[Shop-talk] Shipping a gearbox

[Robert Rochlin]

	When I shipped my od gearbox (I used FedEx) I built a wooden crate around the gearbox from 1X2s and 3/8 plywood bolting the gearbox to the crate.  I used that crate several times and never had any damage.  It added some weight to the shipping, but the sold protection was worth it.
	Best,
	Bob

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 9:26 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
> 
> For starters I would ask the shipping company. They often have requirements for items of a certain weight, such as strapping it to a forklift-compatible pallet. 
> 
> I have strapped motorcycle engines to pallets using eye bolts, taking care when I routed the straps around sharp edges. You could also use angle brackets to bolt it down using the existing mounting holes, if you use enough that a rotational torque won't break off the casting around the hole. It will be jostled a bunch, sometimes violently. 
> 
> If it's small enough, you can't go wrong with a few blankets around the gearbox, then drop that inside a box in a box (repeat that until you're comfortable that it won't roll through the x number of cardboard "walls"). The tighter the better so it doesn't get a chance to build up momentum.
> 
> jim
> 
>> On Jun 2, 2020, at 9:02 AM, Neil Sherry <neiljsherry at talktalk.net <mailto:neiljsherry at talktalk.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi – I am selling an MGB overdrive gearbox to Finland (from the UK) – best deal I have found is with UPS Standard. Any suggestions on how to wrap it – I am thinking I could empty the oil, wrap in plastic, strap it down to some ¾” plywood – which would make it slide and not fall over – but do I need to box it in? What have you done?
>> Thanks
>> Neil
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