War- era car parts are hard to find as few were produced, that hat-section frame was used all the way up to 1954 so I'd look into finding another year frame that would work. Just a suggestion, but after the suspension is stripped from those frames all that holds it together is the rear crossmember and the transmission crossmember, if those were drilled off you would end up with two frame rails and some pieces, might save a lot if you decide to ship the frame. Best of luck with your project.
I used Uship in the distant past, not sure if they are still around. If you are patient and can ignore the high priced crooks that chime in first then I've found somebody always pops up with an offer who is heading in your direction. I've shipped a Ford 9 inch diff ($100 charge) from Syracuse NY to Boulder CO and an disassembled E Type Jad diff in numerous boxes from Detriot MI to Boulder for around $150. You just got to wait to match up with the right other person. Both deals were hassle free and door to door.
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Take it apart, put the cross members in the trunk, Tape the rails together and put them on your roof racks. Wait until spring because you don't need them that badly in winter.
I sold a 95% complete 37' Dodge pickup in basket form to a fellow in New Hampshire. All the parts were full size except the frame which was cut in 1/2 when the pallets left Oregon. The buyer welded everything back together on his end and added "fish plates". This is one way to save on pallet size and shipping costs even with the time spent on the receiving end.
I'm pretty sure the frames for my cars are a bit smaller but I've driven up to 7 1/2 hours each way to pick up mine. More than once
So why exactly are you needing to replace your frame? Reason I ask is that design frame was used from the '30's to the '50's, have you checked with any of the Stovebolt websites to see if other model year frame would work? Also, because that same frame design was used for so many years if yours has been hacked on you could repair it using pieces from a different year frame, you may have to fill/drill holes and move mounting brackets but it could turn out to be the only (economically) viable solution.
Look in the HAMB venders for T&A hauling Contact Ben He hauls everything from complete cars to car parts . Very reasonable and quick if Your part is on his route . He hauled a sidecar from NM to Guthrie for me . I was very impressed with his services.
The issue there is that a number of popular Hamb Haulers don't do Colorado or other northern routes in the winter as a Norm. Another issue is if the seller has equipment to load a frame. Plus throw in access for the truck and trailer. I rode along with my buddy to do what was supposed to be a simple job of picking up a pickup frame and cab a few years ago and when we got there it was sitting in a back yard with no possible way to access it with the truck and trailer and winch it on the trailer as we had planned. Not only was there no access to the place for the trailer there was a bunch of junk and clutter around it that the seller assumed that the buyer would move out of the way. My buddy finally called the guy he was hauling it for and said that he was going to have to figure out how to get it out of there as we couldn't do it. On the other hand, when I sold the 52 F1 frame that I had bought for the brakes, Crossmember, Pedals and shock brackets. The guys rolled in with a trailer, we drug my gantry across the yard and lifted the frame up and they backed under it and we set it down and strapped it down and their total time at my place was under 30 minutes and they were on their way back to Vancouver.
Maybe Voh should contact Ben and see what his schedule is . Instead of assuming. Ben went out of his way to pickup the sidecar I learned after the fact . He had some issues meeting up with the seller . The seller wasn’t as cooperative as he said he would be . But that’s dealing with people in general. You never know until the deal is done
Several years ago I sold a '32 frame to a guy in the midwest IIRC. Anyway, he had Ben D pick it up on his way to or from an event in Pomona. We carried it down my drive and put it in the back of his pick up. Easy guy to deal with. Entire transaction took less than 30 minutes.
No personal experience but I understand Fastenal has good deals on shipping, Might check with a local store
It really is worth it to scrap together a crate and run it to Fastenal. They do store-to-store piggyback shipping super cheap, if you can get it to them. They even have a forklift there. I’ve gone on Fastenal runs with a buddy who ships there quite often. And it’s stuff like truck cabs, rear ends, motors, etc. Check them out: https://www.fastenal.com/fast/blue-lane-freight
At one point Fastenal wasn't shipping from the west to the east and vice versa. Don't know if that's still the case or if Colorado and Texas are considered west and east. Contact Fastenal and they'll verify.
Oh crap… that’s right. The map on the website shows he’s just out of range. But because they ship store-to-store, he can pick it up at the closest store to him. A 4-hour round-trip pulling an unlimited-mile, $50/day U-Haul auto transport trailer is much better than the long way. Just tell the U-Haul guys you’re towing like, an S-10 or something, so they don’t freak out. The Fastenal guys should be able to lay it on the trailer with their forklift, unless you un-crate it and roll it up the ramps. Just a thought. But yeah, you’d have to call them and see… if you’re cool with getting it 2 or 3 hours from home, and picking it up from there.
Yeah, and I bet he's got at least $2000 in wood and labor in that crate. When it's getting to where it's going, the new frame owner should donate the crate to a homeless shelter. Way better than a cardboard box.
Man, wood is pretty expensive these days. But he can build it cheap, out of old 8’ pallets. Just sister a couple boards together for length if you need to. So many places will almost pay you to take them away, you know? Plus (and it’s kind of the wrong time of year for this), there’s always free Craigslist torn-down deck wood. Or, local guys with sawmills always have irregular runs - like mutant 2x2s - for free. Then there’s the culls from the lumberyard (or like, Lowe’s) that are super cheap. It shouldn’t be too hard to scrap one together.
Fastenal has cut down on the size pallets / crate they will take, right now it's 72" long x 50" wide x 90" tall
That crate's at least 2x as tall as it needs to be so something else is going on, but I think you're about 4x high with that estimate
Crap. And Amtrak has suspended cargo. I know FedEx does LTL (less than truckload) freight. They even pick it up. But I’m not sure the cost. Lots of places send big stuff (windshields, motors, etc) that way. https://www.fedex.com/en-us/shipping/freight.html
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