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Is the engine in your car or late model truck worth rebuilding? Is the time , trouble and expense worth it or should you check one of other alternatives available to you such as a used engine , a full or partial professional rebuild or a factory service like rebuild – many of which now are being done offshore and being shipped back to U.S. automotive consumers ?

The do it yourselfer is faced with these options to evaluate when it comes to the dreaded time of a potential engine overall. Most likely you have gotten a good number of relatively trouble free services from your automotive engine and are now faced with the prospect of an engine overhaul. The decision to replace the engine bloc, piston, connecting rod assemblies as well as crankshaft depends on a number of factors, with the number one consideration being the condition of the engine block. Other considerations are cost, ready access to machine and auto shop facilities, parts availability, time required to complete the project and finally the extent of prior mechanical experience on the part of the do-it-yourselfer home auto mechanic.

Next consider the value of the vehicle. It has turned out that frequently the total end cost of the parts required to complete the task of rebuilding the engine is greater and more than the actual value of the vehicle. It can be said that often ego and pride of ownership gets in the way of a fair and true evaluation of the situation, its costs and reasonable conclusions on the suitability of the project at all. As a case in point one proud owner of what might be considered a truck that was long past its prime and in great need of repair convinced himself that expensive repairs were in order by himself when a quick tour of local area junkyards should of convinced that the truck itself could be replaced by any of the similar vehicles that were laying about these auto parts recycling facilities.

In such situations where the cost for a full engine overhaul is greater than the cost of a full and proper engine rebuild one option to consider is a used engine from one of above auto junk yards. True the engine may not have the full engine life of a rebuilt engine but there may be more than enough lifespan in one of these replacements which come at a much lower cost and may indeed outlive the body components and lifespan of the vehicle itself. In addition most of the professional auto parts recycling shops will both have tested and warranty the engine for a reasonable initial automobile test and evaluation time period.

It can be said that the vehicle may seem to have great value to you. The question to ask is “If I sink in this money and time of a full rebuilt engine will anyone pay me more for my vehicle or if I sell this vehicle will I get my money back?” The answer is usually “Probably not”. However it can be said that devil you know is better than the devil you do not. You will have a vehicle whose history and maintenance background is well known to you. You will know the quirks and characteristics of the vehicle – of what to expect and what repairs as well are upcoming. Thus said sinking money and time into rebuilding your engine or engine block may make good sense to you overall in the end.

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There are several freight brokers out there that will connect you to a Freight Company of which they have set up rates with.  These rates are based on the number of business they have or can legitimately project to deliver to that Freight Company and the amount of money they make on top of those rates.

However, 95% of all freight brokers are a company established just for the purpose of making money offering a connection to Freight Companies.  They do not back up their services with years of knowledge in the automotive industry themselves.  There is no blame to the brokers for establishing a company to offer this connection and without them you would have very limited options.  And if your options were limited it would cause rates to be a lot higher because the small amount of brokers that did exist could set the rates themselves.  So having the competition out there does allow for rates to be stabilized a little, however, the truth still exists that you are paying for a middle man between you and the Freight Company. 

So if you are going to pay for a middle man you should make sure you can trust that company to deliver every time.  It’s the same concept when you look to hire a Real Estate Agent, a Financial Advisor or a Stock Broker because if you could honestly do what they do there wouldn’t be any need for them.

So if you want to be able to say, “I know a guy” or know of a shipping/freight broker that has over 20 years of experience in the automotive, remanufactured engines and even racing industry we would suggest you check out EngineShipping.com for your next rate quote.  EngineShipping.com simply offers the lowest rates compared to everyone else, including FreightQuote. 

How EngineShipping.com is able to do this is actually quite simple, based on two main factors.

1.      Behind EngineShipping.com is a collection of companies that have been in the industry for over 20 years.  We have shipped more engines and transmissions than everyone else put together.  So we already get the lowest rates you could possibly receive from an elite selection of the top freight companies that you can count on.  Which is great because if we trust in using them over and over again, you can rest assured that you can trust in them too.  The key to these rates are the years of shipping with these companies that has allowed us to establish rates that nobody else can touch.

2.     There is no need to be greedy!  EngineShipping.com was not set up to make a whole bunch of other people rich.  It was established to make what our companies already need more automated, with one source to get it from.  Obviously in order to offer this to the public or to individuals that are buying and need shipping as well as other company owners that want to offer shipping, we are going to charge a little more than our cost.  Not too much where it puts us in the same high priced league as all the other brokers, but enough to cover the overhead to extend the lower rates onto others and give an excellent customer service.