[AT] Shipping Small Engines?

[Bill Brueck]

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.
 

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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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