Moving my screen print studio to Las Vegas for a few days. How?
July 27, 2010 12:34 AM Subscribe
How do I cheaply get my screen printing setup to Las Vegas?
Interbike is coming up. Woo! A very very awesome company wants me to come with them and setup a live screen printing station. I've worked with this company before, doing this very thing. They like me, I like them and the people who grab a shirt LOVE the shirts.
We're both currently in Denver and we're trying to figure out how to get all my stuff to Las Vegas for a few days (and then back) on the cheap. I gotta somehow get there, too. I'm open to any and all possibilities. I do not own an automobile. I do have a license. I am over 25.
My stuff comes down to: a cabinet of around 12 screens, 2 large plastic bins of supplies, a small table top mounted press and the flash dryer. Oh and probably 2, or 3 boxes of shirts. I can fill up the back of a small pickup truck with the stuff, pretty easily.
I've thought of:
* renting a van for a little less than a week - putting the stuff in there, driving it down, driving it back
* perhaps see how much it would to ship this via freight.
and... that's about it!
Interbike is coming up. Woo! A very very awesome company wants me to come with them and setup a live screen printing station. I've worked with this company before, doing this very thing. They like me, I like them and the people who grab a shirt LOVE the shirts.
We're both currently in Denver and we're trying to figure out how to get all my stuff to Las Vegas for a few days (and then back) on the cheap. I gotta somehow get there, too. I'm open to any and all possibilities. I do not own an automobile. I do have a license. I am over 25.
My stuff comes down to: a cabinet of around 12 screens, 2 large plastic bins of supplies, a small table top mounted press and the flash dryer. Oh and probably 2, or 3 boxes of shirts. I can fill up the back of a small pickup truck with the stuff, pretty easily.
I've thought of:
* renting a van for a little less than a week - putting the stuff in there, driving it down, driving it back
* perhaps see how much it would to ship this via freight.
and... that's about it!
Be aware that some rental car companies specifically forbid you from removing the back seats from mini-vans, and will charge extra if you do so -- they have some kind of tags around the removing mechanisms so they can tell if you did. That doesn't mean you won't necessarily be able to do so, just that you should check first before assuming you can.
posted by jacquilynne at 6:52 AM on July 27, 2010
posted by jacquilynne at 6:52 AM on July 27, 2010
Some other ideas:
Check with a moving company to see if they have space on a truck going down at the right time, but I don't think they guarantee the dates.
Make sure you look at off-airport rental locations if you decide to rent a minivan. Just messing around, it looks like 1400 for a week from the airport, but less than 800 off-airport.
For those prices, could you BUY a used van, drive it down, then sell it when you get back? Or hey, now you can set up a mobile T-shirt printing factory and travel the country with your fabulous wares.
Craigslist rideshare? Maybe someone has a truck driving down, or maybe you rent the minivan and offer up the extra seat(s) to get a bit of cash back on the deal.
Or post it in Gigs and see if someone will rent you their truck or drive you in their truck to Vegas for a cut of the profits.
Is there someplace in Vegas which has the equipment and the space that you could rent, so all you have to bring is the screens? You could buy wholesale shirts down there too.
posted by CathyG at 7:18 AM on July 27, 2010
Check with a moving company to see if they have space on a truck going down at the right time, but I don't think they guarantee the dates.
Make sure you look at off-airport rental locations if you decide to rent a minivan. Just messing around, it looks like 1400 for a week from the airport, but less than 800 off-airport.
For those prices, could you BUY a used van, drive it down, then sell it when you get back? Or hey, now you can set up a mobile T-shirt printing factory and travel the country with your fabulous wares.
Craigslist rideshare? Maybe someone has a truck driving down, or maybe you rent the minivan and offer up the extra seat(s) to get a bit of cash back on the deal.
Or post it in Gigs and see if someone will rent you their truck or drive you in their truck to Vegas for a cut of the profits.
Is there someplace in Vegas which has the equipment and the space that you could rent, so all you have to bring is the screens? You could buy wholesale shirts down there too.
posted by CathyG at 7:18 AM on July 27, 2010
It looks like there's no train from Denver to Las Vegas (NV -- there's one that goes to Las Vegas, NM!), but I think there's bus service from NM to LV. Trains have pretty big limits on the size and weight of your baggage, to the point where my brother considered moving from Chicago to Seattle via train; it's nowhere near the restrictions of airline travel. You might have to ride with it (as a regular passenger), but you might not.
posted by Madamina at 7:26 AM on July 27, 2010
posted by Madamina at 7:26 AM on July 27, 2010
If you're in the bike industry you've probably heard of Sho-Air (They sponsor a mtn. bike team). Check them out, maybe there's an industry/interbike discount?
Probably not exactly "on the cheap" though.
posted by zen_spider at 8:51 AM on July 27, 2010
Probably not exactly "on the cheap" though.
posted by zen_spider at 8:51 AM on July 27, 2010
Like Sho-Air, a lot of scooterists & motorcyclists use Forward Air so you might want to check them out too.
posted by toddst at 9:21 AM on July 27, 2010
posted by toddst at 9:21 AM on July 27, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for all your comments so far - I'll check with all these wonderful ideas.
The idea of buying a van and having this be a mobile business is an idea I've played around with. Having one or two gigs a month would pull me through.
I've only briefly been a car owner - having lived such a bike lifestyle, I would have to think very hard on basically living out of a van. Perhaps converted to biodiesel/vegetable oil. Something to offset it. Who knows! :)
posted by alex_skazat at 2:51 PM on July 27, 2010
The idea of buying a van and having this be a mobile business is an idea I've played around with. Having one or two gigs a month would pull me through.
I've only briefly been a car owner - having lived such a bike lifestyle, I would have to think very hard on basically living out of a van. Perhaps converted to biodiesel/vegetable oil. Something to offset it. Who knows! :)
posted by alex_skazat at 2:51 PM on July 27, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for everyone's help - I managed to secure a band-mate's old touring van - it'll be able to fit all my equipment and probably a half a dozen friend's bikes to go to Interbike! Woo!
posted by alex_skazat at 10:25 AM on August 2, 2010
posted by alex_skazat at 10:25 AM on August 2, 2010
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posted by lee at 2:13 AM on July 27, 2010