Engine Shipping!

[SGRIM]

Getting ready to send the bullet out Give me ideas on how to build a crate for this thing! I want it like it is in a Brinks truck lol!

 

[Rustyregal]

I've always used pallets for the top and bottom then frame it out with a few more 2x2's. Some cheap plywood and you're done.
If you have the hookup at a auto parts house or machine shop sometumes you can by those plastic engine shipping containers pretty cheap.

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[Rustyregal]

With the exposed pallet on bottom it helps deter them from handling it poorly. And be sure to plaster"high center of gravity" all over it.

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[Heisenberg]

I put the engine in the custom wooden docking pallet, screwed on top of a larger shipping pallet with a sheet of 1/2 crap board screwed to it for extra rigidity.
Then strap in down with a cheap set of Horrible Freight tie downs
I have a couple sets of used up tie downs that I shortened up, punched holes through and grometed, and used these to attach to good points like head bolt locations or intake.
The other end gets either eye-bolted to the pallet - or again, lag bolted to the plywood / pallet itself.
Can darn near turn the pallet sideways and the engine will not fall off the pallet

I grab these 2" thick closed cell foam blocks we use for shipping and attach to engine using stretch wrap or other means.
I always stretch wrap the whole thing before final crating.
I also use Tip-Tells on the sides of the final crate and No-Crush cone on top - just because

 

[gnxtc2]

Buy an engine cradle from TA Performance, it bolts onto the bell housing and motor mounts. Cut 3/4 plywood the same OD of a HD pallet and screw it down on top of the pallet. Bolt the cradle on the plywood. Screw 2x4s on the flat within 1" of the perimeter of the pallet so you can screw the enclosure to them. Then make an enclosure out of wood utilizing 2x4s and plywood around the engine. Make the enclosure so it can be removed in one piece. All you'll have to do is unscrew the enclose and unbolt the engine from the cradle.

Then add the tip sensors to the enclosure. Hopefully the engine shop doesn't lay the enclosure sideways.

Billy T.
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[scot w.]

Buy an engine cradle from TA Performance, it bolts onto the bell housing and motor mounts. Cut 3/4 plywood the same OD of a HD pallet and screw it down on top of the pallet. Bolt the cradle on the plywood. Screw 2x4s on the flat within 1" of the perimeter of the pallet so you can screw the enclosure to them. Then make an enclosure out of wood utilizing 2x4s and plywood around the engine. Make the enclosure so it can be removed in one piece. All you'll have to do is unscrew the enclose and unbolt the engine from the cradle.

Then add the tip sensors to the enclosure. Hopefully the engine shop doesn't lay the enclosure sideways.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

Same way I received engines in the past and not one was ever damaged! I still have a few engine cradle's sitting here, they work great...

 

[SS/GN]

Buy an engine cradle from TA Performance, it bolts onto the bell housing and motor mounts. Cut 3/4 plywood the same OD of a HD pallet and screw it down on top of the pallet. Bolt the cradle on the plywood. Screw 2x4s on the flat within 1" of the perimeter of the pallet so you can screw the enclosure to them. Then make an enclosure out of wood utilizing 2x4s and plywood around the engine. Make the enclosure so it can be removed in one piece. All you'll have to do is unscrew the enclose and unbolt the engine from the cradle.

Then add the tip sensors to the enclosure. Hopefully the engine shop doesn't lay the enclosure sideways.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

I will also add to take pictures of the motor in the crate, if you don't have a serial # on the block make one and get a pic of it also. Finally take pics of the shipping label on the box. Copy everything and make sure drivers signs the insurance part and take a picture. I would also have a paper that the driver signs that the crate is sufficiently built. This all might sound over kill but ask me how I know

 

[Nick Micale]

Buy an engine cradle from TA Performance, it bolts onto the bell housing and motor mounts. Cut 3/4 plywood the same OD of a HD pallet and screw it down on top of the pallet. Bolt the cradle on the plywood. Screw 2x4s on the flat within 1" of the perimeter of the pallet so you can screw the enclosure to them. Then make an enclosure out of wood utilizing 2x4s and plywood around the engine. Make the enclosure so it can be removed in one piece. All you'll have to do is unscrew the enclose and unbolt the engine from the cradle......................Billy T.

We have shipped well over 100 engines with this method and never had an issue in the USA or Canada, even though we do not use tip sensors.

The steel engine cradle we make, and is supplied to TA as well, is used by the customer for his spare engine!

 

[Topjimmy]

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[Jerryl]

Who do you guys recommend for shipping door/door Seattle area to Canton Illinois . . . and what is the estimated cost?

 

[6cylboost]

cardboard box with no packing. ship usps and your done.

 

[USMC_Turbo6]

Here is some pictures of the box my motor came in

 

[Jerryl]

Still have the box?

 

[USMC_Turbo6]

Yes, i put my old motor back in n it for safe keeping