Shipping a motor??
01-12-2009, 12:52 PM
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Shipping a motor?? I’ve never shipped one...yet I have one for sale. Anyone with any experience or leads for a courier...tips always appreciated.
01-12-2009, 04:27 PM
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Search google for a shipper, make calls. Thats easier than you think. You need a good estimate of weight, and decide if it's going to be picked up and dropped off at a residence or business. You can pay over the phone, they email you a bill of lading, you print it out. The shipper puts bar codes all over it, they told me once it's a good idea to tag the to and from addresses on it also.
To prep it. Drain as much of everything out as you can. Go to a local business and ask if they have a pallet you can have. Get one bigger than the engine but not too much bigger, it'll run the price up.
Set the engine on the pallet and secure it. A lot of junkyards use banding tools which seem weak to me. I've used ratchet straps, even made metal brackets to bolt it down.
Make sure your mounting method doesn't interfere with the forks that will pick it up.
You can do extra things like degrease it, cap and plug holes and hoses and wrap it in stretch wrap.
To prep it. Drain as much of everything out as you can. Go to a local business and ask if they have a pallet you can have. Get one bigger than the engine but not too much bigger, it'll run the price up.
Set the engine on the pallet and secure it. A lot of junkyards use banding tools which seem weak to me. I've used ratchet straps, even made metal brackets to bolt it down.
Make sure your mounting method doesn't interfere with the forks that will pick it up.
You can do extra things like degrease it, cap and plug holes and hoses and wrap it in stretch wrap.
01-13-2009, 10:28 AM
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Search google for a shipper, make calls. Thats easier than you think. You need a good estimate of weight, and decide if it's going to be picked up and dropped off at a residence or business. You can pay over the phone, they email you a bill of lading, you print it out. The shipper puts bar codes all over it, they told me once it's a good idea to tag the to and from addresses on it also.
To prep it. Drain as much of everything out as you can. Go to a local business and ask if they have a pallet you can have. Get one bigger than the engine but not too much bigger, it'll run the price up.
Set the engine on the pallet and secure it. A lot of junkyards use banding tools which seem weak to me. I've used ratchet straps, even made metal brackets to bolt it down.
Make sure your mounting method doesn't interfere with the forks that will pick it up.
You can do extra things like degrease it, cap and plug holes and hoses and wrap it in stretch wrap.
To prep it. Drain as much of everything out as you can. Go to a local business and ask if they have a pallet you can have. Get one bigger than the engine but not too much bigger, it'll run the price up.
Set the engine on the pallet and secure it. A lot of junkyards use banding tools which seem weak to me. I've used ratchet straps, even made metal brackets to bolt it down.
Make sure your mounting method doesn't interfere with the forks that will pick it up.
You can do extra things like degrease it, cap and plug holes and hoses and wrap it in stretch wrap.
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Ive been searching the web for wieght of a shortblock....no dice.
Are there any sponsors on here that have a good guess or know exactly what the wieght of a shortblock is?
I got a shipping estimate for 175lbs...but have been told that a shortblock will wiegh more than that.
