Your steel building kit will arrive via one of our trucks or by one of our contract carriers, Federal Express Freight or Estes Freight, to the freight terminal nearest you. Residential delivery of your frame system is available for a modest extra charge ($85.00) but is not encouraged unless you have a lifting device such as a forklift or tractor with a front bucket.
Steel
buildings shipped from us to you!
The freight
terminal will be furnished with
the telephone numbers you give
to us and they will call you when
your kit is in. We will also notify
you when your building kit ships
so you’ll know about when
to expect their phone call. When
arriving at the terminal, you
should have a regular sized pickup
truck or a small trailer to transport
your building kit. The pallet
that holds most building kits exterior
panels is 128” long, so
if using a pickup truck only,
you’ll need to put the tailgate
down and use ratchet tie-down
straps to secure the load. The
terminal has the proper equipment
to get the kit into your truck.
Be sure to ask your sales representative for the dimensions and weight of the building kit that you purchase so you have the proper truck or trailer.
All of our frame systems are designed for compact packaging…even our full-sized steel buildings!
Damaged/Missing
Merchandise
We
have never had one of our steel
building frame systems damaged
in shipping. On very rare occasions,
it sometimes happens that it gets
unbundled and if that occurs,
make a note of that on the Shipping
Manifest or Claims Form when you
pick it up or when it’s
delivered. Be sure to get the
driver’s signature on the
same form in the event there are
any missing parts but that doesn’t
happen often as the parts are
large enough to not be easily
lost.
The carport or garage panels are packaged with every precaution in mind with regards to transporting them safely and without damage. There is a protective (scrap) panel on the top then they are bundled together with boards to keep foreign materials from coming in contact with them and finally, all that is strapped to a specially made pallet that makes the whole package easy to handle for the freight company. The trim pieces are packaged in a long crush resistant tube which is strapped to the same pallet. Should any damage occur to the panel package, do the same as described above: note the damage on the Shipping Manifest or Claims Form and have the freight company’s representative acknowledge by signing on that form.
Please fax or mail a copy of that form to us so that in the unlikely event there are any missing parts, we can arrange for reimbursement by the freight company. Assuming you have mailed, emailed or faxed the Claims Form / Shipping Manifest, you will not have to wait until the freight carrier has settled the claim. We will ship out the missing parts immediately!