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.jpg

Cheers,
  Steve