WHAT!
A small 6000 mile round trip from one side of the country to the other is too much for a favorite washer?
Maybe they will ship it.
Or maybe you could ask them (I've actually done this) if you pay for the item will they carefully remove the top and ship it to you UPS. And you give them easy directions to remove the top and pack it up. UPS can handle just the top affordably.
Oh, and "Post# 1151437<span style="color: #000000;">" I'm glad you specified what you were referring to because....we would have had no idea. nope.</span>