[AT] Shipping Small Engines?

[John Boehm]

I am a daily UPS shipper and it has been my experience
that their paperwork, etc. is way too complicated and
time consuming for shipments to foreign countries. I
do a lot of shipping to Canada, Australia, and Great
Britain and use USPS exclusively for those countries.
You will still have to fill out a customs form at the
post office, but it is relatively simple.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com


--- Bill Brueck <b2 at chooka.net> wrote:

> Will be curious as to others' experience here as I
> struggle with
> non-domestic shipping of eBay stuff.  I have been
> discouraged by the
> extensive paperwork to foreign ship via UPS and I
> revert to USPS for
> international sales.
> 
> UPS does handle up to 150# now and the rates are not
> bad for the 100# +-
> items that I have shipped domestically.  If you're
> already into UPS foreign
> shipping or better than I am at the paperwork I
> expect you'll do OK with
> them.
> 
> I'm sure you'll do a better packing job than I got a
> while back with a
> tiller engine I bought on eBay to use on my
> grandson's minibike we were
> building.  Came with no packing in a large box, and
> the seller didn't even
> drain the oil out first.  Crankcase was all busted
> up and it was a slimy
> mess.
> 
> B²
>  
> Bill Brueck (brick)
> Chatfield, MN, USA
>  
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than
> ignorance.
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On
> Behalf Of
> william.neff.powell at comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:50 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] Shipping Small Engines?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have two engines from a "Rototiller" rototiller
> that I need to ship from
> Pennsylvania to Niagara Falls Canada. The buyer of
> the engines is putting
> one of them on a tractor. 
> 
> I haven't taken them off the tillers yet but I
> believe the combined weight
> will be over 100lbs. 
> 
> What is my best option for shipping the engines?
> Should I go through UPS?
> Or, is there a better option like "Yellow"? 
> 
> I know the answer depends on the actual weight... 
> 
> What are the best shipping options for large items?
> At what point does a
> shipper make sense over UPS?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Will Powell
> Pottstown, PA
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