Ship a transmission without getting raped?
#1
Ship a transmission without getting raped?
I'm having a problem. There's a transmission in Middleboro, MA that i'm wanting to purchase, will need to be shipped to Indianapolis.
I thought the cheapest way to ship would have been on a pallet. Got the measurements and weight yesterday, Fedex spit out a number of $392.42. That's outrageous.
Anyone have any solutions? I don't have a business address, but i'm perfectly willing to pick up at a hub/terminal/whatever. Seller can drop the transmission anywhere in Brockton or Boston.
Never shipped anything this big/heavy before.
I thought the cheapest way to ship would have been on a pallet. Got the measurements and weight yesterday, Fedex spit out a number of $392.42. That's outrageous.
Anyone have any solutions? I don't have a business address, but i'm perfectly willing to pick up at a hub/terminal/whatever. Seller can drop the transmission anywhere in Brockton or Boston.
Never shipped anything this big/heavy before.
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I think I read on here a good while back about someone buying a rubbermaid container that fit the transmission. They then put the trans in, then taped the **** out of it so the top would not come off. Then shipped it Fedex that way.
#7
I'd rather trust him to just put it on a pallet and use an entire roll of industrial shrink wrap.
#8
I've also read of people wrapping it in bubble wrap or brown paper, putting it in tupperware or a nice box, and filling the rest of the free space with spray insulation, to basically make a mold to hold it stationary in the box.
I will say this though, I've had MUCH better experiences with my packages being taken care of in transit with FedEx than with UPS or USPS.
I will say this though, I've had MUCH better experiences with my packages being taken care of in transit with FedEx than with UPS or USPS.
#9
Contact a different freight company directly for a better rate, FedEx freight is horribly expensive comparatively. We usually use R&L. You can request liftgate service at both ends to make moving it easier, too.
If you do the Rubbermaid container packer with spray foam, you have to be sure the trans is completely wrapped...that stuff is a bitch to remove from metal once it's cured.
What kind of trans is it?
If you do the Rubbermaid container packer with spray foam, you have to be sure the trans is completely wrapped...that stuff is a bitch to remove from metal once it's cured.
What kind of trans is it?
#10
It's a.... 89-92 Vulcan Probe 5spd transmission.
I think we're going the Greyhound route. Just need to figure out 1) If they'll take a half pallet and 2) If i have to be there right when it arrives or if i have 24 hours or whatever. There's no way shipping it in an enclosed package via ground is going to be cheaper through anyone else.
I think we're going the Greyhound route. Just need to figure out 1) If they'll take a half pallet and 2) If i have to be there right when it arrives or if i have 24 hours or whatever. There's no way shipping it in an enclosed package via ground is going to be cheaper through anyone else.
#12
I dunno. I have 2-3 spares. I don't really have a problem finding them, it just involves finding another car to strip and crush.
What IS hard to find is the Vulcan Probe H-type specifically, which is what i need/want to make a weird hybrid trans. I want that 3.85 final drive, and might look at brewing up a fun mix of 2-3-4 gears. I wanna go 180mph.
The only reason the H-Type existed was because the F2T was munching on G-series transmissions during development. Nothing else came after the F2T that made the sort of power/grunt to munch a G-series driven halfway sanely inside of 100k miles. You could say the MSP, but that was a coin flip as to whether or not the trans or the motor was going to go first, so i don't count that.
#19
Oh yeah, just a little FYI since the TII relationship was brought up here.
That series of trasmission was shared around quite a bit in the 80's. Due to this, old Mazda B2600 bell housings can be coupled with the TII transmission and bolted to a wide block 4G63, a G63B I believe.
This allows for some creative swap options.
That series of trasmission was shared around quite a bit in the 80's. Due to this, old Mazda B2600 bell housings can be coupled with the TII transmission and bolted to a wide block 4G63, a G63B I believe.
This allows for some creative swap options.