Put her in a short dress and buy a Greyhound ticket. As Roy Clark said " Thank God and Greyhound she's gone".
How far is up???? Come on guy give us information if you want answers. We are not mind readers !!! & we are not married to you. Can do that with the wife but you--- not so much.
In answer to your question, no. I don't know where you live or where you want to ship to and from. I don't know how big the rear end is. Maybe its the guys with the trucks that park in front of Home Depot? Charlie Stephens
I was going to wait to post this until the OP told us where he was trying to ship to and from. But, since Fastenal keeps coming up, I felt I should let you know that you cannot ship to California via Fastenal. This is a quote from Fastenal 3rd Party Logistics in response to my wanting to send a QC to Riverside, CA. "At this time, Fastenal is unable to provide Transportation Services into Colorado, Montana, California and other locations. These restrictions are not published because as the business environment changes, our Fleet responds as best possible to the Industrial and Construction Customer's needs." I have used Fastenal in the past and it is an excellent way to ship large, heavy items. UPS and FedEx are not ideal for me and truck shipments are getting outrageous. I'm still trying to find a good alternative for ship this rear end. How about a HAMB relay? Davisburg, MI to Riverside, CA.
As long as the rear will fit on a pallet and strapped down. Most Fastenal stores have extra pallets setting around.
Thats funny, I just shipped an engine block from CA to SD through Fastenal. I wonder if it has to do with the trucks and the regulations in CA
If the rear end has had any fluids such as greases or oils or similar product included in the ***embly process you are now shipping a Dangerous Goods item. I know you have the best of intentions but please think about heat sources and spillages and everything that can happen during a shipping event.
Greyhound has a limit of 100 lbs per piece plus a length, width and height limit. Figuring that anything you ship with them has to be loaded and unloaded several times in most cases that is a lot to handle by hand. If you end up shipping with a freight company doing the loading dock to loading dock thing saves some bucks. You have to take it to them which you probably would do anyhow and the buyer has to pick it up at their dock rather than getting it delivered. Unless it goes to a commercial address. One more thing you might want to look into. That is Fed Ex and Fed Ex freight. You can create your own account with Fedex easily. You need a company name to use to get the best prices rather than being an individual. The website usually tells you what you need to do and you can calculate costs on your computer with weight and dimensions and the shipping to address.
Ohio to NJ? List it on Uship.com. Costs nothing to list. Shippers bid on your item to ship. Just used it to ship a 300 lb part SF CA to Denver CO.
Strap it to a skid and check out "Freight quote .com " they will give you several prices and companies to choose from.
I noticed that it said, "into Colorado, Montana, California and other locations" Doesn't say, "from". Probably trying to keep illegal alien rear ends out.
When I have bought 9"'s from Quick Performance , they break the rear end down and ship axles in one box ,housing in one and the third member in a third box all UPS. Hope that helps.
I'm a noob at this, but have you looked into greyhound? I bought a windshield and rear quarter once and the guy shipped in via greyhound bus. Pack it and they put it in the luggage hold. Your buyer has to pick it up from the nearest terminal. It was a fraction of the cost.
This is not accurate. If the oil is drained from the unit than there would be no issue of transporting hazardous materials. Besides that, regulations on used oil are aimed at commercial enterprises, not DIY'ers (do it yourselfers). If one individual is selling and transporting a used rear axle housing to another individual, the normal regulations over used oil would not apply. Further, transportation of up 55 gallons of oil is perfectly legal with no manifest required.
The Dangerous Goods statement is 100% accurate. Just look at the Greyhound Freight web site and the long list of items they forbid, including FLAMMABLE, CORROSIVE OR CAUSTIC SUBSTANCES. That's from anyone. Just how well was all that oil drained out? I've worked with shipping freight with the airlines and they drill the Dangerous Goods subject into their employees very deep. To put a undeclared DG item into a hot cargo hold of a Greyhound Bus is tempting fate.
Air freight is a different subject, that is regulated by FAA. Shipping a used rear axle by air would be pretty unusual. Greyhound may even have some company guidelines, but that doesn't make it Federal DOT regulation. BTW, what part of a drained rear axle is "FLAMMABLE, CORROSIVE OR CAUSTIC SUBSTANCES" ? You think used gear oil is "Flammable? That I'd like to see. Corrosive or Caustic? Nope.
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