Any suggestion as to how to ship a cast iron intake manifold as cheaply as possible???
How much?I sold a 1969 cast iron 340 intake about a year ago. I wrapped it up in a little bubble wrap and then rolled it up in cardboard from a large box. It wasn't pretty, but Fedex accepted it, and it got to where it was going.
use a 3rd party shipper: parcel monkey, shipping easy, etxAny suggestion as to how to ship a cast iron intake manifold as cheaply as possible???
No way in hell at that cost.Packed well in the proper sized box. UPS and FedX will cost $35-45. Probably cheaper through USPS. The post Office used to have a flat rate "game box" that a normal manifold would fin in but they dropped that one. Probably too many shippers abusing the size. .
Been a while since I have sent out a cast intake. Sorry.No way in hell at that cost.
You are severely undercutting what it's going to cost in sending out a cast iron manifold.
Depending on distance, and total weight of the package.
I know, as i regularly send out brake and suspension parts, USPS, and FEDEX, and it ain't cheap anymore, in this modern day and age.
NO!! (LOLOL)Packed well in the proper sized box. UPS and FedX will cost $35-45. Probably cheaper through USPS. The post Office used to have a flat rate "game box" that a normal manifold would fin in but they dropped that one. Probably too many shippers abusing the size. .
And what would have happened, (I'm serious and asking nicely) if that was dropped at a bad angle off that 8' loading dock?This is a 273 four barrel manifold that I shipped last week. The box is HD from Lowe's cut to size. Shipping via Fed Ex was $56 from Kansas City to Nashville.
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That's how I did it in the monopoly sized flat rate box. I packed one inside the other with bubble wrap and whatnot. It made it fine.NO!! (LOLOL)
Pack it well in a good box, and THEN PACK IT some more with the first box inside a SECOND box!!
(I learned this years ago when many of us bought used amateur radio gear and test equipment)
How much?
Um... just wondering how to ship an intake manifold in several pieces...Several pieces would be an idea ???
Just kidding,Um... just wondering how to ship an intake manifold in several pieces...
You ever see a nice piece of electronics that was dropped --on the corner, say--that was otherwise "properly packed" in a single box? Here is what infuriates me. Packages do not get dropped, mangled, damaged on airplanes or trucks. They get that way from the gorillas on the loading docks THROWING packages. Sometimes, it's the ape on the delivery truck THROWING packages.It might get broken and it might break a toe or two? The box is double thick and when you cut the box the way I did you get four layers on the sides. Put the extra cardboard inside the box to keep it from shifting. It arrived just as I had sent it.
I looked it up on GOOGLE.You ever see a nice piece of electronics that was dropped --on the corner, say--that was otherwise "properly packed" in a single box? Here is what infuriates me. Packages do not get dropped, mangled, damaged on airplanes or trucks. They get that way from the gorillas on the loading docks THROWING packages. Sometimes, it's the ape on the delivery truck THROWING packages.
You know what an Eimac 8877 is? Look it up. I once shipped one from a local small town where my Mom lived, because I was there. This girl takes it, does whatever she does for checkin, and then threw it over 15' into a bin. That tube at the time was worth 400-600 bucks used. New I don't remember. Lots. Over a grand.
They do that "what if" nonsense every day on Sesame Street. What insurance is for....