» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | 09-15-2010, 06:31 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 351 | Engine Shipping Anyone ever shipped an engine? I'm just wondering if there is anything that I should know about before I do this. I'm going to ship my M42 and I have a 32x48inch oak pallet that I was going use. I am going to build up some cribbing on it and use some large lag screws to screw the engine to the cribbing (4x4's). Any suggestions, recommendations, experiences would be welcome and appreciated. __________________ Alpine Weiß 1995 318ti M50tu mostly stock, chip'd 413, AFE Intake. e36 M3 front brakes, e30 M3 rear calipers. e28 3.25 LSD + e30 axles. Custom stainless Magnaflow 2 in 1 out muffler. R.I.P schwartz 1990 325is | | | 09-15-2010, 11:15 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, Ohio Posts: 868 | | | | 09-16-2010, 12:01 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 | If you can get it sitting flat and steady I think some banding and a lot of shrink wrap would actually hold an M42. Also, if you have any plastic injection molders around the pellets arrive in large super heavy duty boxes. __________________ My Former Rides 1999 318ti Alpine White, Cali Roof, Dinan goodies 1996 318ti Hellrot California Edition | | | 09-16-2010, 12:19 AM | #4 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | I had a motorcycle shipped to me from NY for 400 bucks using www.uship.com. It basically works like ebay, except bidding is reversed so your shipment goes to the LOWEST bidder. You make a listing describing what you want to have shipped including the origin and destination, then freight/transporting companies bid on your shipment. You can set a limit on how much you're willing to spend and there's an option called "book it now" which works like "buy it now" on ebay. You can set a "book it now" price and if someone accepts your offer, you're obligated to use that company. It's been a few years since I used them, but the shipment/transaction went really smooth. | | | 10-19-2010, 07:07 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 351 | Thanks for the shipping info guys. Jess, I'm going to check that out that uship website when I get done crating up this engine. Here is a pic showing the engine sitting on a standard 48"x32" pallet from the Home Depot ($15). There is 2 4x4's under each of the motor mounts, this gives a good height since all of the weight of the engine isn't sitting on the oil pan. I'll post agiain when I make more progress. I'm probably just going to use some ratchet straps to hold it down to the pallet and screw the mounts to the 4x4's. I'm also going to brace the engine to the pallet from the back of the engine using some of the bellhousing bolt holes. I think shipping company may prefer to have this in a crate and not just laying on a pallet, but I'm not sure about that now... __________________ Alpine Weiß 1995 318ti M50tu mostly stock, chip'd 413, AFE Intake. e36 M3 front brakes, e30 M3 rear calipers. e28 3.25 LSD + e30 axles. Custom stainless Magnaflow 2 in 1 out muffler. R.I.P schwartz 1990 325is | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | Similar Threads | Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post | Car Shipping Options? | CptnNemo | I'm thinking about buying a ti. | 11 | 12-04-2010 04:14 AM | DDM SHIPPING.... | teetime4one | General Chit Chat | 143 | 05-23-2008 06:06 PM | Shipping tires | aceyx | Wheels and Tires | 5 | 07-05-2006 07:53 PM | Shipping Ti from U.K. | dguzzardo22 | I'm thinking about buying a ti. | 9 | 04-06-2006 03:52 PM | Shipping from UK? | 97Hellrot318ti | eBay and Craig's list listings | 2 | 04-01-2005 01:58 AM | |
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