I hear you dylmrt, the advantage of me using Realtime is their depot is in Wollongong where I live. Saves me a trip up to Sydney like the rest of the freight companies.

Update on Realtime Express, I won't be using these guys again. Had a dash freighted from Tassie to NSW amd when it got here it looked like it had been in a MMA fight. Waste of a perfect condition dash as now its all broken and almost impossible to fix and very expensive to repair :-(

SAW recently shipped his transmission to me via Interparcel who used TNT for pallet road freight. Being in Bunbury WA we were going to have to pay something like an extra $280 for E-Go courier to drive a tail-lift truck all the way down from Perth, ridiculous.
 
TNT tail lift truck was included, but funnily enough they didn't send one out to his place. Since the transmission was a two man lift it wasn't an issue though.
It arrived at my door 7 business days later and was fully unloaded by the driver. Not counting the tail-lift debacle with E-Go it was still around $30 cheaper.
Transmission was loaded on a skid (half pallet), had a few extra goodies attached and everything arrived in the same condition it was packed in. Wasn't shrink wrapped or anything either, just secured to the skid.

+5 to E-go

I've sent many things with E-Go, but it seems for pallet pickup/delivery outside the depot, it's cheaper to go with someone else :P

Having major issues with Transdirect (toll) at the moment. sent 4 tyres, customer only received 2....
 
been 3 weeks of "investigation" and still nothing.

-Totenkopf-
I've used e-go numerous times and had no issues.  Quite often cheaper then Australia post and can ship bigger things (ie, engines etc if you palletize them).

+1
I use them all the time (multiple hundreds of times) and have never had a problem.
They do unattended pickups from your door and in many cases are cheaper than Aus Post.

What would be the best option to send a half cut, door to door, from Brisbane to Sydney? Or possibly door to Sydney Depot.

Www.e-go.com.au

I had a look at them but it doesn't look like there's an option for oversized bulk pallets. The rear clip will be wider than a standard pallet and I can't find a number to call and ask.
 
Edit: Just got a quote for "express freight". 170x150x150cm 500kg. Quoted over $3000! Don't think that sounds right...