Skinny on engine shipping?

[Ol Yeller]

I see engines ship on Ebay for 100-300 bucks The best bottom line I could get from Texas to California was $450. What tricks dont I know about?

[jetboater5]

Give this company a try I have used them before always have been very reasonable http://www.rlcarriers.com/new/index.asp

[Jeanyus]

I shipped a motorcycle with these guys, they had good prices.
http://www.forwardair.com/

[flat broke]

Two different modes of shipping typically. For the $100-200 stuff, the shipping gets it from one terminal to another. It costs considerably more to go door to door. Additionaly, the folks advertising(companies) on Ebay probably don't pay full pop retail for their shipping either. Take Summit as an example, I think its somethin like $100 terminal to terminal, and only like $15 more to go to your door. Volume definitely helps with the cost.
Chris

[AZKC]

Try these guys I used them to ship some motors and stuff back east
Freightquote.com (http://www.freightquote.com/)
And Terminal to Terminal is much cheaper.

[Ol Yeller]

Try these guys I used them to ship some motors and stuff back east
Freightquote.com (http://www.freightquote.com/)
And Terminal to Terminal is much cheaper.
These are the guys that quoted $412 terminal to terminal............

[Norseman]

These are the guys that quoted $412 terminal to terminal............
Wade;
I've used Forward Air to ship a couple of bikes from La to NY, but I don't know if they do engines or not. It was about $200.00, I'm not sure what they get now, this was a couple of years ago. They had a special container made up for bikes, and it was included in the price.
Bob

[Norseman]

I see engines ship on Ebay for 100-300 bucks The best bottom line I could get from Texas to California was $450. What tricks dont I know about?
Wade;
There are lots of freight classes when it comes to shipping stuff, and mosty of the carriers charge by the class. I think the least expensive classes are machine parts. I had a set of Chysler hemi heads shipped from Utah that cost me 175.00 for shipping, the 2nd set came from LA and they cost 1/2 as much to ship, because the guy knew how to work the system. I wish I could remember what was the cheapest. I'll see if I still have any of the paperwork around here.
Bob

[AZKC]

These are the guys that quoted $412 terminal to terminal............
No sh!t. I was shipping v-6's for around $250 they we're the cheapest I could find. Seemed that Roadway was allways the cheapest with them.

[Lightning]

You may want to check with Infomaniac. I know he has shipped from Oaklahoma to San Diego. He can probably give you some feedback.

[Duane HTP]

Roadway Has always given me the best rate. But, it's still not cheap.

[BK]

How about transporting for a boat? Say from the mid west to Calif. any idea's?

[infotraker]

Try this, a friend in Ca had a engine shipped from back east for $200. 20/20 frieght p.o. box 7279 Newburgh, NY 12550 1-800-448-4148 .

[Jet Boat John]

I second Jeanyus' suggestion of http://www.forwardair.com/
I had a bare 4 bolt main BBC block shipped from CA to OK for $78.00 using those guys.
JBJ