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Originally Posted by Civicsman
If your Seg gets stuck in Tampa, remember that you can ship a Seg by domestic GROUND service (Fedex, UPS, etc), without it being HAZMAT. You have to leave the batteries bolted into the base.
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The regulation used to be exactly how you described. Per current CFR49 regulations it appears it would still need to be shipped as UN3481 "Lithium Ion Batteries Contained In Equipment". I don't ship this way often at all but my recollection is that it is still fully regulated hazmat with an exception for the packaging since the equipment is offering the protection from damage during transport. UPS and FedEx would not accept a package of this nature from you without you being hazmat certified. Thus, your only remaining viable option would be a freight shipment by tractor trailer.
As always these people are the only ones who can provide lawful and binding interpretations of regulations
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/regulations. My $0.02 is provided at no charge but also with no guarantee.