[Shop-talk] Shipping a gearbox

Jeff Scarbrough fishplate at gmail.com
Tue Jun 2 09:17:33 MDT 2020


Regarding pallet size:  If it's too small to grab with a fork lift or
pallet jack, you're going to incite some harsh language.  Just sayin'...

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:14 AM <eric at megageek.com> wrote:

> >Neil ask about shipping a gearbox.
>
> I'm not sure what size you are talking about, but here are some ideas.
>
> Anything over 75 or 80 lbs should be palletized.  You can make a pallet
> just larger than the unit.
>
> I simple way to do it is to find a hard sized box (wood or metal.)  then
> bolt the gearbox to the pallet and the box. Go from the bottom of the top
> layer of the pallet, through the box's floor, and into mount points on the
> gearbox.
>
> I hope this makes sense.  I would also cut out some cardboard pryrminds to
> tape to the top so then don't stack other items on top.
>
> Let me know if you have any other quesitons.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mule
>
>
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