Balls out (not those) and coin box (if one), thick moving blanket in between the cab and back box down, shrink wrap it a good three times around, strap it down, and pallet it if going on a long distance trek. NEVER ship with legs on.

Another upstate NY'ker? Having one shipped from MI to Upstate (with the same nail biting) but as Levi said, "U Ship, U Pray" even though it's an earlier 2000's Stern. Truer words have never been said. I've done it a lot and not had anything happen out of the ordinary (knock on the cab). Not too shabby for $480 with insurance from Michelle and Co. I would have spent another couple hundred more than that easy going to get it. But you take a risk just walking out your door and getting hit by a car too (or getting hit by a car in your car).