x amount of boxes and only charge you for the ones you use?

regards

lolly

Thydney

Do you sell concrete parachutes or chocolate tea pots?

JPD

If you remember the old t-chests, 120cft is 24 of boxes that are slightly smaller than this.

I work for Allied Pickfords - why not give us a go?? We have a branches throughout Australia as well!!!

Kind Regards,

JD

toon williams

The removal chap that came to see us, said it is just a little bigger than a garage!! Not sure if that is right or not but it did frighten me when I realised how much stuff we trying to take! But he said we only hav 750 cubic feet and we allowed another couple of hundred more!!

lollyno1

jeez thats massive

dont think ive got that much stuff...mind i am a women...i could always go buy more stuff, just to get me moneys worth out of the removal firm.

lollyno1

cheers will do. Not having much luck with the other firms ive contacted.

either cant get in touch by phone or they keep missing me on my phone....

and the quotes ive been given..only two..stipulate price includeds transport up to 50km from adelaide...well ill be over 300km out...maybe it will be double again. :scared:

gormac

Hi JPD I understand the dimensions but what about the weight as i plan to take some amplifiers and large speakers with me ? Thanks in Advance

JPD

All groupage shipments are based on volume and not weight, as long the goods are manhandleable. Amplifiers and the speakers will be fine!!

Hope this helps.

JD

Vinny van Gogh

This may make things worse.... but, we got Crown in for a quote. I thought they were great. Andrew Healy asked what we intend to take and we toured the hpuse pointing out what we wanted, he made notes of size and depth etc,. we then got two quotes one with car and one without.
With respect to all the others who suggested ways to equate what your 120 cu ft relates to..I suggest you imagine having 10 boxes each being 12 x 12 x 12 and shuffle them about!
Another thought is ..Crown will pack and crate your stuff and the final tally will be the size of their packing crates.

Sorry if I added confusion!

Arthur

gormac

Thanks for reply JPD could i ask one more thing ? the two speaker cabinets and power mixer (which is in a flight case) is obviously not for house use as i plan to sing in pubs ,clubs which i do here in Scotland would they tax me on equipment , as im coming in on my wifes 457 i don,t know what full time work i,ll be doing Thanks Again