shipping a block UPS

[SIXBANGR]

anyone use ups to ship a bare block? How did you pack it? thanks

 

[hrhoward]

I would crate it. Unless your shipment never leaves the trailer you put it in, it will be handled. Not the most gentle folks in the world. That includes Yellow, Old Dominion, etc...
We are talking freight, right? How much does the bare block weigh?

 

[SIXBANGR]

they are about 120#. I am talking regular ups shipping. The thing is only 20x17x14. If I have to truck ship one it would cost more than the block.

 

[hrhoward]

Ok then, I'm pretty sure the limit is 150 lbs. I would put it on a small little skid to support the bottom, then strap it to that. Maybe wrap it in stretch-wrap also. Either way, there is going to be several irked UPS folks. How far are you shipping it?

 

[bison]

Forget about it. The amount of wood you would need to wrap around and protect it will put it over 150lbs. They will throw it off the trucks and docks as if it were a piece of trash. The weak a$$ workers treat heavy packs like $hit. Ive heard stories from people who worked there about them rolling heavy items because they were too heavy to lift . Strap it to a pallet at a freight company and ship it that way.

 

[streetwavesauto]

After just having a bad shipping experience on a block I would go with a reputable shipper and have the block properly crated and make sure you get insurance.

 

[steve hughes]

Take my word for it Don't ship it UPS. Ship it truck freight. I work there and i wouldn't ship a block. On heavy items like that they are usually higher than truck freight.

 

[leophious]

Are you the one that pushed it off the back of the truck before you realized it was yours?

 

["Turbo-T"]

Are you the one that pushed it off the back of the truck before you realized it was yours?

:biggrin:

 

[hrhoward]

I would suggest looking for a hot-shot driver. We use them quite a bit for smaller stuff. (I work for a used machinery dealer and we ship in/out metal working machinery constantly). If it was me, I would hope for a hot-shot driver who has a little deck space that is going your way. Crating it is the way to go. JMO.

 

[LSTTYPE]

Im a UPS driver and I can also say that a block would be a gamble to ship. Try using Roadway or UPS freight. However If I see your block come through my hub, it might end up in my buddies engine bay who is also a UPS driver.

 

[SIXBANGR]

If I could find a nice block with in a couple hundred miles I could go get it. The blocks are priced ok, the shipping kills the deal.

 

[chopped39]

anyone use ups to ship a bare block? How did you pack it? thanks

I crated and shipped a 4+3 corvette trans through fed ex.Because I was a first time user there was a 50% off special with insurance it was still $168.00 the trans with crate was 164lbs

 

[m233roller]

I shipped a new Stage One bare block from Washington to New York on Fed Ex for like $130 with $2000 worth of insurance. I think it came in at 144 lbs. once it was all boxed up. Not crated (boxed) but real heavy duty. Got there just fine. Iv'e shipped several blocks and several trans. this way.

 

[cooled85GN]

Id ship Fed Ex wrapped in heavy card board.Ive shipped 3 blocks like this and never had any problems.

UPS will break it no matter how its boxed/crated!!!They broke one that gbodyparts.com sent me years ago.UPS=United Package Smashers

 

[turbofish38]

I ship blocks all of the time. What I do is cut down a pallet small enough so that none of the block hangs over it. Than I wrap the block in a construction grade trash bag and tie it down using cheap MC tie down straps. I don't think I ever had one weigh more than 130 pounds. This is pretty much the way I used to receive short blocks from GM at the dealership. Sometimes they would take a cardboard box and staple it to the pallet or crate and it looked like a normal box with a wood bottom. Who ever you use will consider it freight because of the weight and not because of the size.