About 6 months ago there was a thread on good ways to ship engines across the country (or next state).
I can't find it ???
Help?

BillM

Bill, I don't know about the thread but Greyhound has cheap shipping and I have sent trannys that way. (no offense to the gender challenged)

A buddy had engines shipped to his shop cheap, like $150-250 across the country. I'll email him right now, but it'll be tommorrow before I know anything. ( I used to be able to remeber all of the crap and now I can't).

I sent mine to Hap from Utah via UPS in 4 boxes.

He sent it back truck freight on a pallet.

Through who?

I had a 1275 Series A sent cross country in April 2008. Freight carrier truck. I crated the engine. Their truck had a lift gate. Between the engine and the crate the weight was slightly less than 300 lbs, and approximately 19.06 cubic feet.. The trucking company charged $0.90 per pound/ $8.87 per cubic foot. Bill came to $269.23. The trucking company arranged for local truck, interstate truck, and transfers.
Freight Center 800-716-7608.


ps: I did pay an extra charge (that was part of the cost noted above) to have a truck with a lift gait for pick up at the house. And, I had an engine hoist to wheel it down the driveway, and the company had a local truck that could pick-up in a neighborhood, then they transferred to an interstate truck for cross country at their terminal in the city.

Just looked it up -- my completed 1275 came from Hap via FedEx Freight (South Carolina -> Utah) for a bit over $400.

I had mine shipped down from the Northeast in a crate. They made the bottom so a fork lift could get under it, Made a couple of supports inside so the engine wouldn't tip, framed and put 1/2 plywood around to close it up. It cost me close to $300 and that's been well over 5 years ago.

Check to make sure the freight company you use can get the crate on the truck at your location, and that they'll unload it at the customer's location. I found out after the engine was 30 miles away from my house that they wouldn't deliver because I didn't have a freight dock. Yeah, a residence is gonna have a freight dock. I got a trailer and picked it up myself. I got $40 knocked off my bill after I called and told the freight company they didn't deliver.

UPS?

FedEx fre
FedEx freight.

I've got TWO now, yeaaaaah !!!!

I bought two frieght trailers for storage with lift gates and MAN do they come in handy for unloading stuff.

You're right though, most residence don't and mine isn't the typical "house".

Just heard back, he said try Saia and R&L Carriers and this link:

http://www.freightcenter.com/QuickQuote.aspx

Truck frieght is all about classes, cheaper say if you are shipping a used engine core for rebuilding, vs say a build hot rod motor, sure you can class it leesser but it it get damged, then you're screwed, they are not goping to p[ay you $5K for used motor. Shioiping a Spridget tranny (60 pounds), and A series engine (275-300 pounds) are tow entirely different things. For exmple someoen sending mea core engine to rebuild can send it to me any ole way, laying on it's side strapped down with tie downs, but I have to send back with lot more care, I build a set of brackets to bolt the engine to the pallet, I get $125 to pallet a motor to prepare for shipping, it's a half a day project, but you have to get the engine there in good shape.


Oh, also there are other liittle catches, say you don't have loading dock, or you need it delivered to your house, I do terminal to terminal most times, so you go to the nearest terminla and pick up with a pick up truck.

yep, alota folks don't realize how big of a pain prepping a load can be.


That pic is PROOF why you gotta have stuff packed right.

Look at that guy, he's SLEEP FORKIN'.