Another shipping option is to pick it up at the trucking company's
freight terminal - rent or borrow a trailer with a flop down gate on
the back - get a couple of guys and a pallet jack. Or if no pallet
jack - get several pieces of 3" pipe and roll the pallet on that.
Another advantage to picking it up at the freight terminal - if there
is damage - much easier to either refuse the shipment there and get
someone to counter sign your damage claim. Hidden damage is hard to
collect on.