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One thing to keep in mind when dealing with UPS/FedEx is a thing called Dimensional Weight. Dimensional Weight is a factor they add on to the actual weight based on the size of the box and how much room it's going to take up in their plane/truck. Using 50# the UPS shipping calculator does come out to around $40 if you don't specify a box size. I don't know the size of a CTC4 chassis, but putting in 24" X 24" X 20" pushes the Dimensional Weight to 70# and the cost to over $50. Assuming you double box it and the package gets bigger, $60+ dollars is not far fetched.
This really becomes a problem when you need to ship something that is very large but very light. I just estimated sending an empty box that is a 24" cube weighing 1# to California and the Dimensional Weight came out to 84# with a shipping cost of $87.58!
Just remember actual weight means little when shipping a large item.
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