How To Ship Your Own Battery By Ground (Continental North America)?

[Asher]

I am moving across the continent, and am mulling shipping my ebike (vs selling it). I can figure out how to ship the bike. The battery, however...

How should I do this? I haven't found any straightforward resources.

The most promising solution so far seems to be peer to peer shipping service, like Roadie, Peership. I don't know that these will actually work, but I don't need much more than a guy sticking the battery in his car for a road trip.

https://www.roadie.com/ ($100 quote or so, coast to coast)
(Link Removed - No Longer Exists) ($60-90)

 

[Mr. Coffee]

bikeflights.com will ship class I e-bikes and batteries between certified shippers. You can check on their site if there are ones close to your starting point and destination.

I don't know what bikeflights costs, but it is almost certainly more than $100. Actually, I stand corrected. Shipping a bike from Seattle to New York is around $68. That doesn't include a bike box and packing and unpacking the bike or whatever fee the bike shop charges for shipping the batteries.

 

[Asher]

Thanks. That sounds super cheap. Would do it except I have a class 3 ebike.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

what I'd suggest then is contact one of the bike shops on their list that has the hazmat certification to handle e-bike batteries. Maybe they can ship the batteries for you to your destination for a modest fee.