Shipping T/C advice

I hope you are selling it for a bunch. Hehe. All those hours of packaging! What if you take it to a postal store and have them deal with it. KH

Nope, I'm actually giving the guy a screaming deal. It might be cheaper to throw it away! I'm sure I burned through about $20 worth of spare lumber building the first crate :-( Not to mention spent my lunch hour out at FedEx today.

If he takes it to a shipping store, he'd be much further ahead to throw it out in the street. They will bend you over on shipping something like that. You might want to look into truck freight on it since it is already crated. I recently shipped a grinding machine from Michigan to Oregon. The weight was over 250 pounds and total shipping cost was $64. It took 6 days to deliver which is actually faster than a UPS package will get there.

Chris

UPS also lists a 150lb weight restriction on their website.

He is paying shipping, but if I have to spend 18 hours crating and shipping the thing... I'll just donate it to someone locally!

I got 120lb of skid plates flown over from PA to here for 118 bucks in 7 days - not bad at all !! That was BAX Global.

Dave Milne, Scotland '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

: > > The crate I made was 20 X 22 X 30. The new one can be at least 2 inches : > > shorter on each side. 18 X 20 X 26 would probably do it. Are there any : > > containers anybody can think of that meet these dimensions and could : hold : > a : > > 108 lb T/C and don't weigh over say 40 pounds ?? : > >

: > > I could build a new crate out of 1 x 1's instead of 2X4's (all I had : > around : > > the grage).. But it was kind of a PIA. Would a rubbermaid or plastic : > > container of some kind be able to do the job? : > >

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That's why I suggested the trucking firms. They don't require any special palleting or crating, unless the item can't be unloaded without a forklift. I would check into it, you may be surprised at the cost.

Chris

Tupperware!

Stop the laughing, seriously crate it up in one of those large tupperware containers that have the snapclose lids, and throughly pack it in place with a combination of cardboard, and newspaper, then tape the lid on securely with 1000 mile an hour black gaffer type tape, and slap a shipping label on it.

Of course first check with your shipping company if they will take this. It shouldnt add more than about 5lbs to the package.

Oh yeah, if you get the right container it will probably have handles on it too for the driver to lift it with should he need to.

I store over a hundred lbs of dog food in one, and regularly pick it up and move it around the house without it collapsing.

The "junque" yard that shipped my AX15 + clutch assy and bell housing put them in a plastic tub with newpaper to keep the pieces from rattling around and stuck it on a Greyhound bus. That's a whole lot heavier than a tc but it cost something like $80 from OKC to COS (600 miles or so) and got here the next day. The price was a bargain compared to any other shipping method I looked at. Two issues for the sender: you have to drop it off and it has to be drained. One issue for the receiver: he has to pick it up at the nearest bus station.

Worth a look