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Re: [Fot] Engine shipping

To: FoTTriumph <fot@autox.team.net>, Lorne Fritz <lorne.fritz@gmail.com>, Scott Barr <sbarr@mccarty-law.com>, tom strange <tomstrange5@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Engine shipping
From: Joe Boruch via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:07:27 +0000 (UTC)
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 Tom, while there have been a number of shipping companies suggested, packa=
ging the engine was not mentioned. =C2=A0At a minimum it will need to be se=
curely strapped to a pallet, but that does not offer much protection. =C2=
=A0The engine should really be enclosed in a crate. =C2=A0I ship my Miata e=
ngines in a specific engine shipping container. =C2=A0I made a steel frame =
in the container to secure the engine. =C2=A0The small block Chevy engine c=
ontainer (Scribner Plastics 5108CHEV Engine Case on Amazon for $267) works =
well. =C2=A0With the cost of lumber and the time to make a crate, it might =
be easier to buy and use the container. =C2=A0It's been costing me around $=
500 to ship from MA to KS via FedEx Freight.JoeB
    On Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 09:35:34 PM EDT, tom strange via Fo=
t <fot@autox.team.net> wrote: =20
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 =C2=A0Looking for the collective wisdom of the FOT.=C2=A0I need to move an=
 engine from Danville Pa, to northern Vermont (Westfield), and have no idea=
 where to start.Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are appreciated.Tom Str=
ange#59 Red GT6
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        <div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Tom, while there have been a=
 number of shipping companies suggested, packaging the engine was not menti=
oned. &nbsp;At a minimum it will need to be securely strapped to a pallet, =
but that does not offer much protection. &nbsp;The engine should really be =
enclosed in a crate. &nbsp;I ship my Miata engines in a specific engine shi=
pping container. &nbsp;I made a steel frame in the container to secure the =
engine. &nbsp;The small block Chevy engine container (<font size=3D"2"><spa=
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stics 5108CHEV Engine Case on Amazon for $267</span>)</font> works well. &n=
bsp;With the cost of lumber and the time to make a crate, it might be easie=
r to buy and use the container. &nbsp;It's been costing me around $500 to s=
hip from MA to KS via FedEx Freight.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"f=
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                <div><div id=3D"ydpa2ed27ecyiv5776429046"><div>&nbsp;Lookin=
g for the collective wisdom of the FOT.<div>&nbsp;I need to move an engine =
from Danville Pa, to northern Vermont (Westfield), and have no idea where t=
o start.</div><div>Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are appreciated.</di=
v><div>Tom Strange</div><div>#59 Red GT6<br><div>&nbsp;</div></div></div>
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