Shipping vehicles

[zayante]

I found that many brokers don't know what a Series Land Rover is, or it wasn't in the online posting system they were using . I had to find a similar sized vehicle to describe to them.

Having a roof rack made transport more complicated. I had to give them the OA truck height. Turned out my 109 could only ride in one spot on the trailer so that it wouldn't get scraped off by an overpass. The driver hit me up for more money before he would drive it off the trailer, claiming it had prevented him from picking up other vehicles.

[crankin]

I transported mine from Missouri to Tennessee for $450 two weeks ago.
It was an open transport on a 5 car transfer truck.

The shipping company was Angels Moving Autos... however they find the best transporters available. So, you might get another company all together.

Make sure that the transporter is fully insured. While is transit they should cover any damages. Thankfully mine come in without any problems.

http://www.transportreviews.com is a good place to look at for reviews.

[ShootingCar]

Barnes Auto Movers

Rosie,
I too am a complete newbie in this Land Rover world and appreciate the questions you have had and learn from all of these generous people. I bought an 88 that was rebuilt from ECR a while back and it has been there for some revisions prior to shippping. So per their recommendations, I just called Jeff Barnes at Barnes Automovers and he answers the phone himself while on the road. He quoted me a price and we scheduled the shipping of it from ECR in Maine to my house in Wisc... I then followed up with the reservation on his website per his direction. Door to door it is costing $1,145 which with the fuel prices, I felt was fair and in comparison what others have said on previous shipping. He is scheduled to pick it up in the first week of August and have it here in a week. He really gave me the impression that he cares to get it to me and will take care of my truck. So I am very confident with him. I will report to all here after I get it, how it went as well as how my truck is.

[Blueboy]

Jeff Barnes at Barnes Automovers and he answers the phone himself while on the road

exactly!! this is why I always use his service.


Jaime

[Rosie]

Jeff, that quote seems a little high for getting the Rover from Maine to Wisconsin.

[Blueboy]

all depends on what level of service you want.

yes, there will be cheaper, yet, with Jeff I know when the Rover will be delivered and there will not be any damage.


Jaime

[Eric W S]

Jeff, that quote seems a little high for getting the Rover from Maine to Wisconsin.

I think you need to do more research. I know of someone who paid 250 to get a truck shipped from Chicago to Ft. Wayne. That's 157 miles door to door.

That is a very good price.

Jeff PM me please. I may need to have you bring a truck to Chicago to me. I'll have more details but looks like Salt Lake City.

[BackInA88]

I paid just under $900 to have my 88 shipped from Telluride Colorado to my door in S.E. Michigan about a year and a half ago.

Would have cost me more to fly there let alone the gas to drive it back.

Steve

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[Eric W S]

I paid just under $900 to have my 88 shipped from Telluride Colorado to my door in S.E. Michigan about a year and a half ago.

Would have cost me more to fly there let alone the gas to drive it back.

Steve

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Double it due to the price increase in diesel. What was it back then, around 3?

[Rosie]

I got a shipping quote of $1530.00 for shipping Series Rover from Oregon to central NY from Bulls Eye for end of August delivery.

[greenmeanie]

That's not too bad a price for that distance.On fairly short notice and within a tight window due to the PO's travel schedule I got my 109 shipped from the back of beyond outside Colorado Springs to Phoenix for 650. The driver tried to hit me up for an extra $50 because he got taxed at the AZ border for being a commercial vehicle.

The wider the window for pick up and delivery you give them the cheaper it will be ini general.

Cheers
Gregor

[Tim Smith]

I got a shipping quote of $1530.00 for shipping Series Rover from Oregon to central NY from Bulls Eye for end of August delivery.

I want to try and figure this out...
My rough google estimate put this trip at around 3000 miles one way.

So if you were paying just for the tug over to you then you are paying about $.50 a mile. The driver still has to make his way back home and we can only hope he gets another job for his way back but at short notice, who knows.

Now how much does the truck take out of that bill? Lets say the tow truck gets 15 mpg. I've seen diesel going for almost $6 locally but it looks like right now nationally it's about $4.60 a gallon. That makes an average of $920 in fuel costs for the one way trip alone. That is nothing to say about keeping the tow truck on the road, tolls, taxes, tires, parts and insurance. I'd also be surprised if any tow truck could make 15 mpg but lets give it the benefit of the doubt.

Well after figuring all of this out, the driver MUST find another job or bring more than one car over to the east coast just to get home again otherwise he's not getting paid.

Good grief, I didn't think it was going to be so tight when I started this post...
Being a truck driver really is tough.

[greenmeanie]

Ah but your analysis is based on merely hauling one vehicle. The way these guys work is to schedule slots on their truck all going in the same direction and each paying the going rate. As such he may be picking up a truck in Portland, one in Idaho, dropping one in Colorado but picking up two in New Mexico and so on. It's why they like to pick up and drop off in big cities because they can usually find another vehicle the same day.

Cheers
Gregor

[Rosie]

Yea, the gal at Bulls Eye said that lots of independent truckers have been leaving the scene. The brokers have a smaller pool of haulers to choose from. Scheduling then can be difficult.

[Tim Smith]

Ah but your analysis is based on merely hauling one vehicle. The way these guys work is to schedule slots on their truck all going in the same direction and each paying the going rate. As such he may be picking up a truck in Portland, one in Idaho, dropping one in Colorado but picking up two in New Mexico and so on. It's why they like to pick up and drop off in big cities because they can usually find another vehicle the same day.

Cheers
Gregor

Thanks Gregor. That is a good point. I'd hope they could keep a steady few cars on their haulers or else they're in the wrong business.