shipping a trans, how and who to use?

[old_blue]

Well, I am getting a great deal through centennialstang on here for my 5 spd swap. But I am having trouble finding a way to package and ship. I put some numbers into UPS and the lowest was over $300. anyone have any suggestions for packaging and shipping a trans,clutch and flywheel? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[DCjuggalo]

i think you have to ship it with a box made of 2x4's, damn for 300 id drive how far is it?

 

[geoffsgt]

Don't know about the best way to package it, but make sure you check it thoroughly for cracks when it gets there. I ordered a T56 from D&D recently. Soon as it got here I took it to the shop that was gonna do the work. Got it in, filled it with fluid, and it started dripping from a crack. Was a pain to get them to replace it, but it was the shipping companies fault. Both my mechanic and D&D agreed from looking at it it looked like the shippers had hit it with the edge of a fork lift.

So uh, don't let them use a fork lift I guess....

 

[old_blue]

there has got to be a cheaper method of shipping it. anyone else?

 

[mransr]

probably truck frieght