I avoid common carriers when shipping or receiving machines. There are brokers who specialize in arranging one truck shipments with air ride trailers and it is not much more than common carrier especially if you are in a populated area. The shipment stays on one truck from loading till it gets to you. They will have other items they are dropping of and picking up on the way.
Martin ships all their machines this way and HolzHer shipped my wide belt this way. Transit time and pickup can vary depending on location and you do need a forklift to load or unload. With this method machines do not need to be fully crated. On a pallet and shrink wrapped is all.