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Hey guys, I recently purchased a short block from a NY member and I was put in charge of setting up shipping. Me being me, I have never shipped or have had to setup shipping on a short block.
So, I am wondering what would be a good company to get it shipped down to Texas with. And any other additional information you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance guys.
Do you have the weight on it, if its just the shortblock it might just be withing the weight limit for fedex or UPS, otherwise you'd have to step it up to their freight service.
Not sure what other carriers you guys would have around that would between here and texas regularly.
I will ask Bill for the weight.
He told me probably around 250lbs
Its a fully forged 3.1 short block.
Thats definitely not within UPS or Fed Ex Weights.
Check out DB Schenker. I shipped an automatic transmission which weighed around 250 lbs crated to Florida for somewhere around $130. If you have a depot near you then you can pick it up there and save $40. If Bill is near a depot and can drop it off that can save even more money.
If you go with UPS Freight or Fed Ex freight it will be closer to $500.
I shipped a 6g74 empty block with accessories on a crate and it weighed about 225 or so. FedEx Freight from Kentucky to New Jersey was $150....
I used to do a lot of shipping of heavy items. You'll need to make sure that the engine is on a pallet and secured very well. I'd also suggest having it plastic wrapped prior to shipping.
Try tnt.com, you'll have to register but that should be able to give you a door to door price. They are a big national carrier, so they go virtually anywhere. You'll also need to make sure that you're shipping to and from commercial addresses that have fork lift access.
I called FedEx Freight and they gave me some crazy high number.
Told ya. ;) I used to ship freight items all the time. Without our company discount we would have went broke shipping freight items.
She quoted me in the XXXX.XX range, I laughed and said have a good night ma'am.
I just want to wake up tomorrow with this engine sitting at my door lol.
Seriously. Check out DB Schenker USA. I just ran a quick quote based on a NYC ZIP and the first Portland TX ZIP I found based on 250 lbs and even with lift gate at pick up and delivery it was still only $235. If you could avoid the lift gate somehow you could save $35 for the pick up and another $35 for the delivery. DB Schenker bought out Bax Global. Its a worldwide company.
I will give them a call right now.
I looked earlier but I didn't see an area to get a quote. Tho I was busy at the time when I was looking around.
Thanks
Wow, those are some amazing prices.
Here are my quotes I just received.
Residential Drop-Off --- 222.93
Or if I get it dropped off at my work it would be 152.93
MMMMmmmmmmm
i would NEVER ship anything fedex or ups that weighed > 50lbs. period.
if i can buy a used transmission and have it shipped to my door for $300; there's plenty of options out there.
Honestly, I used to ship 35-50 packages a day through UPS. They ranged in weight from 3lbs to 150lbs. They consider >70lbs to be heavyweight and I usually averaged about 10 heavyweights a day. In 4.5 years of shipping we only had about 5 claims we had to file due to damaged goods. UPS is not as bad as people try to make them out to be.
it's not the damage i'm worried about. it's the fact that if i show up with something >50lbs; it requires me to drop trou & (if i'm lucky enough) lube up.
The rates aren't really that bad either unless you are shipping coast to coast.
I bought a fully forged 3.1L shortblock too - if it weighs 250 lbs, I'm a WHOLE lot stronger than I thought. I think its about the weight of a trans - both are annoying to move, but not impossible.Quote:
Originally Posted by FeaRpb
Anyway, if you still need an estimate, pm Mike @ C3motorsports - he shipped me the shortblock I bought, and it arrived safely.
I received my block today, and it weighed 183lbs, the total cost of shipping from NY to TX was only $127. I am very happy about this and again I thank you Stealthee and everyone else for the help.
Glad to hear everything worked out good for you.