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Posted by: itsa914 Feb 1 2006, 04:18 PM
I'm going to be selling a few tail shifters and before I post them for sale I was wondering what is the best way to ship them? Heavy Duty cardboard box? small pallet with box cover? What have you done in the past?
Thanks.
Posted by: rick 918-S Feb 1 2006, 04:24 PM
Brad Mayuer told me to use a big tupper ware container and pack the crap out of it with bubble wrap. UPS has to take it, but there never happy about it. 
Posted by: Aaron Cox Feb 1 2006, 04:26 PM
go to walmart. get a 12 dollar RUBBERMAID container. put trans in. wrap wirh carboard etc before putting it in....
ive bought and sold many a trans this way.......
and some dumbass shipped one with oil in it like that to me.... LOL
Posted by: 356&914&912E Feb 1 2006, 04:27 PM
FYI
I shipped one to Brad Mayuer from Cal. Per Brad's instructions I used a Carboard Dish box I bought from U-Haul.
Got there fine.
Brad rebuilt it and shipped it back the same way and UPS dropped it and broke off one of the rear mount ears.
Next time I'll use a pallet.
Ron
Posted by: bondo Feb 1 2006, 04:29 PM
I shipped a Borg Warner T-56 trans to iceland.. I basically built a plywood box around it, adding in 2x4 cross beams wherever convenient to attach the trans to. I added a few tie down straps for good measure. Probably overkill for our little transmissions, but it's what I've done.
Posted by: boboli914@att.net Feb 1 2006, 04:29 PM
| QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 1 2006, 02:26 PM) |
| go to walmart. get a 12 dollar RUBBERMAID container. put trans in. wrap wirh carboard etc before putting it in.... ive bought and sold many a trans this way....... and some dumbass shipped one with oil in it like that to me.... LOL |
Great idea!
Posted by: MattR Feb 1 2006, 04:45 PM
I've used a pallet with a cardboard box screwed over the top. In fact, thats what Porsche uses too.
edit: yeah, straps help too... those narrow ratcheting tie downs that are really cheap.
Posted by: SLITS Feb 1 2006, 05:02 PM
I strap 'em to a pallet, shrink wrap 'em and send 'em by truck ...terminal to terminal.
Posted by: Faust Feb 1 2006, 05:03 PM
Put 'em on the Dawg. Greyhound Express will accept practically anything. I sent a whole Alfa body to California by cutting it in pieces and putting it on the bus. Only trouble is no "door to door", at a price that is even comparable to UPS. Station to Station is cheap.
Posted by: 0396 Feb 1 2006, 07:51 PM
| QUOTE (Faust @ Feb 1 2006, 03:03 PM) |
| Put 'em on the Dawg. Greyhound Express will accept practically anything. I sent a whole Alfa body to California by cutting it in pieces and putting it on the bus. Only trouble is no "door to door", at a price that is even comparable to UPS. Station to Station is cheap. |
Best advice of of all.
With the Dog , it goes in the belly and never get touch until it's arrival.
Posted by: TimT Feb 1 2006, 07:58 PM
The guy that rebuilds our turbos sends them in a old playmate cooler packed with bubble wrap. First time UPS showed up with a cooler we were 
It actually makes sense as a shipping container. We return the turbo cores to him in it.
If you have an old cooler around why not see if a transaxle fits?
Posted by: ! Feb 1 2006, 08:11 PM
| QUOTE (bondo @ Feb 1 2006, 03:29 PM) |
| I shipped a Borg Warner T-56 trans to iceland.. I basically built a plywood box around it, adding in 2x4 cross beams wherever convenient to attach the trans to. I added a few tie down straps for good measure. Probably overkill for our little transmissions, but it's what I've done. |
Who did you use as a shipper?
Posted by: r_towle Feb 1 2006, 08:33 PM
| QUOTE (SLITS @ Feb 1 2006, 06:02 PM) |
| I strap 'em to a pallet, shrink wrap 'em and send 'em by truck ...terminal to terminal. |
That way they can see it, and they cant stack stuff on it cause of the shape...
Rich
Posted by: rdauenhauer Feb 1 2006, 08:48 PM
SOT, as Im about to ship a disassembled eng.
Outside of the "Dawg" who is the best of the rest for large heavy pkgs FedX DHL UPS USPS and yes $ is a consideration.
Posted by: bondo Feb 1 2006, 08:53 PM
| QUOTE ("*" @ Feb 1 2006, 07:11 PM) | ||
Who did you use as a shipper? |
I don't remember who it was.. one of my conditions of the sale was that it had to be arranged by the buyer.. All I did was crate it up and wait for a truck. It was some sort of freight company.
Posted by: bondo Feb 1 2006, 08:55 PM
| QUOTE (rdauenhauer @ Feb 1 2006, 07:48 PM) |
| SOT, as Im about to ship a disassembled eng. Outside of the "Dawg" who is the best of the rest for large heavy pkgs FedX DHL UPS USPS and yes $ is a consideration. |
I like fedex ground. Cheaper for heavy stuff, and they're nicer to it than UPS. If you crate something, wrap it in cardboard... they have a surcharge for non-cardboard packages.
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