Michael, I have shipped several bare blocks across country. a bare block weighs 200 lbs. I always hand trucked it to my van... leveraged it in...laid it on the pallet...and built the crate around it ...took it to the shipper..and myself & a friend picked it up & set it where they wanted...it was a courtesy to the purchaser that I handled my end of the shipping responsibility.....Rhode Island should do the same... just my 2 cents...