[Shotimes] Convention Round Trip Vehicle Transport

[Donald Mallinson]

Al,

First, Do you have a new phone number address that I need to 
put on the SHOclub.com information pages about vendors?  I 
assume you still have parts to sell even if the carcasses 
are gone?

Second, I found this truck driver that Josh is working with. 
  To go ROUND TRIP for $1000 coast to coast is a SUPER deal.

I must have contacted 20 companies, and most quoted minimum 
of $1200 one way.

There isn't time to search out another company that has a 
friendly (I talked to this guy, he seems like a real nice 
guy that owns a SHO and will be part of the convention!) 
driver that understands SHOs and will take the cars back. 
Same truck both ways is better than two different rigs.

The advice of other brokers is fine, but for this trip from 
the NE, Josh has put together a great deal.  For others, if 
you can get one way $600, that would be super.

Don Mallinson

alfitz@alfitz.com wrote:

> Hi George.
> 
> The trucking rates you have been quoted are very high. You have to keep in
> mind that when you get a quote, you are getting it from a broker. A broker
> doesn't even own a truck, they just hire a driver and truck to transport it
> for them and they charge you 2-5 hundred for the service. I have had cars
> shipped all over the country and never spent more than $750 and that was
> from southern Florida for a Mustang that didn't run or drive.
> 
> There are several sites that brokers use to find trucks to do shipping. They
> set the price and pocket the difference.
> 
> http://centraldispatch.com/index.htm
> http://getloaded.com/
> 
> It would save you hundreds of dollars to subscribe to the site for one month
> and get your own driver and truck.
> 
> You can easily hire a driver and truck to go cross country for $2.00 per
> mile or less AND he can carry 10 or more SHOs!!
> 3,000 miles X 2.00 per mile = $6,000 divided by 10 SHOs = $600 per car. The
> same would apply to the return trip.
> Or just pay the driver directly and have it done for ~$500.
> 
> Plus when you hire a broker they will only guarantee to get the car there,
> but they want a 21 day window of when it will get delivered. That wouldn't
> work out very well if it showed up the week following  the convention.
> 
> As far as costing $750 to travel from coast to coast, I think that $750 is
> pretty high.
> 
> This is what I would think is the higher end.....
> Figure gas is $300 (22 MPG at 2.25 per gallon for 3,000 miles)
> $20 for an oil change.
> Two nights hotel at  $150 ($75 per night)
> $150 for food ($15 breakfast, $15 lunch, and $20 dinner, for three days)
> 
> 
> Of course your mileage is probably better and gas is definitely cheaper, and
> good motels can be found for much less.
> 
> IMHO.....
> 
> 
> Al Fitz
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Convention Round Trip Vehicle Transport
> 
> 
> 
>>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:39:31 -0400, Joshua Teixeira wrote:
>>
>>
>>>To compare, if you contact a car carrier, they will quote $900-$1100 to
> 
> go
> 
>>>from the North East to Vallejo (actually Sacramento), and $1000-$1300 to
>>
>>>come back, the latter being higher to make up for lack of paying
> 
> customers.
> 
>>I'll vouch for that.  The black car cost 1000 even to go east, and 950 to
> 
> come back.
> 
>> This is a good deal.  Plus, the average cost to drive from coast to coast
> 
> is at
> 
>>least 750 each way, unless you really scrimp.  So this truck plus a round
> 
> trip
> 
>>ticket or two is a good deal.
>>
>>George
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