[AT] Shipping Small Engines?

[Cecil Bearden]

I finished my first shipment to Canada and it was easy with FedEx.  Ups 
was real pain.

Cecil in okla

John Boehm wrote:
> 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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