I recieved an engine by forward air about a year ago.  It had
anti-freeze in it, and oil.
It was shrink-wapped on a pallet.   What I didn't like was the  $25/day
storage fee,
after it gets to there hub.
    I've had better resaults with fed-X, for under 150 LB. items.

Karl Wolz wrote:

>ForwardAir will not accept palletized engines or trannies.  They need to
>have boxes built around the parts in addition to the pallets.  This has at
>least been my experience (both directions).
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>The eng/tran also needs to be empty of all fluid.  Some shippers require
>that they be flushed, too.
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>Karl Wolz
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>>JordanVw@AOL.COM
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:52 PM
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Subject: Re: 88 2.1 engine for sale
>>
>>In a message dated 9/19/06 10:17:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>becida@COMCAST.NET writes:
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>>>This may sound like a dumb question but I'm really curious. How does
>>>shipping an engine work?
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>>put on pallet.
>>take to forwardair.com
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>>done :<)
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>>chris
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