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Posted by: Ferg Mar 7 2005, 12:43 PM

I will be shipping my 2.7 soon to another clubmember, and want to build a strong crate for shipping forwardair. I just have a pallet so far.

What I need is Do's and Don'ts and gotcha's others have learned, and maybe a shopping list for home depot, I plan pre building it as much as possible so I can connect the box "crate" to the engine and pallet once it is in my truck.

TIA

Ferg.

Posted by: SpecialK Mar 7 2005, 12:49 PM

Never shipped one myself, but Jake has a pic of what RAT does to keep his motors safe in transit, hope this helps somewhat.

http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/shipping.htm

Posted by: synthesisdv Mar 7 2005, 12:52 PM

Mine's just some 2x2's with 3/8 plywood.

Bolt the motor to the base with some L brackets off of the tranny mount studs.

The base is 3/4" ply with doubled up 2x4 skids.

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Posted by: boxstr Mar 7 2005, 12:55 PM

Motors that I have either received or sent were by Forwardair. They were all palletized and strapped down very securely. All of the external items were removed,carbs,dist,heat exchangers,etc.
I also received a 2.0 4 cyl. motor that was a short block with heads removed in a large COLEMAN plastic container with lid. The lid was secured with screws and speed nuts. The interior was packed with foam nuts. It shipped very well and I have reused it again for shipping a motor.
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Posted by: Type 4 Mar 7 2005, 01:07 PM

Make sure that the engine is sealed up. Tape over Ports after stuffing with paper towles Then Bag in 10 mil trash Bag I use two. The small bits of pacling peanut will find there way into the engine if you dotn seal it up and bag it.

Posted by: davep Mar 7 2005, 01:27 PM

I have two crates that VW shipped type 4 long block engines in. They are very sturdy to be reused several times. Do you want dimensions?

Posted by: Ferg Mar 7 2005, 03:40 PM

Thanks for the offer davep, I need to make my own dimensions since i will be including other parts besides the motor itself.

Thanks everyone, good info here!

time to go to home depot.

Ferg.