[Shotimes] Re: transportation to CA Conv. via truck info

[Donald Mallinson]

>> pirce seems steep
>> A buddy
>> had his 71 442 shipped from AB to here for $600 cdn
>> I take it from the capacity of 10 cars that your guy is an open trailer??

Not knowing where "here" is it is hard to tell.  But there 
is more than just taking a car from point a to point b.

In your buddies case, he probably had to accept the shippers 
schedule, and he was just one car on a transport making a 
route one way. WE are going BOTH ways, and you pay by the 
mile BOTH ways, that makes your buddies trip $1200 canadian 
if he was doing the same thing we are.

We are talking something totally different, and the price 
STILL isn't that much more.

First, we are going to hire the entire truck (yes, open 
transport, a closed unit won't haul near that many and is a 
LOT more money).  We are not hauling $250,000 exotics, just 
a bunch of old (if nice and valuable to the owners) Four 
door sedans.  The driver assures me he stays with the load, 
parks in safe zones, and although the cars will get dirty, 
it is no worse than they got when shipped brand new.

Second, we are asking them to pick up the same load and 
bring it back four days later.  In this case, the truck will 
probably just sit idle unless they get lucky enough to catch 
some local work while in SF before bringing the load back. 
They can't keep the truck busy every day.


Third: The shipper has to meet OUR schedule.

I would love to have the price under $500 American like we 
speculated last year at the convention, but it seems that 
isn't possible.

But if your buddy will give us the name of his shipper, 
maybe that shipper will be cheaper.  I would welcome that 
kind of information/help so ask him and pass it back to me 
if you can.

Don Mallinson

casholdn wrote:


> Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> 
>     I have been doing more research into transportation of SHO's
>     to the California Convention.
> 
>     I found an outfit that can pick up just about anywhere on
>     the east coast, and along I-80.
> 
>     Cars picked up on the east coast would cost about $1000 per
>     car round trip, and cars farthur on down the line would be
>     somewhat less expensive. Maybe cars from Illinois would be
>     $800? I have gotten this type of quote now from about four
>     different companies, so this seems to be about the best,
>     unless someone has an in with an outfit.
> 
>     This latest bid is from a trucker that owns an SHO, and he
>     may stick his on as the 10th car (he can get 10 on total)
>     and join us at the convention.
> 
>     Question is: Are there nine people out there willing to pay
>     up to $1000 to get their car to the convention and back?
> 
>     feel free to reply to me off-line, although, this IS ON
>     topic for once! :)
> 
>     If we don't get at least 6 people willing to put down a
>     deposit for this service, then I am going to let this topic
>     die, and if others can find a better deal, then they can
>     pursue it.
> 
>     Don Mallinson
>     SHO Clubals.yahoo.com/>