http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/pics/ForwardAirCrate.j
pg
That isn't a shipping crate ......... that's a redneck dinner table.

Stan Wilder

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 16:49:29 -0800 Steve Delanty
<laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM> writes:
> Craig wrote:
> >Thank you to the many people that recommended that I ship an engine
> with
> >ForwardAir.  Their rates are indeed competitive.  I'm trying to
> work
> >with the seller of a 1.9L waterboxer engine in Tacoma to get me
> the
> >engine.  However, he is telling me that ForwardAir requires a box,
> not a
> >pallet for shipping.  What did other people do about this?  he's
> about
> >to build a box and charge me for it, but I was wondering if there
> is
> >another way that is easier.
>
> I was just the recipient of a Forward Air shipment of an engine of
> the
> approximate size and shape as a WBX... (-:
> Forward Air apparently required "a crate". A crate looks like a
> pallet
> with a lid....
> Here's a photo of the crate mine came in (via Forward Air)
> Your mileage may vary...
>
http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/pics/ForwardAirCrate.j
pg
>
> Cheers,
>   Steve
>
>

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