Shipping a crank isn't that hard.

If it fits it ships!

We got this in at work. It's a bit bigger than a 318 crank.

Volvo wanted to know why I was returning it as damaged.

thats prettygood. But you know there is someone out there that put it in the box and doesn't understand why it doesn't need protected. Its just a big chunk of steel!!! lol. Birdtracker

We received an industrial engine crankshaft a few months ago. It was in a nicely built crate with saddles. It arrived upside-down and the crate was all broken apart. Not sure if it had fallen off the truck or what, but at least the crankshaft was amazingly...OK. The end of the crate had a 'Fragile" sticker on it, but maybe the delivery driver didn't see that!?!? Good help is hard to find.

Remember how shippers deal with damage claims:
If the box is intact but the contents are trash, it's the sender's fault (claim is denied). You have to sue the sender, good luck with that.
If the box is wrecked it's the shipper's fault (claim is paid).

In this case, Volvo packed it and sent it with our stock order via the primary contract carrier.

The carrier has 3 cameras in the trailer to watch freight.

This one is squarely on Volvo.

We are surrounded by idiots !

Thats what I keep telling the scammer ( Lloyd Whitney ) that took the $720 I sent for a small block stroker crank ... never received the crank or my $$$ back... BTW beware of any dealings with him and be careful of people answering parts wanted ads .. thats how it all started !

That’s why I usually only sell or buy at swaps. Cash and carry. I have bought some items off of guys here and in most cases things have gone fine.

I have bought and sold on here many times with great success ...this is the first bad deal in like 20 years... of course the person answering the wanted ad deleted his account right afterwards

Utterly ridiculous - no, moronic; almost looks like the crank was dropped into the box, judging by the impressions in the bottom on the left side.
Bet the customer's reeeaalll happy, too...

A similar thing happened to a friend of mine .. he built a real sturdy wooden crate to ship his trans to Coan for a rebuild .. they shipped the trans back in a cardboard box .. it got damaged both Coan and the shipping company did nothing about it .

I've shipped Harley-Davidson cast-iron finned cylinders and heads (weight: oooff!) with no failures.
1. item goes into a close-fitting box (corrugated cardboard for light stuff, 1/4" board for iron), fill empty space with cardboard triangles filled and surrounded with peanuts
2. more than 1 item: protect from each other; example: heads have gasket surfaces facing each other with wooden board between, strapping tape ties them up
3. label inside small box
4. outside box is at least 2-3 inches away on all sides from outside of small box
5. empty space is filled with 1" foam panels, (Home Depot, don't settle when shipped, as many as make a tight fit); large peanuts and more cardboard if done carefully
6. stranded tape across and along every flap
7. outside label covered with good clear tape, I use "HDclear" from Staples

Buddy of mine in Indy had a Glide built. Builder made a 2X4 frame and covered it with 3/4" plywood. My buddy picks it up at the UPS Freght hub and it had holes from forklift forks completely through the box and the bellhousing. UPS initially claimed poor packaging. Took him 16 months to get them to pay.

Be happy they didn't use cinder blocks a packing popcorn.

Good thing you did not order two crankshafts !