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Being that I've shipped a few, I figured I'd chime in
and tell how I ship them.
Get a 20-24" square box. Very few of them are rated
for more than 65lbs total weight, an RS5F32V weighs
~90. You have to beef it up.
You can use thin plywood, 1-2" blueboard insulation,
or whatever you have handy or can find fairly cheap.
Start out by putting the strength increasing material
of choice on the floor of the box. Place transaxle on
floor of box, bellhousing down.
Cut chunks of cardboard loosely taped (or not) into
corners, underneath edges of bellhousing.
Pack tightly with cardboard, newspaper, household
recycling scrap paying attention to the sides, to make
sure there is as much padding material as possible
between the transaxle and the sides.
Tape up securely with clear packing tape - don't use
the cheap crap, get scotch/3m, or something else
rugged - the no name stuff doesn't stay on, and rips
a lot during packing.
Call up and get a FedEx ground pickup, or cheaper yet
drop it off at a local FedEx ground facility or drop off
center. FedEx with my fedex.com account charges me
an $11/week flat pickup fee for one, or a 1000 packages.
With insurance valued $1400, shipping from Maine to SoCal
and picking it up, FedEx charged me ~$70. If I had've driven
it to my nearest ground dropoff spot, it would have cost me
~$60.
FedEx ground's limits are 150lbs, or dimensional. Our transaxles
in a 24"x24"x24" which leaves room for way too much packing
material, they aren't exceeded.
You can also put plywood/blueboard on the sides and top
for extra peace of mind/strength.
One final note, if your shipping to a residential address,
they will attempt to have you do it as 'FedEx Home Delivery',
those limits are considerably lower and do not allow for the
transaxle to be shipped within them. Just ship it as ground
and they will tack on a small ~$2 residential delivery surcharge,
which isn't bad.
The best part? Everything gets tracked every step along the
way, you can watch the parts going across the country without
having to speak to anybody on the phone.
Peter
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