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shipping a motor

Have you checked into Uship? There are always someone going somewhere with a little more room. I had a 1100 motor sent from Ohio to Fl that way once, but that was before Uship, the owner former member here used Craigslist. Cost $150, $75 at both ends.
 
OK What How To Build Shipping container guides?

I have searched "crate", "engine crate" and "engine shipping" at GSR and and I come up with much more from just Google.

I remember seeing a 2x4 platform with engine secured to it wrapped in bubble wrap.

But this thread suggests building and entire reinforced crate. Anything specific to a GS that anybody remembers who might have posted a picture?

http://www.speedzilla.com/forums/ducati-workbench/40057-how-build-engine-shipping-crate.html

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?240124-engine-drop-out-removal-from-frame

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Good idea on the uship. A good friends son works with uship and could figure it out for me.
 
posplayr said:
OK What How To Build Shipping container guides?

I have searched "crate", "engine crate" and "engine shipping" at GSR and and I come up with much more from just Google.

I remember seeing a 2x4 platform with engine secured to it wrapped in bubble wrap.

But this thread suggests building and entire reinforced crate. Anything specific to a GS that anybody remembers who might have posted a picture?


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I've shipped a lot of motors over the years and unless it's in a million pieces you don't need a crate.
Just strap it to a pallet - maybe cover it with plastic wrap too.
Every shipping/freight forwarding outfit nowadays wants to move freight on forklifts so if you hand it over in a crate, that will still have to be put on a pallet...
 
Forward Air Inc. is pretty cost effective. They are normally located in major cities near air port. https://www.forwardair.com
I have used them a number of times to ship engines. You have to go to their terminal to ship and pick up.
 
Yellow Freight is the one I used last, also known as YRC. I built a 3'x3'x3' crate, that weighed just under 300 lbs with the engine in it, for $155.00 to the east coast, from Ca.
Ray.
 
Seems like the box on pallet with a set of straps to secure the motor inside Would be the easiest and safest to avoid anything getting broken off.
 
posplayr said:
Seems like the box on pallet with a set of straps to secure the motor inside Would be the easiest and safest to avoid anything getting broken off.
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In my experience, anything in a box or crate will have other items put on top....

If it's not boxed, just an awkward shape, it's much less likely to be buried under other items.

I have used boxes made for the job but since two separate instances of forks put through the wooden box sides, I leave everything open.
 
GregT said:
In my experience, anything in a box or crate will have other items put on top....

If it's not boxed, just an awkward shape, it's much less likely to be buried under other items.

I have used boxes made for the job but since two separate instances of forks put through the wooden box sides, I leave everything open.
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Kinda counter intuitive but I get your meaning :).
 
I have used uship to ship a few different bikes and always been very happy. You may also check out AA Motorcycle, they are very dependable that is if you want to get your bike without any damage.
 
The last motor I received came strapped to an old tire. The just put the motor in the middle of the tire, put cardboard on top and used plastic banding straps to hold it all together. No problems on arrival.
 
Here are some pictures of my GS1100ED 1166 motor as it was crated and shipped apparently without any damage.

The container is constructed by building a 24"x24"x24" box on top of a 3'x4' palette.

The box is simply plywood/pressboard screwed together with 2"x4" supports on all the edges.

The motor was wrapped in a plastic bang and I used a shipping blanket to avoid marring the paint.

If you look on line you will find several people that build steel bases to bolt the engine to the top of the crate. If you have a full metal shop that would work but I did not want to bother. I used a set of HF straps that were on sale for $13. (4x400 lbs capacity).

I used two 2"x4" to secure each end of the motorcycle straps to the palate but inset from the exterior sides. This allowed me to strap the rear of the motor down firmly. The engine is just sitting on it's oil pan although there is a small piece of rug under it to keep it from getting mared as well. The palate has additional sections of 2"x4" screwed down to keep the oil pan from slipping around.

The biggest trick is getting the pallet into the back of a pickup truck in order to do the assembly. I have a small hydraulic table that was tall enough to walk the engine onto the tail gate and up onto the pallet. I did all of this alone.

Cost of materials was about $25 using only one 4"x8" sheet of 1/2" material and scrap 2"x4". The pallets are only a few bucks but my neighbor had once that he has received as part of an engine shipment.

We estimated 275 lbs and cost to ship from Tucson to Mn was $130 using a freight company.

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