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Subject:Re: Shipping a transmission
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:45:34 -0400

An auto tranny can be shipped by UPS in three different boxes.  That's the way
mine was shipped from Long Enterprises.

Marc Perdue

Jeff at Vanagonparts wrote:

> No, UPS will not ship a pallet, that's why I stated palletize as necessary.
> If you're shipping an automatic tranny, you're not using UPS due to the
> weight.  However, UPS will take a wooden crate.  A well made wooden crate
> will not end up looking like toothpicks.  I've shipped a lot of engines and
> auto trannies in crates and have yet to have a problem.
>
> That being said, I ship all manual trannies in a double-walled cardboard
> box.  Haven't had a problem with that method either.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> www.vanagonparts.com