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    Frame shipping trick...save yourself mad bank.

    Well, I could keep this to myself, but in the interest of helping people out. Heres a way to cut a significant amount of money off of your frame shipping costs.





    This frame, started out measuring 29 inches from the ground to the top of the steering neck. With the wood slats, your able to even out the end of the subframe, and the steering neck to a level height. That cut FIVE INCHES off the height of the frame, down to 24 inches overall height. And that cut, a rather significant amount of dollarage (my new word) off the shipping cost. Anyone thats having to deal with shipping a frame, I'd really reccomend trying it out.

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    So you ADD wood to make it SMALLER? I really don't get it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by aaron7 View Post
    So you ADD wood to make it SMALLER? I really don't get it!
    oy vay....
    it levelsthe way the way the frame sits. so it is not as tall when Mr postman gets his cloth tape measure out, and wants to charge you oversize
    Awesome idea Billy!!!

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    It would make the frame sit more 'level' when being measured, instead of having the frame leaning back or forward and the subframe or steering neck sticking way up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aaron7 View Post
    So you ADD wood to make it SMALLER? I really don't get it!



    Take a good look at a frame how it normally sits flat on the bottom of the engine cradle. You'll notice how much higher up the top of the steering neck is, from the back of the sub-frame. Thats the highest point. What the wood does, is shim up the back of the frame so that your tilting the front of the frame down, to the point where it is level with the back of the frame. That reduces your overall height, and it is dimensionally the same everywhere else..


    whyzee, your definitely welcome man. I hope that this is able to help some guys out and save them a few bucks.
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    Also, I gotta give some props to Louis Mielke, him and I were discussing UPS shipping and he's really the one that helped me get this done, so mad props to the Milk Man as well!

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    haha the milkman, what a guy!

    awesome idea billy!
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    or if the person measuring it wasn't completely incompetent.... they'd realize that they way it sits does not affect the volume the package takes up.

    the girl measuring mine just didn't measure the subframe...as the tubing takes up no space.


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    For those of you that have shipped the frames... Do you box them or ship them straight out? I already have a UPS account. Do these things get shipped ground or freight? How should I go about this? Thanks in advance.
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    if you really wanna save cash box it up, i shilled a 300ex frame to CA from PA, for $59.00 in a box. i shipped a 200x frame from PA to OH to $55 with no both...use a box, or sheets of carb board and get about 2-3 big rolls of duct tape.

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    Very cool. I wish I knew this a year ago.

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    hmm. Just an idea mind you. But wouldn't it be less in height if you lay on sideways?
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