The carpenters at the plant made me a box to ship my center unit to Alabama. I took it down to UPS in Ridgecrest ca. It weighed 98 lbs and cost me 88 bucks to ship it home. But it will be home friday. I myself will be home thursday, so I can start having fun when I get home installing new bears and seals. I now have a solid shipping box made just for 8 3/4 centers and it is screwed together.