Renting A Moving Truck

[roco]

Hi, We are wanting to send furniture, decor etc from Chiang Mai to Hua Hin. THe shipping companies in Ban Twai & area all charge $15,000 to ship by truck plus $15,000 for 'packing'.

The packing charge seems outrageous and we are trying to find out how people move things within Thailand if you need something larger than a pickup rental. We are looking to rent, hire, a company or person or drive ourselves and rent the vehicle. Also, not sure how sending by freight train works, so if anyone has any info or can link us up, that would be fantastic. cheers

[thaihome]

Are you sure your figures are in USD? That is more than double what it cost to send a 20 ft container from China to Thailand, including packing and unpacking at both ends. Could that be in baht?

What is volume you are shipping? What rate for the packing did they quote? Recently we paid 1,200 baht per cubic meter (cbm) for packing and tranportation to storage site (in Bangkok). For our 12 cmb it came to some 14k, about what you are saying.

TH