Best/cheapest method to ship bare engine block?

[coldair85GN]

Anyone have any suggestions to ship a bare 4.1 V6 block?

 

[hiboom]

either shrink rap or band to a pallet deliver to truck depot they will unload with forklift weigh and charge accordingly the ones i shipped range from 60.00 up to 125.00 depending on where it ship to and if its a business or residential address cheaper to pick up and deliver at the truck depot

 

[Paul Lohr]

Business addresses have been cheaper for me. Residential delivery has been the most expensive. Dropping off at a freight terminal is usually cheap.

Right, get it tied well to a pallet.

You might look at uship.com.

 

[earlbrown]

I built a wooden crate out of two pieces of ply and 4 2x4's. Drilled two holes in one plate for the timing cover dowels. The other had holes for the bellhousing dowels. Slid that into a cardboard box and mailed it through the post office as a 125# box. It was just light enough to not be considered 'freight' and stuck with the higher prices that commands.

 

[INEEDAGN]

I found a small square pallet and drilled holes in it and bolted it to the bellhousing bolts. Stood that up on end and wrapped the rest in cardboard. Ups will ship a bare block as regular shipping. Its a weight surcharge but its better and easier than truck freight. Mine had a timing cover and oil pan bolted to it.

And id do it that way again if I was to do it

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