How will my door be packaged for motor freight shipping?
When your merchandise arrives, particularly, doors and skylights, you can expect the product to arrive on a motor freight carrier. Dealing with a motor freight carrier is definitively different than using UPS or the Postal Service. When your product arrives, expect it to be heavy and bulky. Skylights can generally be handled by a single individual although, VSE models can be quite heavy weighing 50 to 70 pounds each. Door units can weigh between 100 and 450 pounds in their crate. ***Do not expect a motor freight driver to help you unload. They will move your product to the tail of their truck and from that point on, the load is yours to manage. Have some able body friends on hand to help out or whom ever you can recruit. Often, door units are easier to manage once removed from their crate and you might want to uncrate immediately after removing your shipment from the truck. A driver has been known to be of more assistance if you are to offer them some financial consideration, but this
