Need help with shipping large slabs...table tops.

Hi gang....I need help with shipping via freight.

I've got some folks, out of state, asking if I'd make some large table tops....glue-ups.
I've got a guy wanting a 6/4 hickory table top that'll be 3.5 feet wide, and 8 feet long.
I have no issues making a slab, this large.
What I'm struggling with, is how to ship it. Plus they may be wanting 2 or 3 more, in the coming months.

After the slab is made, what's the best way to pack it?
Do I just put some edge protectors on it, and then wrap the heck out of it, in bubble wrap? Then find a huge box at Uline?

Next, do I call UPS/Fedex, and tell them the size and weight of my box, and they'll help set up some kind of freight shipping?
Or, do I do a Google search for Freight Shippers, and call some of those results?

Anyone have some first hand experience shipping large slabs like this, that could educate me?

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Need help with shipping large slabs...table tops.