tippmann243

anyone know how much a t-56 weighs, im trying to figure out how to ship mine and i put in 200 pounds but ups and fed ex dosent ship anyhtign over 150 pounds so is it more or less than 150 pounds?

also anyone know a good way to ship a transmission

1madss

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~140 pounds. I have shipped mine Fedex Ground before, but tey lost it for three weeks. I have since only used freight shipping companies.

tippmann243

what did ya ship it on a pallet or in a crate?

1madss

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I made a nice pretty crate for it out of 2x4s and plywood when I sent it via Fedex. They somehow managed to crush the crate. After that I just strapped it to a pallet. That seemed to work best for me and the shops.

tippmann243

fed ex only ships stuff 150 pounds and under, i weighed my paleett and got 55 pounds so plus the tranny wouldnt that put me over or do they just go by how much the item weights

thanks for the help by the way

1madss

iTrader: (10)

I think its total weight.

Are you shipping to a shop? If so you might give them a call to see who the use to ship the trannys back to the customers.

When using the freight/trucking companies it's cheaper to have it shipped either from a business or depot.

I don't care much for Fedex after my ordeal. Everytime I called to check and see if they had found it nobody seemed to care that they lost a 2000 dollar transmission. 3 weeks later they found it in their lost package depot in StLouis along with three other transmissions they had there. I went with Fedex the first time because I thought it would be easier than trying to deal with a trucking company. Boy was I wrong.

tippmann243

its not going to a shop just someones house

maybe i could take it to my dads shop and have it picked up there?