Items designated with the words "free shipping, or the free shipping icon will only be shipped free of charge within the 48 Contiguous U.S. States.  These items will be shipped Via Truck Motor Freight using the carrier of our choosing.  In order to qualify for free shipping, all items on your order must ship complete, all at the same time.  If your qualifying order contains an item or items that must ship separately (ie: backordered items, etc.), we will hold the order and ship complete with no freight charges to you.  If you require that the partial order ship in more than one shipment, we will pay the freight charges only on the first shipment.  You will be responsible for freight charges for the additional shipments that make up your order.  The Free Shipping offer is valid only for normal freight deliveries, which means that, under some special circumstances, separate additional shipping charges EVEN ON "FREE SHIPPING" orders may apply if you have special shipping needs, as indicated below...

Separate Freight Charges May Apply...
If you specify or require any special freight considerations including, but not limited to, lift-gate service, unloading charges, unloading assistance, residential delivery charges, COD charges, customs charges, etc..  In these cases, extra Shipping & Handling charges will apply, and will be added to the total amount of your order and charged to your Visa, MasterCard or Discover Card.  Furthermore for residential deliveries, please understand that the unloading of heavy items or pallets of merchandise by the driver alone is done at the driver's discretion.  Truck drivers are only required to drive the merchandise to you.  The driver may ask for your assistance unloading your order.  If you are unable or unwilling to assist, the driver may elect to not complete the delivery.  In the event that delivery is not completed due to your choosing, and the merchandise is refused, full freight charges will be billed to you, along with a restocking charge.  Please understand that these special charges would apply even to items marked "FREE SHIPPING".  If you need help calculating the weight and overall packaging dimensions of your order, please let us know before submitting your order! 
For questions about what constitutes "normal delivery", we invite you to contact the motor freight delivery company for more details. We can not, and will not, be responsible for any motor freight company's policies.

Important Note On The $6.95 Shipping Charge!
When purchasing online and you order an item that is marked "Free Shipping", you will see a $6.95 minimum charge on your Shopping Cart's order form.  Please rest assured that you will NOT be billed this charge!  This $6.95 is programmed into our software as a minimum shipping charge and, unfortunately, must be deleted manually by our sales staff upon processing your order.  We will manually deduct that charge before we charge your credit card (we promise!).  Please trust that we will delete this charge, and please contact us if you have concerns!