Shipping A Grille

[THE COLONEL]

I have an idea on how to ship a Charger grille, but what are some of the methods you guys have used that worked real well, and what are some good freight companies....UPS?  I work for the USPS, but I would more rather use some sort of freight company.  Any advice will would be great as I will be getting mine restored, if all works teh way it should,  in about a month.

[Charger-Bodie]

I honestly would be scared to ship a Charger grill with any of the companies out there. 

They are a bad brittle design and it will be easy enough to damage it if its handled with care , let alone the kind of care it will likely get.

Is it in any way fezable to drive it where it needs to go?

[THE COLONEL]

I'm in Pittsburgh pA, and he is in Delaware.

[Back N Black]

I sent one out last month and used the Postal service and it arrived at the other end with no problems. I used the my old TV box.

[Belgium R/T -68]

I bought one in Hawaii and it was shipped to Florida in a paperbox without any problems, it was a second hand though.

[Chatt69chgr]

Make a wooden box for it and line with some foam material.  That would be the guaranteed way.  

[bull]

I assume we're talking the entire grill assembly, right? If so I'd be inclined to build a wooden crate and actually bolt the grill to the wood in the same way it bolts to the car. Then start stuffing lots of padding around it.

[bamadukefan02]

Do the opposite of whatever Premiere Plastics does.

[THE COLONEL]

Do the opposite of whatever Premiere Plastics does.

  I'llmake sure I don't do that!!

Building a wooden crate was what I had in mind, and probably what I will do, but bolting it to the wood box is a great idea!!

[moparstuart]

Do the opposite of whatever Premiere Plastics does.

  I'llmake sure I don't do that!!

Building a wooden crate was what I had in mind, and probably what I will do, but bolting it to the wood box is a great idea!!

Also maybe bag (protect grille from foam) it just at each end , then use expandable foam to give it some shock resistant packing.

[Mike DC]

 
I'm not entirely sold on bolting the whole assembled thing to the box rigidly.  Picture the box getting dropped from several feet off the ground, and it's not gonna be pretty for the grille. 



I've shipped grilles with the plastic sections broken down.  Three major sections in three boxes and then a fourth box for the two headlight doors.  Put them each into their individual box and then foam-peanut the boxes to the gills. 

Once the plastic is out, then the rest of the steel grille frame isn't gonna be as fragile of an item to just send in a peanut-filled box of some kind. 

[Silver R/T]

I got mine on ebay and guy shipped it through fedex I think. Truck companies are usually cheapest