shipping a engine
Last engine I had shipped cross country was 9 years ago, and it cost $190 to ship it to a commercial address, and another $40 for delivery to a home address.
If it is a valuable, fresh built engine worth $2000 or more, build a heavy wooden box to hold it. Make sure the oil pan is well supported. Make sure that it is VERY securely bolted or braced to the wooden container. The trucking company guys are going to treat it rough, so your packing needs to be strong.
Load it up and carry it to the nearest trucking freight company, give them the money and address, and they will take care of it from there.
If it is a valuable, fresh built engine worth $2000 or more, build a heavy wooden box to hold it. Make sure the oil pan is well supported. Make sure that it is VERY securely bolted or braced to the wooden container. The trucking company guys are going to treat it rough, so your packing needs to be strong.
Load it up and carry it to the nearest trucking freight company, give them the money and address, and they will take care of it from there.
i sudjest truck freight as well. i had an engine shipped to me from las vegas a year ago. it was a 13b with some accessories. everything including the pallet weighed in at 301 lbs. i had to go to the truck company to get it, no biggy. the guys there were really helpful and started asking me about the engine. i think it cost me right around $300 to ship. i sujest plugging all the wholes and also coving the engine in some form of heavy plastic to help insure no moisture will get inside of it.
one rule of thumb i always use when shipping stuff it to assume the worst. assume the shipping company will use your pallet as a soccer ball for fork lift soccer. if you prepare for the worst, youll be safe. tie downs were used on my engine and worked fine. as started above, building a "box" around the engine is the best solution but also the most complex.
one rule of thumb i always use when shipping stuff it to assume the worst. assume the shipping company will use your pallet as a soccer ball for fork lift soccer. if you prepare for the worst, youll be safe. tie downs were used on my engine and worked fine. as started above, building a "box" around the engine is the best solution but also the most complex.
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Just shipped an engine and I have learned a bit.
1st Engine on a pallet gets charged at a 85 class (more expensive at $365). A used or CORE engine that is in a box on a pallet gets a 70 class ($300 cheaper). My package has a box stapled over it on a pallet (this save $75).
2nd Check the threads and saw the R&L Carriers were good folks. Spoke with them and got a bid of $300 as a boxed core engine (cheaper than UPS at $635).
3rd Kept looking around saw another thread about using a Shipping Broker and gave that a tried Called Ali at American Freight – 1(800) 800-716-7608 or website at - http://www.freightcenter.com/ They shopped my package and gave me a bid of $216 (class 70 used engine). Took the bid and what do you know, it is R&L Carries who are doing the shipping.
Thought this could help – good luck.
Just shipped an engine and I have learned a bit.
1st Engine on a pallet gets charged at a 85 class (more expensive at $365). A used or CORE engine that is in a box on a pallet gets a 70 class ($300 cheaper). My package has a box stapled over it on a pallet (this save $75).
2nd Check the threads and saw the R&L Carriers were good folks. Spoke with them and got a bid of $300 as a boxed core engine (cheaper than UPS at $635).
3rd Kept looking around saw another thread about using a Shipping Broker and gave that a tried Called Ali at American Freight – 1(800) 800-716-7608 or website at - http://www.freightcenter.com/ They shopped my package and gave me a bid of $216 (class 70 used engine). Took the bid and what do you know, it is R&L Carries who are doing the shipping.
Thought this could help – good luck.