Hi ppl,
I've transported my bike twice, once from hometown Lko to Bhopal during engg n then from there to Delhi during mba n now i'm on the verge of transporting it to Ahmedabad during internship there
. So I give ya my pieces to info but then before that put in a somewot related query....
Query : I'm also plannin to move my desktop to ahmedabad, dont want to w/o pc for two months. Since i'l b going via plane (thnx to d co.!!) i'm want to take it along. Though i've taken pc thru train as well
twice (put it under ur seat n tat's it). But i'm not sure abt d plane.... as in train mein to its me who loads n unloads it... but i dont know how wil d handlers thrown d lug arnd or not. I dont want to end up wid cracked monitors n crashed hard disks (ok i can take tat in suitcase though). Koi batao.............. shud i cancel tat plane n got onto d faithful trains again???
As for the bike experiances -
By Road - Gati n few others do it... but moi have no info!!
By Train -
Procedure - There are two ways. Send as parcel, or as luggage. Both have different dept at any railway station so dont confuse n end up wid another. Parcel is wen u want to send it from one point to another by d railways itself (boleto u neednt be travelling along). So u or someone do d docs, get it packed, pay (explained later) n dey transport it via suitable trains. Then d destination show doc n get it out. On the other hand, wen u want to tat it along as lug... go to d lug section. The bike wil b tagged onto ur travelling ticket n in the train u r travelling wid. Rest procedure etc are similar.
Then wot's d diff in the two.... Well, as parcel they'l send it via any train they deem fit. As lug its in the same train. Also as lug u can have it loaded unloaded in frint of u (this is imp... this is where chnaces of straches etc happen). Also its in the same train while as parcel it cud it in another train while u r travelling in another. Also there have been cases wen as parcel it takes its sweet time coming... So reco is u take it along as lug, unless u r not travelling to d place in which its obviously as parcel. Moi have only had it transported as lug (also helps tat u drive into st on bike, hop onto d train n the get out on d bike n woooo...)
Docs - Have the usual docs - registration, dl, etc. for verification.
Moolah - Wt of bike (taken as 2 quaintals) x Rate per quaintal (100 or 200... dont remember) + 1% of the declared cost of bike as insurance amt + taxes. Cacth is wot u declare as the cost... u may declare as only 20k then only 1% of tat is 200/- but if somethin happens then u get only tat insured value. Moi always declare at cost.... never know wen lighting strikes
. U can try to be brave though....
Packing - At each st rite near these sections there r ppl who do loading for railways (not coolies... ) some of them will be ready to do packing for u as well. Takes 50-150 bucks depending on ur n his bargaining skills... he's pack it up. Press him to do as a gud job of it... have more padding to headlights, tails, metal n plastics parts. Hve it done in front of u!!
Risks - It depends on d amt of lug n parcels tat is been taken along... so wen going to some place like delhi expect more loadings in lug van so it mite be ki something is put onto ur bike (say mike cans... hehe.... naahh doesnt really happen). So find out earlier which trains are genreally la\oaded more... lug section wil tell ya tat. Also during loading unloading... d loadedr wil do it n they know how to do it... some mite expect some money. again depends onto negotiatioon skill (mba course in my nxt sem may help.... ha!). At st in between keep waking down if u wish to n look it up... bcoz as somewhere some stuff has to be loaded unloaded (rarely... but may happen) so ur bike mite be moved a bit. Now sometimes it may happens (only heard does but its a possiblity) tat bcoz there's little time d bike it not loaded onto or not unloaded.... in whihc case d train goes away. But not to worry world is round so nxt wen another train comes it' bring it along (it not loaded) or on return it'l drop it (if not unloaded). So all in alll, rest assured... d railways have their trains n they'l not take ur bike
.
Tat's it.... mayb wil write in wid my this times experiances someday onto this post.... til then somebody ans my query ki how safe is it to take desktop in plane????
Cheers!!
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