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Old 12-24-2008, 09:55 PM
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What do people ship trannys in (t56 to be exact)? I was wondering what weight and shipping charges usually are.. any ideas?
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Old 12-24-2008, 10:08 PM
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find a pallet and stap it to it. I paid 350 to freight a t56 swap from georgia to western wisconsin last summer
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So it is a freight charge for sure, right? I was hoping I could keep everything under 150lbs lol
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http://www.tick-performance.com/tickshift/shipping/
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tick shift says use a cooler 45 gallon and packaging material http://www.tick-performance.com/tickshift/shipping/ edit: i was beat to it
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not sure about the weight but the t56 swap is definetly heavy
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I appreciate the link. I have a good idea on how to ship it, im just looking on approximate prices
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read the web page....

it says approx. $100 each way.
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True.. I hope that's the case
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good luck with that...
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