tools on a plane

[Guest myboysjam]

Hi folks i am going for medicals on thursday and all going well i would like to move in september as i am a carpenter i would like to move over before the rest of my family to try and get a job and house set up before they move out hopefully about christmas time i was just wondering if anyone knew if i would be able to take my carpenters tools on the plane or anyone know how i would get them over as i dont want to wait forever to get them shipped.

 

Thanks

[fraser355]

Hi folks i am going for medicals on thursday and all going well i would like to move in september as i am a carpenter i would like to move over before the rest of my family to try and get a job and house set up before they move out hopefully about christmas time i was just wondering if anyone knew if i would be able to take my carpenters tools on the plane or anyone know how i would get them over as i dont want to wait forever to get them shipped.

 

Thanks

Hi there, hopefully it will be the same for long haul flights but I have done several internal UK flights with my work tools and these includes stanley knives, hammers and crowbars among other dangerous items and all I have had to do is declare them at check in and they will then direct you to excess/outsize baggage (where skis and golf clubs etc would be passed through) and thats it really, not had any drama's the times I have done it.

I cannot guarantee this would be the same for a flight to Oz so hopefully someone will have a more recent experiance of this?!?!

 

Good luck

 

fraser355

[furkew]

I dont think the tools themselves will be an issue if decalred, but I think the actual weight of the tools will make them so expensive to ship.

 

You will have a 40kg allowance which gets eaten up very quickly with other essentials when moving over. There are a number of threads regarding excess baggage shipping in the transport & shipping section. Have a look there maybe, or can you ship them ahead of leaving?

[Guest Working to fish]

I hate it when on a plan and you have to sit next to a tool for x amount of hours :no:

 

not good :sad:

[pau1evs]

my hubby shipped his tool box !!!! have to go in the hold ! as outside baggage and sealed before xxx just let airline know first !

[Guest flip]

Can you afford to post them and can someone do that for you when you arrive?

 

I think it cost us GBP200 including insurance to post 45kg with insurance up to GBP 1000 door to door within 5 days with parcelflight.co.uk.

 

We've done it three times (most recently last Christmas) and they've been very quick and certainly more reliable than AusPost.