Reply to: RE>>Transporting a car across the country ??
I hope you had safety chains in addition to the tow bar. If they did not
provide any I would ask for a refund! (Safety chains and tow bars are the law
in the USA)
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Date: 8/16/96 8:10 PM
To: T Wiencek
From: Barrie L. Henderson
At 12:09 08/16/96 -0700, you wrote:
> Anyone know of any reasonably priced Car Carriers that could transport
>an Alpine across the country? From Maryland to Seattle? The means of
>the transportation is not important, so Train, Truck, Trailer, or
>strapped to the belly of a 747 would be just fine, as long as it gets
>here still looking like it did when it started the trip??
> Has anyone here actually done this before? Unfortunately, just driving
>the car back isn't feasible for two reasons. Reliability, and time. I
>just don't have the time to do it, and nothing more need be said about
>the ABSOLUTE required reliability needed to go 3,500 miles Without a
>break down......in an Alpine....a block stock 32 year old car.
>
>Thanks...
>
>Rich
>
I can't really recommend the best way to get your Alpine across the
continent - but I can definitely recommend one way NOT to do it.
I was moving from Saratoga (Bay Area) to Victoria, B.C. and had a rather
large (for me) rental truck full of household effects. The rental truck
folks insisted I would have no problems using one of their tow bars to haul
my Alpine behind the truck.
About 100 miles down the pike I started paying attention to the people
whizzing by me in the fast lane and gesticulating wildly towards the rear of
my little caravan. Of course I could not see the Alpine behind the big van
at all so pulled off the freeway to have a look. Yup - there it was
dangling by ONE bumper bracket bolt - the other one had pulled itself right
through the end of the box frame leaving a jagged hole. It was probably
just seconds away from ripping the other one out and letting the Alpine head
for the rhubarb (or worse).
No choice but to get both off the freeway - untangle the mess - throw the
bumper in the back seat - drive the Alpine back to square one - get my wife
to drive me back up the pike (in the Chrysler wagon) to the moving van - and
resume my journey (sans Alpine).
She (my wife that is) never did forgive me for leaving her the task of
driving the Alpine the 1000 odd miles to Victoria by herself - but then what
can you expect from someone who insists on automatic transmissions and
electric windows!
Moral of the story - DON'T!!
Barrie Henderson
'pineless in Victoria
>
>
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