Ground or sea for moving your stuff to AK (Palmer: price, company)

[windsandstars]

Moving up to Palmer this August/September for work. Any recommendations on whether to ship via barge (cheaper) or by overland truck?

I've heard the containers can get a little moldy in their week or two at sea and I'd rather not have all our stuff get funky en route.

Thanks for your help.

[dcarrot]

We didn't have any problem with "funk" when we shipped.

[Moose Whisperer]

If you are shipping any tools, give them a good coating of rust preventative like LPS3 or Boeshield before shipping them up on a barge. I had a lot of stuff show up with a good dose of surface corrosion. The stuff wrapped and packed in boxes did OK, but some of my machines and loose tools in tool boxes had spots where I had missed with the spray.

[TL551]

I shipped mine up from Colorado. Everything was packed very well. I also had my pickup shipped up here. I did have to have a good wash job on it when I received it however.

[sunnybaby]

i trucked mine via a freight company. took appx three weeks (which gave me time to find a place first) only complaint is you're moving in 20 +/- degree weather and i forgot liquid items will freeze. was a good price though and because of the ice, no sand/dirty boxes.