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Chile: 40 Ft. Container Shipping questions to Chile:

Hi, Three questions... about shipping containers re: moving to Chile. 1. I have enough stuff to fill about a third or half of a 40 foot container, and I'm curious if people ever split the costs of a container? I think that it is cheaper if you ship in a 40 foot container than if you price it out for a smaller load. Are there services that do this, or places where people post their schedules with mutual interests? 2. And if so, if you can share a shipping container from the US, how can you find out which ports you need to send your stuff from? 3. Is it cheaper to send from the West Coast (like Seattle, LA, San Diego, etc.) because it is more direct and the ships don't cross through/across the Panama Canal? Or is there no price difference shipping/moving a container from the East Coast of the US (like Norfolk, Baltimore, etc.)? Thanks for any leads and/or info.

Chile: Shipping supplies to Chile:

Hi, I want to move to the Lakes region of Chile, and I want to send all of my personal belongings to Puerto Montt or Valdavia. The shipping companies that I've talked to in the US all ask for a specific destination address for me to send it to, but I haven't yet found my house or land yet. Right now, I have an approximate area in mind. Is it possible to ship your stuff to Chile, and put it in a storage unit I get my housing situation settled? If I have to buy my land (or housing property first), then I'd have to fly all the way back to the US just to ship my stuff out. I can't get a solid answer from anyone I've contacted about shipping stuff to Chile, and where to potentially store my things til my housing gets ironed out. There has to be a basic solution to this, and I keep coming up with nothing everywhere I go. I even went down to Chile last year, and got no answers anywhere. I can't believe that you can't ship and store somewhere.

Chile: Looking for land in the mountainous boonies:

Hi, I'm looking to purchase a piece of land, hopefully one with a nearby stream, picturesque, with a bit of elevation change to it. Want to build a house and/or cabin in a quiet area. I only see a few real estate websites in English, and when I do write to them, it takes a long time to get any response. Any suggestions? I've been at this for a year, and have gotten nowhere.

Chile: Power Tools/Solar Setups in Chile, cost versus USA:

Hi, I posted a previous notice about rations, but have an additional question about power tools and woodworking equipment. I am considering a move to Chile, and I am curious if it makes more sense to load up on cheap radial arm saws, joiner, planer, bandsaw, etc., etc. and have them all shipped in a big container with my household items (books, photos, clothes, etc.), or whether those tools are just as cheap down there, and not worth the expense of shipping? The reason I ask is, the economy is some rural parts of America make it possible to purchase a used joiner or planer, for example for a couple hundred dollars. I saw a radial arm saw and a generator, too, for not much more. Of course, I know they run on 110V, but with simple adapters, they could work down there. I heard somewhere that power tools (and appliances and motorcycles, for instance) were more costly down there. I also read that the cut off of what you can bring into the country is about $5000 worth of stuff. Which I think is doable. I think, with all the equipment I might bring, $5000 is about what it all might be worth. So... I'd just like to hear opinions about anything related to comparative costs. Lastly... this also relates to Solar Equipment. I was thinking of investing in a medium size solar kit (again, less than 5K) which could be used for an off-the-grid place. And I'm wondering if the cheap kits here are available down there too. Keep in mind... with the above scenarios... there is roughly only ONE shipping cost for a container to Chile from the US, ranging from $3-5,000. So, since I'm gonna send my personal stuff (books, clothes, photo albums, etc.) anyway, it won't really cost me much more to throw in the tools and solar stuff. Any thoughts?? Thanks very much! (P.S. I apologize if my questions are idiotic, I just don't know what it's like down there) (P.S.S. I'm flying down to Chile in December, to check everything out, and just trying to find out some stuff before I go)

Chile: Emergency Food Rations--Available in bulk in Chile??:

Hi, I am considering a move to Chile, and want to ship some cartons of Emergency food rations... the kind that are compact, and store in a sealed, freeze-dried bag, and have a shelf life of 5 years or so. Here is an example of what I'm talking about: Mainstay 3600. These are bars of 3600 calorie "bars" that can be stored. My idea was to ship a few dozen cartons to Chile. http://www.amazon.com/Mainstay-Emergency-Food-Rations-Packs/dp/B000B43JI0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382387905&sr=8-1&keywords=mainstay+3600 Customs regulations seem to restrict "food" from entering the country, but I'm curious if there are stores or places or companies in Chile that already sell these compact, kind of dried food goods in bulk, like they do here in the US? Of course, I realize local fresh food is available in Chile, but that's not what I want to know about. I just don't know if there is an industry for "survivalist" types there. I ask, because I am trying to time the shipping of my container of household goods, with my arrival in Chile. Any thoughts or comments on the above subject?? Thanks!

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