Shipping a rear diff. (need help)
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Shipping a rear diff. (need help)
Anyone ever ship a rear diff? What is the best method (Greyhound?). Greyhound has a maximum weight limit of 100lbs. Anyone know what the weight of the diff. and yokes are (this one is from 78)? What is the best packaging method? Need help quick.
Thanks!
Patrick
Thanks!
Patrick
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You will have to use a freight company like ABF or Central that will pick up pallets. You will have to strap diff to pallet and secure it for a drop tail pick up. Weight without fluid and removed shafts will be about 150-165.
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Fed-Ex, UPS, or Greyhound... any of them will take a Corvette diff which weights in at UNDER 100#..............find a HD cardboard box with a couple of extra layers of cardboard in the bottom....
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Seems like two extremes
Seems like two extremes, first says crate it in and it will weight 150lbs+ and the other says put in cardboard box and it will weight in under 100lbs. I've used greyhound before they work great, but not sure about the weight limit.
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I faced the same issue last Spring. I wanted to have Van Steel redo my diff and I had no idea how to ship it. Looked at buidling a wooden box etc. I finally called them, and they shipped me a heavy duty cardboard box with styrofoam supports inside. I double strapped it with lots of threaded strapping tape you get for post office boxes, and then I shipped it via UPS. Total weight was about 65 lbs.
When they first told me they would send me cardboard boxes I was skeptical. The cardboard boxes they sent me were thicker than normal, a bit thicker than the shipping boxes Whiskey bottles come in. they worked great, and when they had finished with my diff, they shipped it back in the same type cardboard boxes.
If you're sending the rear differential to someone who works on them, give them a call, my guess is that they will be able to send you the containers just like Van Steel did. Or maybe, Van Steel will sell you a box.
Good luck
Swede
When they first told me they would send me cardboard boxes I was skeptical. The cardboard boxes they sent me were thicker than normal, a bit thicker than the shipping boxes Whiskey bottles come in. they worked great, and when they had finished with my diff, they shipped it back in the same type cardboard boxes.
If you're sending the rear differential to someone who works on them, give them a call, my guess is that they will be able to send you the containers just like Van Steel did. Or maybe, Van Steel will sell you a box.
Good luck
Swede
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I sent the last 2 auto transmissions wrapped in padding and slipped inside a plywood lined cardboard box. UPS beat the hell out of them. They then advised me to strap them to a wooden(cut down to size) pallet and slip a cardboard box over the as a dust cover. I did this saturday and will drop them off tomorrow for shipping. I will see if this is correct tomorrow and post the results. Hopefully they go and arrive with no damage.
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I bought one(pumpkin) from a forum member and he had it shipped UPS. Came in a box packed with foam packing. The box was beat to crap from the diff probably rolling around a little. I don't think the UPS workers would be easily tossing around an 80-90lb box. 
The diff on arrival looked the same as the pics he originally sent.
The diff on arrival looked the same as the pics he originally sent.
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I ship diff all the time for guys here. They weight 100 pounds with the cover on, add for a wood crate and they weight in at 140 pounds. UPS will take them but even with our discount they cost up to $100 to ship. The UPS stores charge about $130- $140, again depending where it come from. Shipping in cardboard boxes is risky, as I've had them come in wood boxes that were destroyed. I reinforce and secure them with 2x4's so they don't move around inside.
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I shipped one in one of those heavy duty plastic boxes that you "find" behind drug stores and the like. You know the ones with the hinged tops.
Fit perfect, the buyer said it was perfect upon arrival.
I zip tied the tops shut, labeled it, dropped it at a UPS store, it was about $65.
Frank
Fit perfect, the buyer said it was perfect upon arrival.
I zip tied the tops shut, labeled it, dropped it at a UPS store, it was about $65.
Frank
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Find a plastic crate, something like gallon containers of milk are shipped in. You can see these crates around grocery stores. Put the diff in the crate, and then build a cardboard box. The plastic crate keeps the diff from working its way through the cardboard.
The differential weighs somewhere close to 100 pounds.
The differential weighs somewhere close to 100 pounds.
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I shipped one UPS to California. I cut a piece of plywood for a base and bolted it down. Wrapped it in saran wrap and put it in a box stuffed with newspapers. It was much cheaper than I thought it would be.
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Patrick
Sorry I gave you bad poop before. I guessed at the weight at 67lbs, but it was wrong. I just found my invoice, it was 101 lbs, and it cost me $77 to ship via UPS from Montgomery AL, to Van Steel in FL. I also insured it for $400.
Swede
Sorry I gave you bad poop before. I guessed at the weight at 67lbs, but it was wrong. I just found my invoice, it was 101 lbs, and it cost me $77 to ship via UPS from Montgomery AL, to Van Steel in FL. I also insured it for $400.
Swede
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DHL will beat UPS anyday for bigger items. Our local Office Max has DHL service.....I take stuff there that UPS won' even ship.
For example: Set of plastic bumper covers (ft/rr) wrapped together off a Dodge Neon. UPS wanted 115.00 cause they were considered oversized. DHL didn't even blink....$17.00. Same with a Neon transmission....just stuck it in a big plastic tub from Home Depot...35.00shipped
Check them out.
For example: Set of plastic bumper covers (ft/rr) wrapped together off a Dodge Neon. UPS wanted 115.00 cause they were considered oversized. DHL didn't even blink....$17.00. Same with a Neon transmission....just stuck it in a big plastic tub from Home Depot...35.00shipped
Check them out.
