Best way to ship 8 3/4 rear end?

[jtkaaa07]

Just wondering what the best/cheapest route to ship a complete 8 3/4 drum to drum 225 lbs Thanks

 

[03ramit1]

carrier pigon...........lol sorry. look at grayhound. they will ship stuff cheap. i dont know the limitations on it though.

 

[cudamark]

The best way may not be the cheapest way. The best way is assembled complete and strapped to a pallet or crated. Sometimes the cheapest is disassembled and items shipped separtely. Depends on where it has to go and how fast. Complete will probably have to go by trucking company or air freight. I don't think Greyhound, UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc will handle something that size or weight but make a few calls and find out.

 

[72ScampTramp]

Where is it going?

 

[BrianT]

Cudamark hit the nail on the head. I just bought a Strange 60 and it came bolted on a full pallet and came by a shipping company.

 

[stroked 340]

Fed ex ships em' no problem has to go by truck though...couriers don't take anything over 150lbs...

 

[jtkaaa07]

I am not sure yet, I am going to be listing it soon, but I just wanted some input from some of you guy's that my have shipped them before. Thanks for all the input, I was thinking I would have to go freight, maybe from where I work.

 

[72ScampTramp]

I shipped a rear 8 1/4 through Speedee delivery this summer for $40 it was complete drum to drum and weighed 135lbs. They only services portions of the midwest and you have to take it to there terminal which they have but worth it. Kid got it 2 days later

 

[srduster340]

Call you local trucking company. I dropped an engine block on a pallet & shipped it that way.

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

Bolt it to a pallet. I have shipped many heavy/bulky items thru Pilot Freight. if you ship terminal to terminal it is a lot cheaper. Last complete 8 1/4 I shipped was 150.00

 

[Charrlie_S]

Cheepest could be as simple as finding someone making a trip, that can transport it for you, for so gas money. Many times, when I travel to a race, I will post on websites, and see if anyone needs something picked up or delivered.

 

[dustoff440]

The best/cheapest way for me was separately, the chunk in a 5 gallon bucket, and the axles and other stuff tightly taped to the housing rolled in large pieces of cardboard.