Hello again everone.
I am still in the process of parting out my 1987 Mercury 70HP Motor which died suddenly last month. I listed and sold the lower unit on EBay recently. I spouted off and said I would ship the unit off for $75.00 Now, I live in Florida, and the guy who purchased the Lower Unit lived all the way up in Northern Michigan. Uh-Oh I thought. This may bite me in the *****.
Have any of you guys ever tried to find a box big enough (and strong enough) for a lower unit? Very difficult to say the least. Here is what I ended up doing, and it worked out perfectly.
I measure the demensions of the unit, and decided to make a crate to fit (sort of like a coffin) out of wood. I had some 1x8 Pine board left from a job. I went and purchased one sheet of the OSB chip board from the big Orange Home Improvement store. I alreadt had some drywall screws to screw it all together. I lined the box with old carpet and padding from my neighbors remodel. I assembled the entire box,crated the the Lower unit, and took it to a local supermarket to weigh it on the scale that your wife avoids as she exits the store. It totaled 86 LBS. I contacted FED-EX Ground, and they shipped the entire crate to Michigan for $63.00.
My worries were over. I KNOW the unit will arrive in perfect condition. Check out the photos attached, and I hope it helps somebody out there who is wondering how to ship the odd shaped Lower Unit.
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I am still in the process of parting out my 1987 Mercury 70HP Motor which died suddenly last month. I listed and sold the lower unit on EBay recently. I spouted off and said I would ship the unit off for $75.00 Now, I live in Florida, and the guy who purchased the Lower Unit lived all the way up in Northern Michigan. Uh-Oh I thought. This may bite me in the *****.
Have any of you guys ever tried to find a box big enough (and strong enough) for a lower unit? Very difficult to say the least. Here is what I ended up doing, and it worked out perfectly.
I measure the demensions of the unit, and decided to make a crate to fit (sort of like a coffin) out of wood. I had some 1x8 Pine board left from a job. I went and purchased one sheet of the OSB chip board from the big Orange Home Improvement store. I alreadt had some drywall screws to screw it all together. I lined the box with old carpet and padding from my neighbors remodel. I assembled the entire box,crated the the Lower unit, and took it to a local supermarket to weigh it on the scale that your wife avoids as she exits the store. It totaled 86 LBS. I contacted FED-EX Ground, and they shipped the entire crate to Michigan for $63.00.
My worries were over. I KNOW the unit will arrive in perfect condition. Check out the photos attached, and I hope it helps somebody out there who is wondering how to ship the odd shaped Lower Unit.
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