I assume I need to build a couple crates?

Or is it best to put these on a small pallet and have them shipped freight?

What would you do to get a paid of heads from CA to FL with a budget of $100?

 

I build little boxes. Its much safer. 1x10 and 1x12 wood glued and screwed together in a nice, robust and attractive shape. Sure - it adds weight - but you don't have to worry about damage as much.

 

Ship them seperately UPS in some sturdy heavy carboard boxes.

 

Couple of coleman coolers, maybe?

 

I would not ship them in anythigng but a hard box of some sort. I just shipped four well packed boxes from TX to AZ via UPS. Double walled and contents wrapped in lots of bubble wrap. All four boxes arrived significantly damaged. Fortunately contents were ok. Don't trust anything with sensitive/fragile components to a simple box with wrap.

 

UPS can break a cannonball in a sandbox with rubber hammer.......
The wood box is your best bet.

 

I'd build a small crate for them, then bubble them heavily.

 

a good crate or box. also just for thought, i have shipped heavy and large boxes cross country using greyhound. cheap and no damage but takes a little longer in some instances

 

I've had a transmission arrive ok in a card board box via UPS. I'd find some very heavy card board and double box.

 

My bet is any option is going to cost more than $100.

If you let them out of your sight, the shipping insurance will probably be close to that.

 

Nice analogy

Brendan, you don't have a pic for inspiration do you?

 

my friend ships transmissions in a tupperware bin with 2x4s screwed in a box around it it seems to work fine plus he writes on the outside of the bin "FRAGILE 1 dead hooker enclosed" it always makes them handle it very carefully as not to spill anything he he. go figure if they put a hole in it some sickly red automatic transmission oil comes seeping out he has gotten a few concerned phonecalls. lol we use greyhouse at work they work very well and are really cheap as long as you don't care how long it takes to get there

 

By rail... Norfolk and Waypal!

Seriously, if you are going to ship freight from one major city to another (terminal to terminal), check out Forward Air.

http://www.forwardair.com/

 

I took them to the UPS store and told them to pack them and ship them and then insured them for something like a grand. They wrapped them in bubble wrap, then peanuts and then a heavy duty box. No problems. I think it cost like $80 for them to pack them, but at least if there was a claim, it would be harder for UPS to say it was dur to my packing them. Luckily I didn't have an issue.

 

Ugh.... classy

where is he from? North Carolina?