would anyone out there in trademe land know how much a cast 350 engine block would weigh! Thats just the bare block, no crank, cam, slugs, heads etc. Need to get one transported from Whangarei to Auckland and the freight outfits are being picky sods, cheers
jasongroves,
Nov 14, 11:54am
Don't know about the block alone, but complete they weigh 575lbs according to google, which is about 260Kg. That may help if you could guess or know the weights of the parts removed!
elect70,
Nov 14, 12:04pm
They will want to know if needs taill lifter or whether it can be loaded by hand , had this before .
smac,
Nov 14, 12:09pm
Also OSH regulations on "two person lift". Isn't it only about 40KG or something!
mk3zephyr,
Nov 14, 2:39pm
got one weighed and it weighs in at 54 kg $80 for freight from Whangarei to Auckland from ship my trade
mk3zephyr,
Nov 14, 4:37pm
Is that a fair price!, How far is whangarei from Auckland!, about an hour!
carlz05,
Nov 14, 6:15pm
About 3-4 hours in a truck
matarautrader,
Nov 15, 8:22pm
Whangarei to Auckland about 160km. Takes about 2 1/4 hrs in car dependant on traffic.
mk3zephyr,
Mar 6, 4:13am
yea cheers i was thinking of somewhere else lol d'oh, Luckily the bloke i bought it from works for a transport company and is going to chuck it on the truck to Auckland and i can pick it up from there since we are heading up anyway
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