[Fot] Shipping Options?

[DAVE HOGYE]

I made a plywood box to ship a TR2-4 block.  The plywood was bolted directly to the top, bottom, front and back of the block with the bolt heads recessed.  I cut slotted holes to be used as handles.  The box was only the thickness of the plywood against the flat surfaces larger than the block.  It was very tight and secure.  I think the total weight was around 150 lbs.  If I remember correctly, the block weighs 140 lbs. with the main caps.  Same weight as a bale of hay.  In the end I did not have to ship it, but I still have the custom box.  
Dave H

>     On 12/04/2020 1:10 PM Joe Boruch via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>     I started out making a crate with 2x4s.  Made the frame and then was going to cover it with plywood.  Before I even got to the plywood, the crate weighed over 50#.  I took it apart and bought the plastic transmission shipping box.
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>     When I shipped a TR3 rear axle for the Southwick conversion I made a plywood crate.  I made steel corner brackets that were on the inside (since UPS does not like a lot of exposed metal) and used cap screws.  I secured the axle housing inside the crate.  I could have done the same for a transmission crate, but was too lazy to make the metal brackets.  
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>     There is a UPS upcharge of about $5 for shipping a parcel that is not in cardboard.  JoeB
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>     On Friday, December 4, 2020, 02:40:33 PM EST, J Wagner <4msonset at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Many years ago I had a rebuilt overdrive shipped to me in a cardboard box weight minimal packing material to protect it.  It arrived with the part of the aluminum gear box that supports the stick shift snapped off.    It had to have fallen hard.  That cardboard box offered little protection.
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>     Do take the time to crate it up.  If you’re handy, think about minimizing weight.  I went overboard during that incident and built a heavy, heavy duty crate to ship the broken trans back in so that it’s replacement would be shipped back in that crate!  No doubt, that extra weight cost money!   (I don’t recall the shipper and costs.)
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>     Add handles or whatever helps to make it easier for shippers to move it safely.
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