[Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions

[kerbyh@netzero.net]

All I have to say is:

You're all wimps!  :-)

Kerby "Southern Caravan Master" Haltom

-- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
I talked to about three companies, and they all quoted near 
$2000 PER CAR!  We did some quick math, and with the fuel, 
and about a week and a half (four days of dead time for the 
driver, tough to find something to do for half a week!) and 
permits needed for CA if the truck originates somewhere 
else, even if you owned the truck, and drove for free, it 
would be tough to do for 3-400 per car.

My son is a pro driver, so he is looking into renting a rig 
and taking a vacation and driving it out for us.

If you can find somebody that will do it for 300 to 600 per 
car, that would be great.  We already have 6 or 7 cars that 
can be picked up at one spot in Illinois and dropped off at 
one spot.  Ben Bentley's place (he still has to get 
permission from his boss to park the cars for a couple of 
days on their lot) but that should reduce the cost.  Figure 
from Mendota, IL (or LaSalle, nearest bigger town) for 
miles.  Let me know.

Don Mallinson

George Fourchy wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:06:40 -0500, Donald Mallinson wrote:
> 
> 
>>I am still trying to find a company to move 8 or more cars 
> 
>>from the midwest to the CA convention.  I THink Kirk and 
> 
>>others are trying the same thing for the east coast. 
> 
> 
> Fred Herder Jr. mentioned at the banquet in Madison that there ought to be truckers
> who would load their car carriers up and charge for the whole load, divided by the
> number of cars on the truck.  The total amount was something like $3K one way, which
> would be about 3 or 4 hundred apiece, which is pretty close to the cost of driving
> across country one way.
> 
> I was going to investigate this possibility, and still will, but the home-front
> alligators are still occasionally pretty fierce.  I'm working on them, and on the
> convention.
> 
> I can (and have been meaning to) call the folks that shipped my car to Mark Nunnally
> and ask them about bulk shipping possibilities.  They are very friendly.
> 
> George
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