*They DESTROYED* His Engine - Tips on Shipping Harley Parts Engines and Motorcycles - Kevin Baxter 

I worked at a Pharmaceutical Company, and I was given the responsibility of shipping Packaging Machines, and Components, to other locations! I would order 2x4’s, and plywood sheets, to use them to build my crates! It seems like a great way to eliminate issues, and ensure that no damage will occur! I never had any problems!

Thank You I'm Kevin, the Lord's Blessings for you Brother. As a former truck driver I ask folks to not blame the drivers. As a "green furniture maker" I received a "Chain of Custody" letter/statement with every certified lumber delivery. VERY EXPENSIVE SHIPPING and HANDLING! The person that picks up your bike or part(s) doesn't deliver it unless you hire a small item contract carrier. A distribution warehouse has minimum wage employees redirecting small boxes to regions so they may put your small box on a pallet (nicely?) and on a truck to the other warehouse. A route driver drives his load halfway and swaps trailers with the route driver from the receiving warehouse and they then drive the next leg. Once again those dock workers (carefully?) unload your box/crate and (gently?) forklift or hand truck your package across the warehouse/shipping dock to another trailer, where it is loaded (professionally?) for it's next or final leg. Along with hundreds of other packages because we are not alone on this planet! That driver hooks up their LTL- less Than A Truckload trailer and drives to the swap point or a closer warehouse for your destination. You can look in truck stops and large lots all across our country everyday and see one driver sitting and waiting for another. They meet, chat and swap trailers ( sometimes tandems or triples) and drive to their home warehouse. The terrific dock workers again handle your package to a final trailer for a local LTL/ROUTE drivers to deliver your package in their course of travels as the load is supposed to be organized for the trips schedule and efficiency. Understanding who and how your precious cargo moves should dictate how you ship it and answer what you are willing to spend! Nothing moves across the world without a truck, but their are hundreds or thousands of people that see and handle your package daily to it's intended destination unless you pay extra for a small carrier with a pickup or modified tractor/trailer to personally guarantee it's delivery. One crazy example; Walmart warehouses handle dry, fragile and cold storage items 24/7/365. Trucks bring in full loads and they are broken down to route trailers that get all those thousands of items to your local stores as quick as possible but sometimes that is days or weeks after being produced or processed in the case of your meats, veggies and fruits?? Spend the extra time and money to ensure Kevin and other professionals get your project or your baby quickly, safely and timely. Mr. Baxter Sir, with Love and Respect You are in my prayers Hoka Hey

That U-ship is the same thing they used on that Shipping Wars show that was on Discovery Channel

Haul Bikes shipped an ultra for me a couple of years ago. Phenomenal service, trucks and drivers. The bike arrived perfect.

Great information Kevin. Things we don't really think about when we're packing stuff up.

fed ex and ups quality and times have gone down hill big time i wouldnt ship a letter with the post office let alone a part theyre horrendous with times and damage . they have actually delivered bills and said they couldnt find the address and sent the package back to sender from the same truck on the same day at the same time

With a complete bike shipment I suggest you remove the windshield and bubble wrap and make sure it is securely inserted in the shipping box and will not be able to move during transit. A couple of years ago I shipped my complete 2008 FLSCT from HD Doha in Qatar to Cape Town South Africa. I made sure that HD Doha used the original shipping box that they received from HD USA to install the bike with all the tie downs, fixtures and fittings plus the HD outer HD cardboard covering. I inspected it before shipment and signed it off. The HD Doha installation was free as I included that in the original purchasing contract when I bought the bike. It arrived in Cape Town in perfect condition-it was shipped in a 20ft container with all my house goods and all was covered in an insurance contract. Hopefully you meant a Smart charger as the old school trickle charger would continue to charge the battery indefinitely.

I'm gonna ship you some Brylcreem.

Mitch was here, I interrupt my welding project to watch the video, actually a little more break because it's pretty warm in Oklahoma👍🤠

Kevin, great advice...... all around.... thank you.

It's not just inadequate packaging, but also people now don't care about or have any common courtesy for their own property, let alone someone else's. I'll be delivering to the shop and retrieving myself.

I've seen where they wrap the parts. Then, fill the box/ crate with expanding foam. That looks like it's the best way

Yeah I recently received a new bass guitar that I've opted to have shipped in a Gator bass hardshell case that was shipped in its cardboard box and shipped in an oversized cardboard box with two to three inches of expanding foam. The package arrived with huge gouges in the outer box and the box corners crushed. The bass guitar was fine but one of the Gator case dividers that rests against the upper horn was broken. Apparently the box was dropped so hard on its end that the horn broke the divider. My friend had his new custom made guitar arrive with the shipping box totally destroyed but the guitar was wrapped in many layers of bubble wrap and amazingly survived intact and undamaged. In my case Sweetwater replaced my case for free.

It was FedEx. You can say it, we all know hahaha

The company I work for shipped a custom-built $40,000 machine back for warranty. The manager told the shipper he would take care of the packaging, and it arrived in "Box Of The Week" condition. He still has a job, so I'm guessing insurance may have covered the loss. It arrived from the manufacturer on a custom-built pallet and left in a cardboard box. RIP tube bending machine.

Very informative video on a subject nobody has talked about before!

Produce boxes available at Sam’s or Costco ($ free $), are great to cut up to shore up spaces, and provide strength, and protection for your shipment container. Gota fill those voids😂

Very good information, thank you!

Great watch! Thanks for sharing

Very helpful information. Thank you. 👍

Good to know Thanks for sharing this

I wonder if the engine was in a truck that was in accident/roll over.

Great info. I’ll be watching for the charity for kids bikes video.

been in business myself since 1986 & always its an problem to get my sold product HVAC to job site so I hire shipper all the time

Ain't none of my friends get all fluffy. Scraggly is a working man style. Good info, very important. On point again, as always. Thanks!

Man that single piece of pallet left on that engine. I would be devastated after going to all that work to package it up properly.

USPS: "If it fits, it ships." Even if it's leaking. Insure shipment? I would.

I own a window covering company. We receive 1000's of packages a year from manufactures. I just looked it up, we had over $100,000 in damaged product come in last year. Luckily the manufacturer takes care of it. I will say UPS and FedEx are the best. It's the freight companies that mostly are to blame. I mean I received a $10,000 Lutron roller shade that has forklift holes right through the entire box and shade. That shade is made of carbon fiber and aluminum and they put forklift forks clear through it! Why?

great video, thanks and i know this is nit-picking but all my years in Dealerships we would tell customers to use Battery Tenders, A trickle charger in many cases will not shut itself off and can slowly cook your battery, least that's what my techs would tell me and customers.

Superb👍👍

Yep, bubble wrap is no match for vintage Harley heads and the gorillas at the shipping companies. I purchased a set of pristine looking oem early ('66-'69) model shovelheads and the seller wrapped them in bubble wrap and put them in a typical carboard box. When i got them, both had bent and cracked fins and the exhaust spigot on one head was no longer round on the inside and would not accept an exhaust pipe. Needless to say I wasn't pleased. A box in a box, when stuffed correctly seems to work good but putting the heads in seperate plastic bags and using expanding foam to form a buffer in the box would be ideal-----in a perfect world.

Too true Kevin! I purchased a complete gearbox- from the U.S of A- for my Suzuki Gt750. The two shafts and gears arrived sans ANY form of internal wrapping; and in a PLASTIC overnight satchel. Bashing and clashing against equally hardened components the entire way. And slicing holes in the plastic bag.

I have seen this with my own aircraft cylinders getting shipped. We returned a complete set of 1951 Cessna170B windows because the windshield was smashed. Been 3 months to get another one made. I bought a Dyna with a 120R a few weeks ago. I hope I have no reason to call you.

That's some good information thank you Kevin for sharing.

Having worked in a common carrier freight company there is no way I would put my engine on one of their trucks. Would put it in the bed of my pickup and hand deliver it to your shop. Have seen way too much damage on trailers.

Milk crates

Hope that owner took out shipping insurance.

The average consumer is clueless to what happens behind the scenes of shipping companies. Overbuild the packaging, have it professionally packaged or deliver it yourself.

Shipping wars had a show using UShip

i had a ups insurance claim denied because they claimed it wasn't packaged well enough. They ran it over with the truck. The tread was clearly visible.

How about a link for Box of the week?

awesome TV show maybe .... Bid to U Ship .....personally PU & like you said direct ship

Guess none of them watch Dragon Man.

If you want something to arrive in one piece, deliver it yourself.

Did insurance pay for the damage to that motor??

At least you have hair. A lot of guys don’t.

By god

I asked you about a part got nothing back.

No, you should mention the carrier.

FedEx I bet 100.00 bucks

Thank you Kevin! Makes me very sad to see our so called "political leaders" making decisions on our behalf to support arrivals from all over the world, meanwhile our own citizens can't afford running water in their homes. I got political so RU-vid probably won't allow posting and that's perfectly fine by me. Todd

Pretty disheartening having your pride and joy wrecked by inconsiderate shippers.