In a message dated 9/19/00 9:51:16 PM, poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU writes: << I can lift an empty tranny easily by myself, so somewhere between 80 and 90 lbs. >> According to UPS, that is a very good estimate for a properly packaged transaxle with clutch housing. I recently shipped one and I was billed for 86 lb. Curiously, at home it weighed 98 lb. on a parcel scale calibrated to 100 lb. with 2 unopened 50 lb. bags of flour. Then, when I first hoisted it onto the UPS scale it weighed 92 lb. The clerk asked me to remove it since she had already entered the data for another package which I was shipping. As my hernia popped, I again placed it on the scale for the official weigh-in. That was when it weighed 86 lb. I think if you continue to weigh it, it will take on a negative mass. Rich |
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