I have a fellow board member asking me about shipping an ea71 engine to him, we are both in the lower 48. Never having done this, what the best, easiest cheapest way? not terribly big, no intake on it, basically just the block and heads. Anyone done this?

strap to pallet take to closest UPS terminal.  should be some online information, guidelines, and pricing direct from them.

 

they don't like sharp edges or grease/dirt.

Wrap it in plastic, then strap it to pallet with straps that cannot loosen up.

+1 on how to Package it. Since you're fairly close to Denver, I would check with Forward Air shipping. Misleading name. It's all trucking. They do however have the cheapest shipping rates for things like this since they are shipped by dimensional weight. IE: How much other crap could we jam in there for the same weight and make more. I have shipped many arcade games this way and is by far the cheapest for odd/heavy  items.

I've used uship before.had a huge sectional couch ship from ne Ohio to sw ohio for less than what it would have cost me in gas. Uship.com is the website I believe