Shipping a Columbia

[philipswanson]

I recently bought a Columbia axle which is 500 miles from me. I am trying to figure out the best or cheapest way to ship it. Any experience out there doing this? Basically Sacramento to San Diego.

[95476]

I used engineshippers.com a few times and they were about 1/3 the price of the big carriers.
They shipped a '34 rear axle to me in Calif from Idaho for 200 bucks a while back.
With gas as lo as it is right it might be better to make the trip and pick it up.

[mobileparts]

Roads are empty, price of gas is way down --- If you can't get a good shipping price :
Road Trip !!!!!!!

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by mobileparts

Roads are empty, price of gas is way down --- If you can't get a good shipping price :
Road Trip !!!!!!!

A road trip sounds great but we are all under "Stay at Home" rules in CA
with a fine of $1000 if your trip is non essential.

Anybody know how much a Columbia weighs (without controls) so I can price shipping.?

[Kurt in NJ]

is it a complete rear with torque tube----or just "columbia" as as shipped from factory(one housing,with internals, no banjo,ring gear,axles)---size is a factor too

[philipswanson]

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Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

is it a complete rear with torque tube----or just "columbia" as as shipped from factory(one housing,with internals, no banjo,ring gear,axles)---size is a factor too

Just the Columbia (R/H) axle assembly. No ring and pinion or other banjo pieces but all the parts to bolt on the Columbia and no controls.

[Kurt in NJ]

I bought a 36 one at Hershey, it had been shipped on a cheap handtruck, bolted to it--I could weigh the pieces, think 100 lbs is in the range, might be in ups shipping weight range
i could weigh a later housing too, wont be able to post till later in night

[ford38v8]

Throw it on your back seat and tell the covid police you're looking for a fresh produce stand in the central valley.

[cas3]

if you drive to get it, you will be helping to stop the spread of the virus by keeping all the hands off of it at the various shipping terminals and truck drivers. chp is actually looking for people?

[tubman]

You have to be able to come up with a valid excuse for the trip (as if getting your new Columbia home isn't a good one).

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

I bought a 36 one at Hershey, it had been shipped on a cheap handtruck, bolted to it--I could weigh the pieces, think 100 lbs is in the range, might be in ups shipping weight range
i could weigh a later housing too, wont be able to post till later in night

This is a 40. Should weigh the same as yours. Thanks!

[oldford2]

Call your Fastenal store and ask about it. If it is just the rearend you can strap it on a pallet and they will ship it to there nearest store to the receiver.
Reasonable
John

[Bored&Stroked]

It won't even be 100 lbs if it is just the Columbia portion and no ring gear or axles - my guess about 75 or so. Since you don't have the whole rear axle, you might try Fastenal and have them strap it to a pallet (like an engine) . . . would probably be at a reasonable price.

[deuce_roadster]

Forward Air is pretty cheap and fast if both ends are near a major airport.

[51504bat]

Originally Posted by oldford2

Call your Fastenal store and ask about it. If it is just the rearend you can strap it on a pallet and they will ship it to there nearest store to the receiver.
Reasonable
John

Last I heard Fastenal is only shipping there own stuff no 3rd party orders.

[bobH]

we are all under "Stay at Home" rules in CA
with a fine of $1000 if your trip is non essential.


????? I'm in ca, and I've never heard of that one. Stay at home??? 'Course, I don't have a TV, and I don't get any regular news. So, I'm never troubled by what comes out of Sac. If that's the rule, I've been breaking it. I'll have to ask my chp friends about this.
(And, BTW, I have made the socal to Sac run recently. And, didn't see any 'enforcement'.) (Was also out yesterday. It seemed that traffic was 'as usual', meaning heavy and bogged down in the usual places.)

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by bobH

we are all under "Stay at Home" rules in CA
with a fine of $1000 if your trip is non essential.


????? I'm in ca, and I've never heard of that one. Stay at home??? 'Course, I don't have a TV, and I don't get any regular news. So, I'm never troubled by what comes out of Sac. If that's the rule, I've been breaking it. I'll have to ask my chp friends about this.
(And, BTW, I have made the socal to Sac run recently. And, didn't see any 'enforcement'.) (Was also out yesterday. It seemed that traffic was 'as usual', meaning heavy and bogged down in the usual places.)

The order is in place by the governor but I have no idea if its being enforced. Traffic on I5 is very light up and down the state.

[34coupe]

Gray hound, Bus

[tomcarman]

UPS ground delivered to your door restrictions are: 100 lbs max, 8' long max. 500 miles away you would have it in 3 days. I continue to stress proper packaging to avoid damage, and yes the weight of the packaging counts.

[tomcarman]

Originally Posted by tomcarman

UPS ground delivered to your door restrictions are: 100 lbs max, 8' long max. 500 miles away you would have it in 3 days. I continue to stress proper packaging to avoid damage, and yes the weight of the packaging counts.

Also should be less than $1OO. Likely in the $70 to $80 range, maybe less being that close. My apologies for not including that in the other post.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by tomcarman

UPS ground delivered to your door restrictions are: 100 lbs max, 8' long max. 500 miles away you would have it in 3 days. I continue to stress proper packaging to avoid damage, and yes the weight of the packaging counts.

That sound greats but I was trying to avoid packaging by the seller. Maybe he can just take it to a UPS outlet and have it done. Will check it out.

I had Fed Ex ship an Olds crankshaft and the stupid guy dropped it on my brick stairs and broke it in two!

[tomcarman]

Originally Posted by philipswanson

That sound greats but I was trying to avoid packaging by the seller. Maybe he can just take it to a UPS outlet and have it done. Will check it out.

I had Fed Ex ship an Olds crankshaft and the stupid guy dropped it on my brick stairs and broke it in two!

I've posted before that I've been in shipping for 10 years. The package handlers are hired for their strength, stamina and speed, not their intelligence. Most I've seen belong in the NFL by looking at their physique. If I were going to ship this item I would build a small crate out of perhaps 2 x 2's and 7/16" OSB and thoroughly pack it with THICK and durable cardboard, foam or other such materials as to lessen the impact when being handled. It is possible that taking it to a retail UPS store and the seller explains the situation that the packer will double or even triple box it with padding. Most likely it will ship just fine as most packages do. I would accept the double or triple boxing at the store so long as it was padded properly.

[CA Victoria]

Fastenal website states only shipping business to business and not to their stores.
Greyhound is an option.
If you have a business connection, Golden State Overnight ships but must have an account. They can do a pickup for you If you know someone in the wine business in SD using GSO, they are widely used to ship product.

QUOTED from Fastenal: https://www.fastenal.com/en/4590/blue-lane-freight

[Lanny]

A little over a month ago, I shipped a v/8 60 Transmission from the Fastenal store
here in MN., to a Fastenal store in GA., to a fellow Fordbarner.
He received it at the Fastenal store near him in GA., in less than a week.




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[TJ]

Originally Posted by philipswanson

The order is in place by the governor but I have no idea if its being enforced. Traffic on I5 is very light up and down the state.

I seriously doubt that the Highway Patrol is stopping people and asking them where they are going to make sure their trip is "essential".

[Tim Ayers]

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Originally Posted by 34coupe

Gray hound, Bus

Going to mention this. If still running, absolute cheapest way for large, heavy items.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by oldford2

Call your Fastenal store and ask about it. If it is just the rearend you can strap it on a pallet and they will ship it to there nearest store to the receiver.
Reasonable
John

They don't do that anymore.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by tomcarman

I've posted before that I've been in shipping for 10 years. The package handlers are hired for their strength, stamina and speed, not their intelligence. Most I've seen belong in the NFL by looking at their physique. If I were going to ship this item I would build a small crate out of perhaps 2 x 2's and 7/16" OSB and thoroughly pack it with THICK and durable cardboard, foam or other such materials as to lessen the impact when being handled. It is possible that taking it to a retail UPS store and the seller explains the situation that the packer will double or even triple box it with padding. Most likely it will ship just fine as most packages do. I would accept the double or triple boxing at the store so long as it was padded properly.

The problem here is I am not the sender but the receiver. All this hassle makes me want to just drive up and avoid all that packing.

[51504bat]

Originally Posted by philipswanson

The problem here is I am not the sender but the receiver. All this hassle makes me want to just drive up and avoid all that packing.

That's what I did when I sold a flathead to a guy near Yuba City. We agreed on a price for delivery and I left at zero dark thirty and got there around 11 am after missing LA traffic. Unloaded the engine, fueled up and was on the way back to SoCal by noon. I was able to miss Scaramento rush hour traffic but did hit some LA traffic. All in all it was a nice drive thru the central valley on the 99.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by tomcarman

UPS ground delivered to your door restrictions are: 100 lbs max, 8' long max. 500 miles away you would have it in 3 days. I continue to stress proper packaging to avoid damage, and yes the weight of the packaging counts.

Now the weight limit is 150 lbs. max and length is 9 feet.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

That's what I did when I sold a flathead to a guy near Yuba City. We agreed on a price for delivery and I left at zero dark thirty and got there around 11 am after missing LA traffic. Unloaded the engine, fueled up and was on the way back to SoCal by noon. I was able to miss Scaramento rush hour traffic but did hit some LA traffic. All in all it was a nice drive thru the central valley on the 99.

I would have to go about 300 miles further (round trip) than you went. I am south of San Diego.

[ford38v8]

Hit the road, Jack. No better traffic or weather than right now.

[oldford2]

Originally Posted by philipswanson

They don't do that anymore.

Did you actually call them ?

[Lanny]

Originally Posted by oldford2

Did you actually call them ?

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As I said in a previous post, I just made a Fastenal shiment a little
over a month ago, BUT, I just called them and as of a few days ago,
they are suspending any customer shipping untill further notice.




.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by oldford2

Did you actually call them ?

It's on their website. Might be due to the virus??

[Ol' Ron]

Go to a junkyard and ask them to ship it. They do this all the time. We shipped and received parts all the time for our customers. Pulled seat belts from the cars and screwed everything down with them for everything e\we shipped on a skid.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by Ol' Ron

Go to a junkyard and ask them to ship it. They do this all the time. We shipped and received parts all the time for our customers. Pulled seat belts from the cars and screwed everything down with them for everything e\we shipped on a skid.

Junkyards closed with Stay At Home rules.

[CA Victoria]

Phil,
I need to make a run to temecula after this CV stuff lightens up. If you can get it to central cal i can bring it down.

[RalphM]

Just wrap it up real good with face masks, or toilet paper, boom! It’s now essential, go get it!

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by Ol' Ron

Go to a junkyard and ask them to ship it. They do this all the time. We shipped and received parts all the time for our customers. Pulled seat belts from the cars and screwed everything down with them for everything e\we shipped on a skid.

Interesting. I never thought of this.

[philipswanson]

Originally Posted by CA Victoria

Phil,
I need to make a run to temecula after this CV stuff lightens up. If you can get it to central cal i can bring it down.

Where are you located? Sacramento is a long way from Temecula.