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| | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 96 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 96 | I'm going to have a couple complete 261 engines shipped across country. We're trying to decide on bolting them to a platform as they would sit in a truck or laying them left-side down. Any suggestions? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I've never really thought about it before. The only engines I've seen shipped (not many) were sitting upright on a pallet.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Drain all oils and fluids. I placed a 3/4 inch peice of plywood to the pallet for a solid floor, I shipped one sitting on the bellhousing side of the motor (fan blade in the air) and bolted it to the pallet that way. Then I made a wood frame around the pallet and then closed it in with cardboard. I threw a few handfulls of sawdust on the bottom to soak up any residual oils/fluids tha might leak out.
If I had to do it again I think I would weld up an engine cradle for it and ship it like the machine shops do for small blocks.
I also sent mine through a machine shop that I was aquainted with. They got a better shipping rate than I could on my own. Saved $100 or better. That is a pretty heavy motor to ship. | | |
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