stmotorsports

Trying to get my LM7 engine sold. Had a few peeps interested but then I checked around and shippers wanted almost more than what I'm asking for the engine itself. Anybody have any good leads?
Thanks

MonmouthCtyLS7

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Yea sometimes its not really cost effective, I know its cheaper if the person your shipping it to has a loading dock, thats how I got my LY5 shipped for 1/2 the price.

stmotorsports

Yeah I know size, weight, loading dock, etc all make a difference but even still I was getting wildly varying quotes. If i could shave even another 75 or 100 off it would go a long way. Hoping somebody knew of the cheapest carrier out there or maybe had a hookup somewhere

MonmouthCtyLS7

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-g...ngine-who.html
Quick Google search goes a long way.

Orange Juice

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I had both my engine and rear shipped to a depot and picked them up. AES (Fraser) did a great job of finding the cheapest price to get my engine shipped to Buffalo. I don't think it was more then $150

stmotorsports

Holy crap! For an engine AND rear? That's sick cheap. Where was it coming from?

Orange Juice

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No, just the engine. Chicago to Buffalo. I can't remember what the rear cost to ship but it was pretty cheap also.

stmotorsports

Gotcha. Good to know in case I end up having to have a rear shipped too which I might bc having trouble finding the one I need

I just moved down here from Buffalo about 5yrs ago

DietCoke

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uship.com

JGalt

I think I can actually help you with this.

I needed to ship a 650 lb lathe from Florida to So Cal.

It would fit on half a pallet.

It was roughly engine sized and weight (actually much lighter, right?)

I got quotes as follows:

Uship: People wanted $2k to $3k. I know some people like this place and it always gets recommended but in my experience its always been much higher priced than elsewhere.

PODS: $2800

Fedex: $755 (they had 65% off discount special)

UPS: $1900

Uhaul: $1500 for cross country pickup truck one way I think (plus driving time, gas, hotels, etc..)

Freightcenter.com $358!!!

Freightcenter.com actually had fantastic phone support. I called them and worked with the rep to figure out how I could cut the pallet size down to cut costs. She knew alot about how the shipping companies work and what the realities were. Definitely not just a brainless phone-answerer.

It makes a HUGE difference how small the shipment is. Shrink that sucker down to as small a size as possible. Cut pallets down to size. Or make a crate or something.

Also, you pay significant fees for picking up/delivering to somewhere that requires a liftgate (a thing on the truck that lets the driver load/unload freight). To get around that, I figured out a couple tricks:

With Fedex, you can have them deliver to the hub, and they will load it for free into your truck with one of their forklifts.

With something like freightcenter, I called a local forklift rental place, and they said for $20 they would let me have the delivery sent to them, and they would unload it into my truck, avoiding the $150+ liftgate fee that would normally be charged to have the driver do it.

You also may pay more simply for delivering to a residential address period.

TLDR:

Use freightcenter.com. Call them on the phone.
Make your shipment as tiny as possible.
Pickup and dropoff at a commercial location with a dock or somewhere where there is a forklift, to avoid paying residential and/or liftgate fees.

rennat_2006

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Fastenal, yeah the bolt guys.
they will ship it store to store as long as it is on a pallet. So aslong as both seller and buyer are willing to drive to their closest fastenal store it works out great. Shipped a t56 for like $100

stmotorsports

Awesome info thanks guys

I've heard greyhound does logistics as well, been meaning to check with them.

And is there such thing as a half pallet with freight class 85? I was under the impression that the smallest you can go is a short pallet at 48x40?



And... Wtf??

Seriously?? I will definitely check into this

DaveAZ

I just shipped an engine from NYC to AZ for about 275.00.
I used Yellow Freight.
I shipped to a friend's shop who has a forklift, pickup was from a shop with a forklift.
It was on a standard pallet, crated to 26" high.

Weight didn't impact the price very much, and their standard insurance was based on weight. I actually went heavier by a bit to get more coverage.

I got a lot of insane prices, and a lot of shippers like Fastenal told me they wouldn't ship West.

rennat_2006

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$275 to ship a lq4 with a 4l80 bolted behind it on a crate at like 700lbs through fastenal from boise idaho to kennewick wa.

stmotorsports

All good info

Mods, is there any way we could make this thread a sticky in the classifieds section(s)?