Cheapest way to ship 12 bolt ??

[CreepinDeth]

Looking to ship a 12 bolt rear end from Dallas to Chicago.
Any ideas on what a 12 bolt fully dressed WITH disc brakes would weigh ??
AND what the best/cheapest method to ship would be??
Pickup from a business (I believe) to a business.

Got a T56 coming from 50 miles NE of Dallas as well for just $110 through a broker.
I tried to do it myself truck freight and the quote was $225.....:rolleyes:

Any input is appreciated.

[XcYZ]

My Currie rear end was delivered via UPS, that housing was in one box, each axle in their own box, and the 3rd member in a shipping case. Maybe with taking apart the 12 bolt you could do the same and save some money? I don't know, just throwing that out there.

Have you looked into FedEx Frieght?

[MaxHarvard]

My T56 was shipped via DHL.

Drop shipped on a pallet.

[Bow Tie 67]

Try www.uship.com I had a great experience using it and saved quite a bit. The independent shipper picked up and dropped off door to door.

[JimM]

Try freightclick.com , we talk to Aaron there.

[redfire69]

Yellow freight? http://www.yrc.com/

[CreepinDeth]

Thanks for the leads guys.

Going to call each and get a quote.
I don't want to break it down. Just ship as is.

[gearheads78]

3 boxes fedex ground will be the least. The last one I did was less than $100.00

spit it up
housing with pinion
carrier with ring
axles

[CreepinDeth]

Break the entire rear end differential assembly down is cheaper ??

To put it all together, require any special tools or is it just pack and play kinda deal ??
I know rebuilding it requires setting bearing preloads, etc.


Not sure so I'm just asking so I don't end up having to go to a shop to have it put back together.
It will cost me the same in the end either way if I have to do that.

[NOT A TA]

Try Freightquote.com and if you can get a wooden rear crate use it, if not strap it to a long skid.

[Joel145]

My T56 was shipped via DHL.

Drop shipped on a pallet.

No longer in the domestic market.

[Sideshow]

the cheapest i found is forwardair. they only ship hub to hub. payment is account or cashiers check only. I shipped 2 grand national motors from san francisco ca to miami fl for 250 dollars. this was about 7 yrs ago.

[gearheads78]

Break the entire rear end differential assembly down is cheaper ??

To put it all together, require any special tools or is it just pack and play kinda deal ??
I know rebuilding it requires setting bearing preloads, etc.


Not sure so I'm just asking so I don't end up having to go to a shop to have it put back together.
It will cost me the same in the end either way if I have to do that.



Its not the easiest way but its the least expensive. When you take out the carrier just make notes of any shim placement.

Another option someone already mentioned is Uship. I have got lucky a few times there. 200.00 to ship a 700 lb slip roll from CA to TX and a very heavy 12 gage sheet metal brake from PA to TX. I think that was $325-350.00 range. The trick is to be patient. Someone putting a load together might just be going the direction you need. Its like a reverse auction. I learned it you put a taget price in your add you cut out a bunch of redicoulous high bids. My first bids for that brake were over $1500.00

[Craig67]

Just shipped a 12 bolt less brakes from So Cal to South Dakota and it was on a pallet and weighed 208 lbs. Pallet was pretty beefy. I was $210 thru Yellow/Roadway.

[CreepinDeth]

Just shipped a 12 bolt less brakes from So Cal to South Dakota and it was on a pallet and weighed 208 lbs. Pallet was pretty beefy. I was $210 thru Yellow/Roadway.

So that was 208lbs WITH the pallet I'm assuming.

Cool, we've guesstimated it at ~225lbs with the brakes.
Price that was lowest was $150 from Texas to Chicago. Not bad.

Thanks again Gents.

[XcYZ]

Cool, we've guesstimated it at ~225lbs with the brakes.
Price that was lowest was $150 from Texas to Chicago. Not bad.

That sounds like a good price to me. :cheers:

[gearheads78]

Just a quick word of advice. Weigh it with a certified scale and get a print out at at least weight it somehow and take a time stamped digital pic.

A couple years ago shipping a rearend Yellow Freigh via freighquote.com I had a situtation I was backcharged $160.00

A week after the part was shipped the 160.00 charge came up on my card so I contacted freightquote. They said I had listed the freight as 225 but they wieghed it at 360. This ended up two months worth of fighting, getting a letter from Moser stating how much the rear weighed, and even had the buyer weight it on the bathroom scale without the crate he had already tossed. It came down to hire a lawer or eat it since I had no proof of the weight before shipped. They might have got the 160.00 but I assure you I have cost freightquote much more than that from my business and others freinds business lost.