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I started out making a crate with 2x4s.=C2=A0 Made the frame and then was =
going to cover it with plywood.=C2=A0 Before I even got to the plywood, the=
crate weighed over 50#.=C2=A0 I took it apart and bought the plastic trans=
mission shipping box.
When I shipped a TR3 rear axle for the Southwick conversion I made a plywoo=
d crate.=C2=A0 I made steel corner brackets that were on the inside (since =
UPS does not like a lot of exposed metal) and used cap screws.=C2=A0 I secu=
red the axle housing inside the crate.=C2=A0 I could have done the same for=
a transmission crate, but was too lazy to make the metal brackets.=C2=A0=
=C2=A0
There is a UPS upcharge of about $5 for shipping a parcel that is not in ca=
rdboard.=C2=A0 JoeB
On Friday, December 4, 2020, 02:40:33 PM EST, J Wagner <4msonset@gmail.=
com> wrote: =20
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Many years ago I had a rebuilt overdrive shipped to me in a cardboard box =
weight minimal packing material to protect it. =C2=A0It arrived with the pa=
rt of the aluminum gear box that supports the stick shift snapped off. =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0It had to have fallen hard. =C2=A0That cardboard box offered litt=
le protection.
Do take the time to crate it up. =C2=A0If you=E2=80=99re handy, think about=
minimizing weight. =C2=A0I went overboard during that incident and built a=
heavy, heavy duty crate to ship the broken trans back in so that it=E2=80=
=99s replacement would be shipped back in that crate! =C2=A0No doubt, that =
extra weight cost money! =C2=A0 (I don=E2=80=99t recall the shipper and cos=
ts.)
Add handles or whatever helps to make it easier for shippers to move it saf=
ely.
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d. Before I even got to the plywood, the crate weighed over 50#. =
; I took it apart and bought the plastic transmission shipping box.</div><d=
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=3D"false">When I shipped a TR3 rear axle for the Southwick conversion I ma=
de a plywood crate. I made steel corner brackets that were on the ins=
ide (since UPS does not like a lot of exposed metal) and used cap screws.&n=
bsp; I secured the axle housing inside the crate. I could have done t=
he same for a transmission crate, but was too lazy to make the metal bracke=
ts. </div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">There is a UPS upcharge of about $5 for s=
hipping a parcel that is not in cardboard. JoeB</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, December 4, 2020, 02:40:33 PM EST, J Wagner =
<4msonset@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id=3D"ydp5834661dyiv0236979677"><div><div dir=3D"=
ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Many years ago I had a rebuilt overdrive shippe=
d to me in a cardboard box weight minimal packing material to protect it. &=
nbsp;It arrived with the part of the aluminum gear box that supports the st=
ick shift snapped off. It had to have fallen hard. That =
cardboard box offered little protection.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D=
"none"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Do take the time to crate it up. If you=
=E2=80=99re handy, think about minimizing weight. I went overboard du=
ring that incident and built a heavy, heavy duty crate to ship the broken t=
rans back in so that it=E2=80=99s replacement would be shipped back in that=
crate! No doubt, that extra weight cost money! (I don=E2=80=
=99t recall the shipper and costs.)</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"none=
"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Add handles or whatever helps to make it easier fo=
r shippers to move it safely.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"ydp583466=
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