Shipping large items

marvilusone

marvilusone

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What would be the best, cost effective way to go about shipping a transfercase?

How about a front bumper?

Where would have the best rates for these types of items?
I've shipped plenty of things but nothing this large before.

BTW everything is off of a Bronco II
 
RatLabGuy said:
Forward air freight - strap that sucker to a pallet
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+1 or if you can ship to a business address with a dock you will be shocked how cheap southeastern or one of the LTLs will ship it. (For example I moved a transfer switch that weighed 900lbs recently from charlotte to anderson sc for $65)
 
Greyhound... plenty cheap & quick. Depending on travel time, often takes less than a day. However, I recall someone needs to meet the inbound bus as they aren't really setup to handle or store your junk.

I had a huge (4'x4'x2' & approx. 250#) crate of machine parts sent from GSO to Laurinburg in about 5-6 hours. It took up 1/2 a single cargo/luggage area & was under $100...
 
I FedEx'ed a IFS front differential from my 2500HD Chevy. Approximately the same size as a t-case. I cut a pallet in half, and strapped it down to it. Weighed in at 147 lbs including the pallet. Just under the 150lbs limit before freight. FedEx actually came out about $10 cheaper than UPS on that deal.

Bronco 2, should be small and light enough to wrap up in scrap cardboard, and ship UPS or FedEx also.
 
Try the hauling section :) otherwise ya the freight places are hurting now and prices can be good. Make sure you box/crate it good.
 
I've shipped alot in my time although it's been a few years since. I even have a stack of pallets still hanging around if anyone needs one. I used to use Forward Air but found "freightquote.com". They deal with multiple logistics divisions and recieve discounts to pass along after investigating the cheapest carrier to beat even the carrier alone. But after using them, they will bug the living hell out of you to use them again. I just went on their website a few weeks ago accidentally while cleaning out my favorites and my cel phone rang 10 minutes later.
They are cheapest route I could find but very overwhelming personalities. Their job is to be sure you are happy. Regardless, you will be cheaper if you ship terminal to terminal.
 
I shipped a custom yota back bumper via ups and it wasnt too bad. No packaging, just stuck the shipping label directly to the bumper.
 
I've shipped transmissions and transfer cases all over the U.S. I use the UPS Store, and I let them do the packaging. Give them a city/zip, weight (allow yourself 5 lbs.), and a reasonably accurate carton-size requirement, and they can give you an estimate over the phone. Done a bunch of 'em this way....
 
I shipped a bulky 4runner tailgate complete through fedex and it was cheaper than UPS and I thought it was a great rate. Shipped a couple 400#-500# dana 60 complete front axles with forward air and that worked out ok. Not super cheap but they went to Cali for around ~$400. Made a simple crate with some scrap plywood and some broken up free pallets and sheetrock screws. I also shipped a complete t-case in another simple wooden crate to Florida last year but I forget who I used :shaking:

Greyhound sounds interesting.

you could try uship.com as well.
 
The nearest Fed-ex place to me is 30-40 miles away so I use UPS the most.I use R&L carriers for my big stuff,cases,axles,ect.
 
02gmc5.3 said:
If you create a fedex account they will pickup for a small fee.
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but only up to a certain weight.
The guy on the truck is by himself, prob won't have a pallet jack, and isn't expected to lift over XXX lbs, so this only works for boxes and things you can pick up. E.g. not transmissions strapped to a pallet.

and that "fee" is considerably more if it is a home address vs a business.
 
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