Re: Suggestion for an antique outboard appraiser?

[PM T2]

I’m very sorry to learn of the difficulty you are having to undergo with the freight provider taking care of your claim. Also sorry to say that, unfortunately, many others have suffered a similar fate.

For these reasons and many other similar tales of woe that are all too commonplace, I refuse to use commercial shipping methods to move complete motors around the country.

Motors can be shipped safely, but it entails putting more care, heart, and soul into the packing than any commercial packer is willing or able to provide, whether they’ve been paid or not. When you entrust a good example of any given motor to UPS, Fedex, DHL, Canpar, the postal service(s), Eddie Ricketyback’s Plane Service, whatever…. you are risking damage that you MIGHT get compensated for, but, usually ends up leaving a bad taste with whomever is involved.

My personal motto – I will not ship motors (neither to or from) at any cost or for any amount of money. if I can’t deliver or pick it up myself, or enlist the help of a club member or trustworthy personal friend to help with the logistics, then I really don’t need it and I leave it for somebody else to worry about. The motors I prefer to buy are usually rare enough, and already need enough work done to them as it is, that the extra aggravation of suffering unnecessary additional damage at the hands of the Yee-Haw Bros Shipping Company isn’t required, and I won’t accept the risk of them undoing a lot of difficult work that has already been done.

Hope this helps convince somebody else NOT to ship good surviving motors commercially if there are other options.

best,
PM T2

He's livin' in his own private Idaho..... I hope to go out quietly in my sleep, like my grand-dad did..... and not screaming, like the passengers in his car...