need to ship an engine, what company?

[daytripper]

I won an engine on e-bay and I need to find a company that ships engines. I going to be from Ohio to Washington (west coast). Thanks in advance!

[RichP]

I've used 'Red Ball' to ship some big stuff like used refrigerator sized UPS systems for data centers. Price was OK as far as I know but a company I worked for previously used them all the time, it was more or less painless and did not require multiple phone calls, one call with a pickup and delivery address, they called back with price and required a certified check for the FOB. After the 4th time I used them they setup an account for me.

[daytripper]

Thanks Rich, I'll do a search on google to see if I can find them.

[burnsie]

Roadway and Yellow freight are also good. More than likely it will have to be on a skid before anyone will touch it and it is highly possible that they will tell you it has to be picked at and deliverd to a business address with a forklift loading bay. When I got my engine from a junk yard it was shipped Yellow and they insited on the loading bay.

Just my .02

[RichP]

That is probably right, all the places I shipped from and to had real loading docks, pallets, pallet movers and banding kits. It does not have to be a fork lift as long as a load mover can lift the pallet off the floor and move it into the truck or out of the truck. I never did see any kind of mover or fork lift on a redball truck. You may have to pick it up at the closest terminal where they will load it into your truck.

[w_howey]

Most freight companies "prefer" a commerical address, with a loading dock. They will charge you a "convience" charge if you don't


Yellow and Roadway, are now the same company so they are not going to be very competitive on price.

Con-way can be expensive, but they are usually faster than anyone except air freight. They will require a way to unload the motor at the destination.

Overnite is very cheap, but they are just about the worst piece of crap there is. They are really nothing more than a tax write-off for the Union Pacific Railroad.

Fed-Ex freight, is pretty good. The are Viking or Fed-ex West in Washington, and American or Fed-ex East in Ohio.

Put it on a pallet, everybody charges extra for any freight a guy has to get off the forklift to handle.

Most everybody, will charge extra for lift-gate service. But at least the motor is on the ground then.

[MuddyXJ]

Where at in Ohio? The company I work for (JMT Cartage) has an in house broker service and ship odd things out west all the time.