Motor shipping questions NEED HELP!

[Drewster]

I need to good ways to crate a motor and the weight of a full motor (accessories, headers,turbo, down pipe) for shipping costs.

Also recomendations on freight companies would be helpful.

Andrew

 

[Jerryl]

Also recomendations on freight companies would be helpful.

Yellow Freight.
FWIW, a tranny shipment (without TC) was around $170 from MI to TX

 

[jb903]

yellow freight. i had an engine shipped from n.y city to chicago for around $480.00 the dude just strapped it to a palet and plastic wrapped it all up.

 

[conn84gn]

Have it shipped to a business its normally chearper than to a home address
Freight rates are all over the place so check around

 

[Paul Clark]

I don't think (hope) he would mind me mentioning this, but please check with Brian before you use Yellow Freight.
Hipsibri@cs.com
It was probably an exception, but we went through some nightmares together with them.

 

[Drewster]

how did the charges get figured out?

How did the charges get figured out? Do they have a scale to weigh the crate/motor? Does weight matter? Or does weight need to be determined ahead of time?

Andrew

 

[49-blues]

Fedex freight usually about $250-$325. usa

 

[Drewster]

Thanks all!

Im gona go a different route.
Andrew

 

[Jeff Rand]

Im gona go a different route.
Andrew

There is a shipping company called Forward Air and they are located near most of the major city airports. You would have to take the engine (attached to a skid) to them and they will ship to the a location that is near the final destination for pickup. I shipped a trans. from Ca. to Ohio and it was $60. If I would have shipped by a trucking company it would have cost me $190.
Jeff