Craig wrote: >Thank you to the many people that recommended that I ship an engine with >ForwardAir. Their rates are indeed competitive. I'm trying to work >with the seller of a 1.9L waterboxer engine in Tacoma to get me the >engine. However, he is telling me that ForwardAir requires a box, not a >pallet for shipping. What did other people do about this? he's about >to build a box and charge me for it, but I was wondering if there is >another way that is easier. I was just the recipient of a Forward Air shipment of an engine of the approximate size and shape as a WBX... (-: Forward Air apparently required "a crate". A crate looks like a pallet with a lid.... Here's a photo of the crate mine came in (via Forward Air) Your mileage may vary... http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/pics/ForwardAirCrate.jpg Cheers, Steve |
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