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Use a 2'x2' sheet of plywood, one 2' 2x4, three bolts, three nails, and three nuts. Place the transmission face down on the board, drill and bolt transmission to board. Use remaining 2x4 and nail 2x4 to underside of plywood to allow UPS driver a void to put his hands in.
I shipped the tranny from a Datsun 510 like this.. I got a huge cardboard box, broke it down and literally wrapped the tranny in bubble wrap then wraped the tranny in the cardboard and folding the corners in, and taping it up. They picked it up with no problems, and it arrived in good shape, it came with free insurance, and it cost me $65 to ship, it weighed 80 lbs.
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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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Use a 2'x2' sheet of plywood, one 2' 2x4, three bolts, three nails, and three nuts. Place the transmission face down on the board, drill and bolt transmission to board. Use remaining 2x4 and nail 2x4 to underside of plywood to allow UPS driver a void to put his hands in.
A) It costs more.
B) The bellhousing can be damaged in transit,
ask me how I know?
C) It requires more than hands, materials, and a
roll of tape. And whoever your sending it to
can't use it to send something else back out,
or the left over materials.
Peter
Last edited by Peter; 09-24-2004 at 02:12 PM.
Reason: minor omission.
After JGY installed my PAR set and powder coated the tranny, they wrapped it in plastic, put it in an 18 gallon Rubbermaid container, and put a little expand a foam around the edges to keep it stable. Worked great, kudos to JGY for a pretty good idea !
No bad karma inteneded Peter, but, I thought the topic was "How To: Ship a Transmission", not the cheapest way to ship a transmission. I used the method you are referring to when I sent it to JGY. When it was ready to come back it was worth around $3000. So, the few extra dollars for the container was well worth the added protection for that type of investment. No way would I have had it shipped back the way I sent it.
No bad karma inteneded Peter, but, I thought the topic was "How To: Ship a Transmission", not the cheapest way to ship a transmission. I used the method you are referring to when I sent it to JGY. When it was ready to come back it was worth around $3000. So, the few extra dollars for the container was well worth the added protection for that type of investment. No way would I have had it shipped back the way I sent it.
Clearly, after spending $3000 on a transaxle, you'd want it as
solid as possible. A cardboard box properly packed is more than
adequate though.
Bad Karma? Hell no! You definitely get Karma points for
that PAR stack and Nismo diff.
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.
This doesnt work for normal people. If it is not a commercial address they will not take the delivery. It may work for people who have a Fedex account which they give a lot of leeway to. I tried to ship a transaxle, the JGY way thorugh Fedex and they wont take it unless it is to a commercial address. I really dont feel like risking sending a transmission and have it sent back because the address is a residential one.
So your safest option is to us UPS but they will charge you about $30 more
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Actually, it *does* work for normal people all the time.
I am a normal person. I have a bullsh*t fedex online
account, they bill my cc every time I ship something.
I have no special deals cut, I have no great discount,
and I don't ship usually either to, or from a commercial
address. Irrespective, they take it all the time.
$30 more for slower service? Not a chance. 4 days via
FedEx ground and stuff from Maine's in CA. I detest 'Brown'
these days - the drivers make too much money for them to
even consider being competitive. I remember 10-15 years
ago, when you could ship a 5lb box for $3.50 UPS Ground.
Now, that same box is $8+. Why? That same box fedex
ground ships for $4.60. WTF is up with 'Brown'?
I've shipped several transaxles this way, print the label
on my laser, take the stuff to a dropoff location or the
actual fedex facility in Augusta. *NEVER* an issue, not
a phone call, not a 'I'm sorry, we won't ship that ground,
that can only go 'home delivery'.
And what's up with the 'JGY method' stuff? I've seen/
heard how JGY ships transaxles, and it's not always pretty.
A 22"x22"x22" box does a transaxle really nicely with tons
of room for adequate packing. Blueboard, while expensive,
works great if you have some lying around getting broken
into little pieces. I'm not fond of people who pack transaxles
in peanuts. Cardboard corner pieces and extra sidewall
reenforcement is a really big plus. Most boxes that size
were not designed with sturdy enough cardboard to carry
that weight.
Anyway, that's enough ranting for one night!
Peter
Last edited by Peter; 01-29-2005 at 10:21 PM.
Reason: typo
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the 2x2 wood2x4 nails and screws and some bubble wrap work great just drop it off at local fed ex for ground deleivery ....no questions asked cost like 54 bucks to the tranny...easy set up easy deleivery!
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old thread...but i get a 44% discount on frieght with the company i drive for. we direct ship to 33 states and ship using other carriers to the rest of the states and internationally. the only thing is residential delivery is about $70 extra. just something to keep in mind if you are needing to ship a trans or an engine.
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