Fire Brick Los Angeles Orange County

[jengineer]

So I got this great deal on bricks for the landscaping. Only problem is that they are in San Clemente & I am in Gardena (60 plus miles). Been trying to find shippers to get them here. Not a great deal after all. There are 7 pallets ~3400 bricks. close to 30000 pound. I will have some left over and I will let local members have first crack at them in about a year - chit chat will be the location.

Full size fire brick can be found for 90 cents (US) a piece at:
Resource Building Materials
1536 W. Rosecrans Ave
Gardena, CA 90249
310.3233904

They have multiple locations throughout LA/Orange County
Stanton
Huntington Beach
Downey Location
City of Industry
Gardena
Chino


Resource Bldg Matl

[Unofornaio]

RENTAL OF A 1 TON FLAT BED = UNDER 100.00
FORKLIFT UNDER 100.00
Driving down the road with a load of bricks...priceless (get the insurance on the rental to ensure its priceless)

YOU CAN HAUL 4 PALLETS AT A TIME 2, TRIPS. Does the seller have a forklift at his end?

This is probably what you are going to have to end up doing. A standard van trailer (on a semi) is not set up to hold that kind of weight per pallet. So you would have to find a flat bed and if they don't have a fork lift on the truck will have to arrange for one. You could call up one of the smaller masonry yards and ask them what the will charge you to pick them up and deliver them. They have the truck and the attached forklift its worth a shot.

Or you could call the other yards and find out when they get their deliveries and empty truck going back to base (dead heading) is not making money depending on their policy (brick carrier truck) they may say yea sure its on our way well take a couple of hundred. If its an independent you can maybe get it for less.
What you want to find is a materials yard in a location that has the delivery truck going back to the plant past your bricks heading toward you. This is a very common practice with truckers nobody wants to go back empty epically independents.

Try this site its free to list your load
Truck Loads for Owner Operators Truck Drivers Freight Brokers

[jengineer]

Resource is doing it for $75/hr about $450 - gotta love LA traffic
Doing it myself would require a forklift at both ends.
Tried UShip and got quotes ranging from 945 to 1300

thanks for the heads up of Rightnowloads