The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Whats the best way to ship fenders?

Anybody here ever have to ship rear fenders for an AD truck? Whats the best way to pack and ship them?

Do you know anyone that uses spray-in foam for packing?

I've never sent AD rear fenders, but I'm assuming they are too big for UPS. I can just barely get '40-'46 rear fenders to go UPS and they seem smaller. You could check with FedEx ground, I'm sure their size limits are on the website some where. If both the buyer and seller are near airports that are served by Forward Air, that actually works out real good. A couple months ago I sent a complete, but knocked down, '40 1/2-ton PU box to a Stovebolter in Seattle. That's around 2,000 miles from here. Cost was just under $75 (IIRC) and it was there in a couple days. Only drawback is that the skid had to be dropped off and picked up at the Forward Air terminal near the airport at each end, but that was only a 20 mile drive for each of us, so no big deal.

I also sent some '40 1-1/2 ton front fenders and runningboards to a Stovebolter in New York this spring by Forward Air. Again, the price wasn't bad compared to trucking, and it was there in 2 days. As always, the better you package or crate the parts, the less chance of damage there is. Never any problems with UPS or Forward Air, but I tend to go overboard packaging parts.

I've also heard of some people using Greyhound to send large sheetmetal parts, but I've never done that myself. Mostly because the Greyhound terminals in St. Paul and Mpls. that are within driving distance to me, are both in areas that you would avoid in the day and for sure not go to at night.

You can ship them relativly safe by wrapping them in a few layers of cardboard and taping the with staping tape. Another way is contacting one of the sellers and buy a shipping carton they would use. If not the above method.

Jake

Go Greyhound. I have send rear fenders from Texas to Kalifornia for $65.00 each.

you can box them up and take them to a trucking company, ie.. yellow trucks.... and the new owner can pick them up at the warehouse, it cost me about $150 for two 1939 front fenders from the midwest to Sandiego.

I have to agree with Barry for shipping large items Forward Air worked well, I used UPS to ship him wheels they had no problem with them.
thanks again Barry
Jim

Check with the post office. Just had a Harley frame shipped from OK for $40 which was the same dimensions but considerably heavier. They even delivered to my door!

I paid $40 to ship a fender from Arizona to northern Illinois via Greyhound. I did have to go to the terminal to pick it up. Was a big cardboard box with no packing and no damage. Good old original fender. The metal repros will be damaged if you simply look at them too hard.

in a box

U.S.Mail bulk 3th class.

BAX Shipping, if you live near a large airport, or if you have a business address to ship from, they are specialists in shipping engines, body parts, etc, and they're very inexpensive...I've shipped wheels and a hood through them easily.

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