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Shipping an engine block...

Discussion in 'Non-Turbo Tech questions' started by MN Tony, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. MN Tony

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    Sorry for putting this in this forum, but I didn't know where else it fit. I am selling an engine block, but I wanted to be able to quote shipping. Any suggestions on a reasonable shipper??? I'm getting quotes at $500 and I believe that it should be less than that. Any suggestions are appreciated!
    Thanks!
     
    MN Tony, Sep 22, 2008
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  2. Turbo_Baer

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    freight company like ups freight aka overnite or central transport. put it on a pallet and secure it good. wrap it up and get it weighed to get a figure to base your shipment off of. also its cheaper to send it to a business then a residential address
     
    Turbo_Baer, Sep 22, 2008
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  3. ScottI

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    Like Turbo_baer
    If picked up at shippers dock may be twenty or thiry bucks cheaper than business address. A hood delivered to my house was $120 to my work was $90 to shippers dock was $51. This was using UPS Freight (Overnite). Ohio to Indianapolis.
     
    ScottI, Sep 22, 2008
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  4. MN Tony

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    Good suggestions guys, I'll look into shipping it from my buddies machine shop.
     
    MN Tony, Sep 22, 2008
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  5. gryphon68

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    uship.com

    Reverse Auctions . . . .
     
    gryphon68, Sep 22, 2008
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  6. Robert1320

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    Robert1320, Sep 22, 2008
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  7. 1foxbody

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    How much is it usually to ship just a block? I know it depends on weight and distance but say its a small block. About how much guys?? Hopefully we can find somewhere cheap lol
     
    1foxbody, Sep 23, 2008
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  8. Robert1320

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    We ship a Little M Dart for a little over $100.00
     
    Robert1320, Sep 24, 2008
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  9. MN Tony

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    I was getting quotes of around $250 but I just checked with Forward Air and got a price of $140 from Arizona to Virginia. I thought that was reasonable. Oh and that's terminal to terminal, not address to address.
     
    MN Tony, Sep 24, 2008
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  10. ralphiejantz

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    foward air is great I recently shipped a long block to ohio from NY for a few hundread dollars, and it was there in 2 days, I highly recommend them
     
    ralphiejantz, Sep 25, 2008
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  11. MN Tony

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    They quoted me 3 to 4 days for this one. Very reasonable!
     
    MN Tony, Sep 25, 2008
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  12. Selder

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    I shipped a 302 block via UPS for ~$100 a few years ago. I had to ship the main caps separately as it exceeded their weight limit with them installed.

    Steve
     
    Selder, Sep 26, 2008
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  13. MN Tony

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    Yeah, I think fuel prices have eliminated shipping a block for $100 these days! :doh:
     
    MN Tony, Sep 27, 2008
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  14. ShaneH

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    Forward Air and Redhawk Global will generally give the best price on a palletized engine block or engine.
     
    ShaneH, Sep 27, 2008
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