Shipping an 8.75 center

The most important thing is to protect the ring gear. Peanut packing doesn't work. The chunk will destroy the packing. A guy shipped me a 392 hemi iron bellhousing; there was a little bit of cardboard still attached when I received it. Smash down a plastic milk carton over the ring gear. Run lots of wire thru the bolt holes over the plastic to make sure it doesn't get moved over. TIGHT. Maybe even melt it a little bit with a torch. Attach that part securely and then wrap it in cardboard with lots of duct tape. It will destroy any box or bucket if it's mishandled (which it will be). I like to tie rope around stuff like that so it has loops in a few places for handles.