

| Subject: | Re: [DIESEL] Re: Advice on shipping a motor |
| From: | Martin Jagersand 1 |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:27:02 -0400 |
From: EVEHART33@aol.com
Thanks to all who responded but I need a cheaper solution. Amtrak has a 50#
maximum, Greyhound has a 100# max., and Yellow Freight only gives their
special $100 engine rate to business-to-business customers. I maybe able to
use a Mexican-USA bus line that goes from Albuquerque to LA for about $.35/lb
but I don't think they were clear with what I wanted to do (no habla
english). Any other advice appreciated.
Ken Hunter
Hi Ken,
Did you check with moving companies (Allied, Atlas, Mayflower and local ones)?
It may take some persuasion to take an engine. Basically you need to
find out when they have a shipment Alb. -> LA anyway and then presuade the
driver to take your engine also.
Cheers,
Martin
PS: If your main problem with normal truck freight is price you
might argue that your block is not a complete engine (since head off,
missing some stuff etc...) and ship it at the scrap metal rate.
Problem is of course that they will only be responsible for it as if
it was scrap metal.
--
Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel
New and used parts for sale, gas and Diesel:
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jager/vw/Yale/forsale.html
Martin Jagersand email: vwjag@hammer.cs.jhu.edu
Computer Science Department
Johns Hopkins University
Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page:
WWW: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jager/vw
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