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Gearbox weight
Gearbox weight
by 686 bus-boy » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:28 pm
Can anybody tell me the weight of an irs gearbox please?
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Re: Gearbox weight
by robmccreedie » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:32 pm
fookin heavy!! mst be in the region of 25-30kg with axles etc, i've lifted one on my own but wouldn't want to do it a lot.
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Re: Gearbox weight
by 686 bus-boy » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:00 pm
yeh i agree,they are fookin evy! just the gearbox on its own though-i need to have one couriered!
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Re: Gearbox weight
by robmccreedie » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:05 pm
probably going to be a pallet job, I seen guys on vzi who know couriers who do pallets, i think about £25 ish a pallet?
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Re: Gearbox weight
by 686 bus-boy » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:32 pm
Yeh that would be fine,any contact names or numbers?
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Re: Gearbox weight
by tonuptony » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:01 pm
I had a box complete with shafts and reduction boxes sent from Kent to Durham. I think the total weight was about 50 Kg. DHL did it for me,it came on a pallet. Beware the price goes on the size as well as the weight so measure approximatly and round it down a bit-
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