Forward Air

let’s say you have a 588 lb engine in the back of your truck/​suv. yeah, too heavy to move yourself. what to do? I listed mine on ebay, found a buyer in los angeles.
doesn’t make sense to me, shipping a $ 200 used engine to LA from austin, but he wanted it and he got it.
his freight option was gonna charge him $ 500 to come pick up the engine. I hated to see the dude spend $ 700 on this crusty old engine, I called forward air and it works a bit like this:
I drove over, 588 lb engine was in the back of my truck (SUV). I stopped at harbor freight along the way to pick up some cheap ratcheting straps ($ 12 for two). forward air folks were friendly and quick to assist. they plucked the beast from the back using expert forklift skills, weighed it and issued me a price, $ 311. I went next door to walmart (that is one creepy store) picked up a money order, returned to forward air and was done with it all.
the guy who bought the old ford truck motor saved $ 200 on shipping and I got the back of my truck back. and, instead of taking days/​weeks via truck, this stuff goes air freight, dude will have his engine in two days time
and if you ever have to ship a motorcycle, forward air handles that as well. with very affordable rates..