RE: Shipping
Check out Forward Air.  Not viable if they don't have a terminal in your
area but fair pricing.  I just received (a month ago) a large crate, 100+
pounds, shipped from the Montreal area to Seattle, less than $120.  BUT, you
have to drop off ready to go at one end, pick up at there terminal at the
other.  And in my case I had to chase the Customs paper work around myself.
And there was a $30 'docking fee' at my end.  But all in all not bad.