Shipping short block question

If I wanted a VW 9a 2.0 4 cylinder short block shipped from California to Vermont what's the best and least expensive way to do it? Beyond the GRM grassroots transfer method (if that's even feasible). No rush on delivery. 

Kthnxbye, 

George

Anyone know the weight of a 9a short block? Stripped other than crank and pistons. 

Wrap it, strap it to a pallet and get it to fastnal?

44Dwarf said:

 

Wrap it, strap it to a pallet and get it to fastnal?

Fastnal ships? 

44Dwarf said:

 

Wrap it, strap it to a pallet and get it to fastnal?

Quoted for truth. 

https://www.fastenal.com/en/22/3pl-(third-party-logistics)

Greyhound it. It's small no pallet needed. I sent a transmission from VA to to south FL for like $45.

Yesterday's Tractors magazine website has this hauling schedule.  It's a bunch of farm folks posting their empty legs of a trip.  Post on there with what you have and you'll likely find a hauler that can do it for cheap.

I shipped a disabled car from PA to CA for $550 from a posting on this site.  It was a non-commercial guy who owned a gooseneck flatbed, an F350, and he traveled for studio construction work with one of the networks.  Instead of flying, he just drove and picked up hauls to fund the trips and pocketed the travel stipend.  Many of the haulers on there range from "I'm taking my buddy's car to TX and I'll have an empty trailer going home" (much like GRM) up to "I'm an owner/operator with a 53' drop deck contracted with [insert major trucking company] and I have an empty leg from point A to point B."

That page might net you cheap shipping if you find someone with room to shove a shortblock in beside something else along the way.

Toyman01 said:

44Dwarf said:

 

Wrap it, strap it to a pallet and get it to fastnal?

Quoted for truth. 

https://www.fastenal.com/en/22/3pl-(third-party-logistics)

The Curtis had no idea this was a thing.  Mind.  Blown.

In reply to Curtis :

Dang wish I could've known about that when I drove to cali with an empty trailer. 

Double the Bus suggestion.  Absolutely the most convenient and cheapest unless you require door-to-door service.

In reply to vwcorvette :

Yup a friend uses them all the time to haul machine tools.

I am thinking too heavy for the guy at Greyhound to lift it , and it normally would get shifted to another bus or 2 along the way, 

I have sent big stuff like seats thru Greyhound but not something like this

yupididit said:

In reply to Curtis :

Dang wish I could've known about that when I drove to cali with an empty trailer. 

Hmmmm....but what if you get stopped?  Doing it for money puts the “C” in CDL.  Which some of us don’t have.  I guess you could prefabricate a story that would get you by but I’ve never been any good at that sort of thing.

I shipped a complete z31 turbo engine/trans/box of extra parts from Indiana to Georgia for $200 through Fastenal. All they need is weight and dimensions and they can get you a quote.

A 401 CJ said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Curtis :

Dang wish I could've known about that when I drove to cali with an empty trailer. 

Hmmmm....but what if you get stopped?  Doing it for money puts the “C” in CDL.  Which some of us don’t have.  I guess you could prefabricate a story that would get you by but I’ve never been any good at that sort of thing.

Get stopped for what? Ive been pulled over while hauling across the south west. Cop didn't ask any questions about the car on the trailer. He pulled me over because I had a light out. Any other questions he asked not pertaining to why he pulled me really doesn't matter or have to be answered.

yupididit said:

A 401 CJ said:

yupididit said:

In reply to Curtis :

Dang wish I could've known about that when I drove to cali with an empty trailer. 

Hmmmm....but what if you get stopped?  Doing it for money puts the “C” in CDL.  Which some of us don’t have.  I guess you could prefabricate a story that would get you by but I’ve never been any good at that sort of thing.

Get stopped for what? Ive been pulled over while hauling across the south west. Cop didn't ask any questions about the car on the trailer. He pulled me over because I had a light out. Any other questions he asked not pertaining to why he pulled me really doesn't matter or have to be answered.

CDL laws are odd sometimes, from the perspective of non-pros.

I have read stories of people who used box vans as rally service vehicles getting pulled over for driving past a weight inspection.  All commercial vehicles have to stop, and they didn't believe that a box van was privately owned until given comprehensive proof.  (The story went, he also had to convince them that he wasn't rallying for money, that this was his private hobby - not that he was illegally running a commercial busness under the radar)

I had to borrow the shop's truck for a 6 hour jaunt into a different state, on a parts run.  Personal parts, not for the business - I was buying up someone's whole stash of rotary bits and they wouldn't fit in my wagon.   I could only do this because my employer personally owns the vehicle.  If the business owned it, I would have needed a CDL to go further than 150mi away from home.

In reply to Knurled. :

Interesting. When I got pulled over I was taking my xjr to texas. I left it in cali when the air force moved me to texas. If a cop asked I literally would've just said, "I'm hauling my own car,  why? ".  If I was hauling someone else's car I would've simply said,  "I'm doing a friend a favor on my way to get my car". There's no way for them to prove I'm doing it for money or not. Beyond that l, if I'm not being detained then send me on my way.

mmmm....but what if you get stopped?  Doing it for money puts the “C” in CDL.  Which some of us don’t have.  I guess you could prefabricate a story that would get you by but I’ve never been any good at that sort of thing.

On a federal level my understanding is the weight qualifies it as commercial not the exchange of money.

I'm fairly certain that if you're 26k and under you need a medical card but not a CDL to operate.  If you're over 10k you need a USDOT number if you're crossing state lines while engaged in commerce.  In addition to the DOT number, you also might need a motor carrier number if you're transporting some stuff that is federally regulated and doesn't belong to you.  I think cars and car parts require an MC number, but I'm not 100% sure.

Shipped a 200 pound anvil from CA to PA for 150 bucks on Fastenal. Unfortunately, I recently tried to get a quote to ship an Audi transmission from MA to CA and they declined because they're full going into CA.