Anyone have a vehicle shipped across the United States?

[Iceman]

Just wondering your expierences.

Looking to have one of our vehicles sent out here from Michigan to Vegas. Quote coming back in the $750-900 range. Looks to be around a week. Seems pretty fair.

 

[MIKEY.1TIME]

i used to ship many cars all over the u.s. i only had 1 bad experience but i made sure prior that i got a copy of their insurance. the problem was handled easily

 

[Rolltideroll]

$750 sounds like a fair deal.Know people that have done Alabama to Michigan and Alabama to Pennsylvania and $700 was the price.

 

[Iceman]

My old man and me got a an argument as he says he knows a few "knowledgeable" people and they claim $1,500 was about the right price. I told him that way high.

 

[GoBlue34]

I just bought a car in Minnesota (suv actually) and they have a guy that will drive it for $10 an hour.

Will cost me about $100 that way

 

[Iceman]

I just bought a car in Minnesota (suv actually) and they have a guy that will drive it for $10 an hour.

Will cost me about $100 that way

no gas, wow nice deal but I do live 30 hours away from this vehicle.

 

[TTinCO]

http://www.uship.com/ Should give you a good idea of what a good price is.

 

[MIKEY.1TIME]

i used these boys

http://www.aacrossusa.com/

 

[bellyputter]

Ice, did you ever hear about the guy who went to Vegas in a $40,000 Cadillac, and came home in a $300,000 Greyhound Bus. :aktion033

 

[barman]

In similar vein...Has anyone here ever done this kind of work? That is, been a driver to transport vehicles at a distance?


I used to know a guy who drove for Rental Car companies...Would take the cars that were OneWay dropoffs here in Tampa and return them to other locations within Florida. And then return with another the other direction. But that was ten years ago.

 

[Doug]

In similar vein...Has anyone here ever done this kind of work? That is, been a driver to transport vehicles at a distance?


I used to know a guy who drove for Rental Car companies...Would take the cars that were OneWay dropoffs here in Tampa and return them to other locations within Florida. And then return with another the other direction. But that was ten years ago.

I'd do that if the pay was halfway decent. I'd drive the car cross country, and drive one back, even. Sounds like a cake job to me. It would be a nice escape.

 

[D2bets]

I'd do that if the pay was halfway decent. I'd drive the car cross country, and drive one back, even. Sounds like a cake job to me. It would be a nice escape.

Isn't that what truckers do? (albeit with a truck instead of a car)

 

[Doug]

Isn't that what truckers do? (albeit with a truck instead of a car)

Yes, but driving a car would be a lot nicer than driving a rig, and I'm not licensed ( CDL) for a rig. I'm just saying I'd consider doing it, for the right price ( maybe $15/hour + expenses). Perhaps as an occasional thing.

 

[Doug]

On a side note:

You can get a free rental car ( $1 a day). Works like this:

Your helping the car rental company to move a car to where it is needed. So if they need a car moved from Pittsburgh to Tampa (example), and you need to go Pitts to TB, it might work.
http://www.dollar.com/Specials/Featured/ROUD1.aspx

 

[Doug]

This might work for a guy like Jake, if he wanted to go to Vegas.

Get to Vegas somehow, free ride back to Boise... his gas expense, I presume.

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[Iceman]

yeah they haul these on a car hauler type vehicle with 5-10 other vehicles hitched on there.

 

[Doug]

yeah they haul these on a car hauler type vehicle with 5-10 other vehicles hitched on there.

You'd have to do it with a car carrier trailer, over individually moving cars long distances. A big heavy-duty diesel pick-up ( 5th wheel set-up) can pull one, but normally a rig pulls it.

I wouldn't care if I had to wait two weeks for the car that way for $900 or whatever from Michigan, instead of being driven there by somebody for 2k or whatever, to get in 2-3 days.

Ice: the other option is to have a buddy of yours (trusted) drive it to LV for you, buy him return airfare, and a few other perks.

 

[BadCo]

Back in 1976 I went to my grandmothers funeral in Joliet Ill.

Found in newspaper to drive a car back to Ca.

Took a bus into Chicago picked up a Fiat Spyder and drove it back to Ca.

Dropped it off at a really nice house in Danville and the lady was livid.

She had no idea some long haired hippie kid was dropping off her Spyder,she thought it was coming via a train or some thing.


LOL