Originally posted by RedGreen:
MN, have you ever shipped anything as large as the whole back axle? Any idea what I'd be looking at for shipping cost? If no one out there can use it, I'm sure I could find a use for it out here.
And I'd be happy to chip in some fuel and lunch money for your efforts.
Thanks.
I've shipped classic Schwinn balloon bikes ( big boxes, 60-70 pounds, UPS, $70-100 ), engines ( 454 cu.in., freight, cost $700 back in 2000 ), plenty of other big, bulky and heavy stuff. Keep in mind, and I don't know why this is, but it cost more to ship out of California than to ship in. Don't believe me? Pick a box size, weight and zip code. Use the UPS calculator to estimate into California then use it to estimate from California. Maybe UPS thinks we are all rich in this state.
The better deal for you would probably be to have the center section go UPS than the whole axle go freight. Disposing what isn't used is no problem for me. I might be able to use the axles, though. I had to do a repair bearing on one of mine and I'd prefer to have a decent axle over a repair bearing.
