There is an opportunity here for robin to create a Shipping Wish List - people could post their route, what they are willing to pay, allow others to make an offer on it, tell how the machine will be packed, etc. Kind of like uShip but on a small and informal scale.
I have taken an 80% empty trailer many a time on a pinball run. It would have been cool to pick up another and make a little cabbage on the way.