Has anyone shipped their ZF from out of state? Trying to ship mine from Va to Ca. For a rebuild. Which shipping company did you use?
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Why ship it all the way to California when you could ship it to Ron McCall just up the road in Maryland? He is a great guy, has done dozens if not hundreds of ZF rebuilds. At least give him a call before you commit to California. If you are shipping your ZF to Butfoy, I can guarantee your turnaround time will be much quicker with Ron
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Larry
A ZF- either dash-1 or dash 2 weighs 155 lbs without a bellhousing and besides your shipping crate which should be built solidly for that weight. Partial disassembly only guarantees internal damage or lost small parts. Leave everything bolted together.
Just shipped 2 separate crated ZF's to Ron via YRC Freight, Reno, NV (terminal drop) to Ron's shop, Hampstead, MD $209 with lift gate delivery. In wooden crates they were 225 lbs each total.
I also used YRC shipping to send some NOS sheet metal to Kirk Evans. Build your ….secure….. crate, take it to the YRC local terminal and they will handle it from there.
be sure to put some skids on the bottom of your crate so it can be handled with a forklift or hand truck.
Larry
This is such a problem that Lloyd Butfoy developed his own armored plastic shipping crate. I knew one guy that shipped a partially disassembled ZF to RBT. Railway Express lost the mainshaft, and balked at the replacement cost- $2250 in 1982! They found out in Court that was the real price, but it took 8 months of legal arguing to replace it. Probably more, now.
@bosswrench posted:This is such a problem that Lloyd Butfoy developed his own armored plastic shipping crate. I knew one guy that shipped a partially disassembled ZF to RBT. Railway Express lost the mainshaft, and balked at the replacement cost- $2250 in 1982! They found out in Court that was the real price, but it took 8 months of legal arguing to replace it. Probably more, now.
I was just going to Say, Make sure You get shipping Insurance. $$$$
There is a problem with shipping insurance. There is a list of requirements that you must agree and adhere to.
If you do not follow it to the letter, the shipping company will not be held responsible and the insurance company will not pay.
Butfoy came up with the plastic shipping crate because of the REQUIREMENT that a specially designed enclosure must be supplied for the specific item AND it's approval is subject to a referee that determines that it complies with the requirements. YOU do not determine that.
When you drop it off for shipping, the company that you select will accept it without it, essentially in a cardboard box, but if the item is damaged, they will not pay.
I had that issue with a lathe that I sold. UPS destroyed the thing. They never paid because it was not in the original specially designed packaging. It was a "vintage" lathe to a collector that would not pay the extra shipping to put it in three separate packages. So stupid me shipped it whole.
How do I find the original shipping for a 70 year old lathe?
The ONLY shipping boxes for the ZF's that anyone ever saw were the wooden crates that Ford used.
The BEST way to ship the ZF now is going to be to strap it to a wooden pallet and ship it truck freight. That's also faster.
I shipped a complete engine that way. It went from NY to MO overnight. I loaded it at 10am and it was there 9pm that day. The freight company didn't want it sitting around.
There’s a national chain called “Craters & Freighters”. They guarantee safe delivery if they build the crate and ship the item. They are the “go-to” shippers for the high-end art community. For a ZF they’d probably build the crate out of 3/4” plywood. Might be worth looking into.