One thousand dollars for Michigan to California has to be highway robbery at its finest.  I could air freight that to Alaska for  less and surface shipping for far less.  We get transmissions shipped Fed Ex overnight for $800.00 - $1,000.00 and Fed Ex surface for $200.00.  I paid $110.00 for a palletized Syncro transmission via truck freight not too long ago. While shipping to Alaska is different than between Michigan and California the rates to Alaska are always much higher than in the lower 48 States as the incoming freight subsidizes the return leg of a half empty truck or airplane.  We import much more than we export and it is 2500 road miles or 1500 air miles just to get to Seattle from Anchorage. Shop around and get some real quotes that one is ridiculous.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Friday, December 1, 2006 7:58 am
Subject: Re: shipping an engine price and shipper
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> I checked on this a few weeks ago. It depends on where you are and
> where you
> are shipping.
>
> The quote I received was from Michigan to California and it was
> around $1000
> based on a guessed weight of 200lb.Obviuosly less distance is less
> $$$.
> Items like engines are usually placed on a pallet and are truck
> shipped.Quotes can vary by company depending on who might have
> centers at the
> originating and desination locations. I checked with our shipping
> warehousehere and they usually use Roadway Express, Yellow, or ABF.
>
>
> On 12/1/06, Ryan Miller <rmiller@azteca.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know how much it is to ship an engine across country? Who
> do you
> > use?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ryan
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
> 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
> 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
>