Shipping a car

[BONUSCAB]

Any one got any advice? I'm trying to get a car shipped from Atlanta to Milwaukee. This is proving to be quite the hassle! Shiesty sales people. Cancellations. People who want your money, but can't or wont answer questions. Any body got a guy? I don't want to spend a million bucks.

[brad_man_72]

Spend a million bucks. I saw my first car fall down the middle of a car hauler when the shipping company the new owner hired was loading it.

[cayoterun]

I've only had one pickup hauled from Salt Lake City, to Guymon, Okla.
I used Uship, and had good service. The broker was in Florida. I wish I'd could remember the name, but can't. I dealt with a lady, and She was really good about communications. The driver and truck owner who she sent was just as good. He kept me updated on his location, time of pickup, and time of delivery. He gave me his cell# told me to feel free to call him anytime. I never did need too, he called me often enough without calling him. From the time I called and the lady assigned a truck, she gave me an approximate deliver time and date. Seems like 7 days. I think the pickup was here in 5 days.
Total cost was less than $700. Much less than I could have driven up there, hired a Uhaul trailer, and back.
I used an open trailer as the pickup was older, but slick. I may have been lucky again, because he said he had good weather all the way across. Enclosed trailers were too pricey for my pockets.

I had heard some bad stories about poor service with Uship, but I picked a broker by looking on their list, and reading different ones feedback. This one seemed to have the most good ones, so being a one time hire, I may have been lucky to get a good one.

Good luck in finding a good hauler to help you.

[Keith Seymore]

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http://www.trulyvintagetrailers.city...tweb_page.html

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I have also used Reliable when GM was paying for it. We use Reliable to ship our show cars and historically significant vehicles all across the nation.

K

[Keith Seymore]

I also have a shipping horror story from when someone else made the arrangements - if you want to hear it after your car has arrived safely and been put away.



K

[Gumby]

fly there, drive back, fly there, rent uhaul truck and car dolly, drive back. or take a bus there if your cheap n got time all above but pay / use favors on someone you trust to do that.

watch Richard Pryors movie, Moving

[BONUSCAB]

Welp, it took close to a month from when I paid for the car, to when it showed up at my door. There were some cancelled plans and a few delays. It cost me $750 to get the car shipped 800 miles on an open single car trailer. The guy that hauled it saw it on U-ship and recognized it as being sold by a seller he has dealt with before, and contacted the seller. And that's how he got in touch with me.
While it was a running and driving car it has/had a salvage title; so driving it home wasn't an option. I couldn't get plates until the DOT here in Wisconsin inspected it. I could have just slapped plates on it and crossed my fingers, but I didn't want to be in the middle of no where and have the car impounded or a by the book sheriff or trooper telling me I can't drive that car in his state/county. Paying to have it hauled was the easiest way. Didn't have to use any vacation time, didn't have to call in any favors, no headaches alongside the road.
The car was everything I expected it it be. Needed a battery to get it off the trailer, an alternator, and a $50 HVAC part that requires the dash to be ripped apart. Oh well. It's an older car, it's been sitting a long time and the miles are so low it's never had any maintenance done to it. And buying stuff sight unseen, you never know what you're gonna get.
It passed inspection no problems so it's all tagged up and legal. Drives like a million bucks. It's a cool car. Gets a lot of compliments, have a had a few offers to buy it. As soon as I put back into my savings account what I paid for the car and transport, It's going to the body shop to get it fixed. Until then, I'm just gonna drive it and enjoy it!

[63burban4x4]

we shipped my wife's Camry from MA to CO last year. I think it was around $1,000. We got prices anywhere upwards of $700, but these guys seemed to check out, with positive reviews.

We noticed, when contacting different carriers, that everyone seemed to know about our shipping need. There must be a national clearinghouse between these shippers, and we somehow got posted to this? My wife actually handled setting this up, so I kind of stayed out of it. They did a good job shipping the car, but then again, it's a 10 year old Camry. I wasn't really that worried about the car. It went on a 6-car carrier. We picked up the car in Fort Collins, the shipper wanted more money to bring it another 50 miles up into the Front Range, due to the hills they would need to climb. we live at around 8,000' elevation here.