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09-21-2012, 05:20 PM | #1 |
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Engine Shipping Cost ???
Curious to know what the cost is to ship an engine or transmission coast to coast. What carriers are used for this?
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09-21-2012, 05:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
I shipped a comlpete 59AB with truck 4 speed from here to Ca. for abit over $200. That was about 3 years ago. Expect it would be closer to $275 now with the way shipping prices have gone up. Rod
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09-21-2012, 05:51 PM | #3 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
I bought a very nice, complete, running, rebuilt flathead engine from Walt DuPont in Maine and had it shipped to California for $395.00 this year. Walt made a very nice wooden container for it and it arrived in perfect condition. I went through a man by the name on Mark at enginesdirect.net. They are in Arizona. I would use them again if I needed an engine shipped. - Dennis
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09-22-2012, 05:17 AM | #4 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
You can also check any of the freight companies. Fedex, UPS freight, Yellow Roadway,Conway ect. Call and compare as they all differ in price depending on how much room they have on certain routes.
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09-22-2012, 08:50 AM | #5 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
Although not as heavy as an engine I shipped a pickup cowl FL to CA for less than $200 via GREYHOUND. Check with them. Also note that you have to drop it off at their station and the other end has to pick it up their. Not delivered door to door.
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09-22-2012, 08:55 AM | #6 |
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09-22-2012, 09:00 AM | #7 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
My experience has been abit different. Getting a quote from a regional carrier that passes it off to a big carrier seems to be abit cheaper. Big carrier quote to ship a Model A cowl was nearly $200, shipped through regional carrier that passed it off to a larger carrier quote was $105. Rod
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09-22-2012, 09:21 AM | #8 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
Bought two flatheads from a guy in Atlanta. I had them shipped through the company I work for. Cost me $266. They were 1100# together. Bruce
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09-22-2012, 09:25 AM | #9 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
If you can get the engine strapped to a pallet and also have it picked up from a business with a loading dock and shipped to a business with a loading dock you can save $$.
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09-22-2012, 11:34 AM | #10 |
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If you check the differant companies on Transport Review, you will find them with a star rating of one to five stars. Some freight shipping outfits have terrible reviews. You can read the reviews as well as the rating. The site is; www.transportreviews.com
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09-22-2012, 11:49 AM | #11 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
I've had good luck with an outfit called Estes. Very reasonable prices and even when they tell me that the load cannot be off loaded by their drivers and I must provide the forklift, the driver always quietly offloads it for me since they have a hydraulic tailgate lift outfit on the back of their trucks. Never with a actual extra cost other than maybe slipping a $10 or $20 to him for the favor.
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09-22-2012, 09:16 PM | #12 | |
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If the Seller is not listing the engine for " local pickup only " they should be prepared to assist in the crating and loading of the engine at the pickup point. Building a substantial container that will withstand freight transfer is the key to having the engine arrive in the condition it left in. If the Seller is not used to shipping an engine or does not already have a custom container built, that can be a big obstacle. Where the engine is picked up at and where it is dropped off at can also be a potential problem. Jim |
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09-23-2012, 07:58 AM | #13 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
I too have been treated fairly by Estes. I have found the classification of the engine parts can change the shipping cost. If I remeber correctly the least expensive was a rate for "salvage" or "scrap" engine parts. But in an enclosed wooden box or crate bolted or strapped to a pallet things will be perfectly safe.
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09-23-2012, 10:08 AM | #14 |
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I couldn't think of the name in my last post but I had 6 or so heavy shipments moved by Estes and they were half the price of others. Some of them realy get carried away in price on a one time user. G.M.
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09-23-2012, 10:14 AM | #15 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
I have used freightquote.com also worked out very well.
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09-23-2012, 11:25 AM | #16 | |
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09-23-2012, 01:07 PM | #17 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
Just don't use Estes, they dropped the flathead in my avatar.
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09-23-2012, 01:10 PM | #18 |
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Old Dominion lost an $800 NOS AMC Rebel quarter panel I shipped. Thankfully I had the clasiification right and they paid up, just took awhile. Rod
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
Don't usually bring up an old thread but felt it was worth it and might help others.I recently shipped my crated flathead out of my coupe from Hilo,HI to Windsor,CA.ENGINE SHIPPERS out of Phoenix handled the whole 9 yards and tracked it from the day I dropped the crate off to delivery at UPS dock.Took less than a month and cost $450 w/insurance.It went ocean freight to CA then UPS from Compton.CA to Santa Rosa,CA.
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07-25-2013, 01:32 PM | #20 |
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Re: Engine Shipping Cost ???
freightquote.com
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