Date:         Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:53:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
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For sale: Box from gas grill. For shipping transmissions. Best offer, you
pick up in san jose and must take 83 Aircooled with it. No transmission.


tim in .... san jose



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas


> I received a transmission from AATransaxle near Seattle and sent my old
one
> back as a core.  As I recall,  there wasn't anything very spectacular
about
> the box and packaging.  It was a box slightly larger in all dimensions
than
> the transmission, but I believe it was standard heavy-duty corrugated, not
> "double walled" (whatever that is.)
>
> The trans was empty - naturally - and wrapped in heavy plastic sheeting.
It
> was "stabilized" with packing peanuts, pieces of foam, etc.  In other
words,
> stuff was just stuffed in such that the trans wouldn't be shifting once
the
> box was closed.  It was wrapped in standard packing tape.
>
> If I was going to do this from scratch I'd probably go down to my local
bike
> store or appliance store and score a big box, then "make" a proper-sized
box
> from that.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jdbs3@netzero.com" <jdbs3@NETZERO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:54 AM
> Subject: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
>
>
> > Any suggestions on the best way to package a transmission for shipping
it
> by UPS cross country?   My current plans are to use a double-walled
> corrugated box, and surround the transmission with Styrofoam on the sides.
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> >  - Where to find such a box??
> >
> >  - What to fill the box with so if the box is turned over the
transmission
> remains immobile?
> >
> >  - Would crating it be better? Of so, where to find crates for such a
> thing??
> >
> > All suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > thanks, Joe, who wants to see it get there undamaged
> >
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