Daryl,

I have had to ship large heavy objects and I have found a way that works
good for me.

I use expanding foam for my packing material. When I have something to
ship that is heavy, I get some plastic sheet from the local dry cleaners
... the kind they put over clothes, and I buy some of that two-part
expanding foam. I sit a piece or two of 2x4 on the bottom of the box,
then lay in a sheet of the plastic so it covers the bottom and the 2x4
and comes up and drapes over the sides. I et everything positioned, then
I mix some of the two part foam, and pour it into the bottom of the box
and spread it around. I immediately place the seconde sheet of plastic
over the foam, and that is followed by mmediately placing the object to
be shipped on top of the whole thing, resting on the 2x4. The foam
expands, forming to the bottom of the "Object" and creates a custom
support and packing form.

Next, I lay a piece of plastic sheet over the "Object" resting in the
box, mix the two-part foam, pour it in, and then cover it all with a
sheet of plastic. I close the box lid and put a weight on it, or I put a
box size piece of plywood over it with a weight on it. The foam expands
to the limits of the box, then begins to compress itself into a denser
foam, giving it more regidity. After a few minutes the foam is set, and
I open the box, remove the contents and allow it to sit in the open for
a while. The foam produces moisture during the chemical reaction, and
the water is what makes the stuff expand.  I allow it to dry, and then
repack.

This works great. There are bags for the foam one can buy, and you do
not have to deal with moisture issue, but I never went that far.

Just my way. Works great!! Shipped a lot of stuff to and from Alaska
this way, and never experienced a claim.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Daryl Christensen wrote:

> DO NOT use styrofoam packing of any kind to ship heavy stuff...It ends
> up as
> white crap that gets in everywhere and does nothing to help cushion.
> I use a  small bubble type bubble wrap in a double thick cardboard box.
> The trick is to keep the trans from moving in the box. Reinforce
> protrusions
> with extra cardboard and cram it all together and tape er shut. Oh,
> and of
> course drain ALL the fluid.
> Many of the core boxes I get back from the right coast are truly
> trashed and
> mangled, but if the tranny is wrapped well it survives nicely. My boxes
> usually go both ways with out incident mostly due to the bubble wrap I
> think.
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
> 1-877-377-0773 toll free
> 425-788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
>