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1. Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:22:15 -0700
Its a little off-topic but it is pre-war British car... I need to look into shipping a motor from New York to S. Calif. for my 34 Singer and I don't even know what the thing weighs so anyone done thi
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00024.html (8,244 bytes)

2. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: Fred Talmadge <fredtal@industryinet.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:10:00 -0500
The best way to ship something like this is by freight. Build a wooden box or frame around the engine and gearbox. Seperate or together it wont really matter. Wraping in plastic wouldn't be a bad ide
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00025.html (7,857 bytes)

3. RE: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Gillam" <anngene@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:24:13 -0500
BE CAREFUL!!!!! I just had two (2) MG T-series XPAG blocks shipped to me via UPS - the blocks came from two different people - and they (UPS) dropped and cracked both blocks in the bellhousing area.
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00026.html (7,969 bytes)

4. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 16:02:35 -0500
Mike> willing to separate the gearbox if that helps, he estimates that Mike> it can't weigh more than 200lbs but I question that since the Mike> gearbox alone is 64lbs. For this sort of stuff I thin
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00027.html (7,759 bytes)

5. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: DEVierling@aol.com
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:34:06 EDT
Nope, that's too heavy for UPS and they really aren't set up for that kind of item. Truck freight is the way to go. Find a used pallet (many businesses have them stacked up out back by the dumpster)
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00029.html (8,977 bytes)

6. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: Rikrock@aol.com
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:44:40 EDT
Last year I shipped a motor from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, using a company called Forward Air. Don't let the name fool you, they use trucks as well as planes. They do have a website, I think the
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00030.html (8,087 bytes)

7. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: Bob Hamilton <hamilton@accesswave.ca>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:50:27 -0300
I shipped a very heavy cast iron Sunbeam Talbot engine (~700#) with gearbox attached from New Mexico to me in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. I did just like Donny said, I had it strapped i
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00031.html (10,949 bytes)

8. Re: Motor shipping (score: 1)
Author: DEVierling@aol.com
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:12:44 EDT
Oh, yes that's right, airfreight is often a slightly more economical alternative to truck freight and...surprise!...if it doesn't have to be there in a hurry, it goes on the ground in a truck! (Hint:
/html/british-cars/2002-10/msg00032.html (9,078 bytes)


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