Ironracer
Gearhead
That's an excellent idea! And I've known people to get, say, a LULL, and JLG , then roll em when done!
I did something stupid
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For $5 grand you could BUY a decent pickup at either end and sell it when you get back home with the car!!!!and a tow dolly for around $750
And then get your money back when you get home with the car you really want!
And then get your money back when you get home with the car you really want!
nah we’ve all been there at some point.
another stand up guy!
im on board if needed. Have truck, sometime have trailer(depends if it’s loaded or not haha) we’ll get him his car.
That is why I asked. I had 4.10 in an 8 3/4 for about a month, then traded them out. I see it has 3.91s.
Steve welder
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Im seeing 2 to 3 grand probably more to go coast to coast especially with rising fuel costs
Im still not sure what the problem was with the OP other than shipping costs making it not worth him getting his car, hope it all works out
Ive known guys who got into auto transport, local or long distance didn't seem to matter.
Its not as lucrative as it seems. Figure in the fact that you need a decent tractor especially over the road plus a fairly new trailer and your talking a hundred and a half easy, fuel , insurance, tires and mechanicals
Tough way to make a dollar and than you have to get the work
Used a towing service to flatbed my jeep home a month or so ago, was $130 a hour plus tolls.
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Ditto on the transportation train. If that happens and anyone needs support in Southern AZ, I'm happy to help. I have 4 days off every 5 days, so I've got lots of availability to house you or tow the car for a leg towards the East Coast.
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
if push comes to shove i could do michigan city or la port to toledo or so...that would be an 8 hour round trip for me
the only way i see this working is if all the drivers have their own truck, and the OP figures out a trailer or a tow dolly
in todays market that requires a lot of liquid assets...and the OP allready mentioned he cant get the time off to bring it home, let alone shop for a tow vehicle
Apparently you MISSED the capital IF in my last sentence.
Been there. Done that. Fly out and buy a decent used truck. It will be higher than it should be, but when you get back home and sell it, yep, it will still be high.
We all understand the cost of an auto transport.
Jarlaxle
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Not $5K (if I had gotten a quote even close to that, I would have simply not bought the car), but twice what I was quoted. In other words: bait and switch, because they KNOW I'm stuck.
A truck capable of towing 4000lbs cross-country...for $5000? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wait, you're serious?!
$5000 buys a beater. If you're lucky, it's running and sort of driveable. (50/50 whether it has tread on the tires, working brakes, no warning lights, an intact frame and body, and a transmission that shifts.) $5000 trucks are available in your choice of "beaten like rented mules", "Rusted", "barely running", and occasionally "hot".
The problem is that shipping companies are taking money and giving me nothing but BS. The problem is the transport cost has doubled, simply because these crooks KNOW I'm stuck essentially paying whatever number they come up with.
Jarlaxle
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I thank everyone for the help, but at this point, if the transport plan implodes, I'm simply giving up, walking away from the car, and probably drinking myself blind.
If walking away from the car becomes your only option, I’m 100% positive you can find someone here to buy it from you who can pick it up in Cali. At least then you won’t be losing money.
mopar head
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There is about 3 guys over on the hamb who transport for a living, might want to reach out, worth a try...
Nationwide Single Car Transport/Hauling Open or Enclosed
If you walk away from it then you have done something stupid. You got 20 people on this thread trying to help you and every few posts you're saying, I'm going to give up and just blow it off. These people are trying to help you, Pay attention. You need to hire somebody to put two ball joints in a bag along with some wrenches and a grease gun with a new unopened grease cartridge, Stick them on a bus to where the car is and have them fix the ball joints and drive the car home to you.
I used to do these kinds of things all the time. It not that hard to come up with a workable plan. Stop the whining an start using your head for positive thinking.
How much does that transportation outfit want to move your car?
I used to do these kinds of things all the time. It not that hard to come up with a workable plan. Stop the whining an start using your head for positive thinking.
How much does that transportation outfit want to move your car?
Jarlaxle
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I'm already going to lose a bunch of money since I'm probably going to just dump the car for whatever I can get for it as soon as I get the DMV paperwork done. If I lose less than half what I'm spending I'll be doing well. If I lose all I spent...then I do, this was a stupid idea from day one and I should have known that.
Jarlaxle
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There is NOBODY I know who could do that. I know NOBODY within 2000 miles of the car.
Transport company quoted $1400, now wants $2300, and I would not be even slightly surprised if they demand more and hold the car hostage until I pay. Going on three weeks of excuses, bullshit, and lies now.
I'm sure you can do it. I'm equally sure I have the same chance of pulling it off that I have of flapping my arms and soaring through the air like a bird, flying to California, saying "ALAKAZAM!", and teleporting the car and myself home.
Jarlaxle
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Link gives an error message.
A friend of mine that does hauling sent me contact info of a hauler in Bakersfield. Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll send you his info via pm.
$2300 is a bullcrap quote. No professional hauler would take a job for $1/mile especially with gas prices how they are.
$2300 is a bullcrap quote. No professional hauler would take a job for $1/mile especially with gas prices how they are.
MY Ram 3500 has 4:10 gears but the AT has overdrive!!!!!
Guess I am hardheaded, but if it runs good enough to make the trip, fix the suspension, and drive back 55 on blacktop and enjoy the ride. I did that one back in '95 Ca. to Mo. Most fun I ever had (with my clothes on that is). Blacktop all the way till I hit Ks.
mopar head
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Funny, works on my end. They`re listed in the hamb o dex however you find that
Or use search function for car transport, and a bunch of threads should pop up.
Jarlaxle
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Naah...I'm not paying any more, I'll walk away from the car first. If I had gotten a $2500+ quote for transport instead of bait and switch, I wouldn't have bought the car.
Phreakish
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For reference, I paid $1700 for an enclosed transport from Orlando to Spokane area back in September.
Things have changed some since then, but $2300 seems reasonable to me for enclosed transport point-to-point. With the volatility in gas prices lately, the shipper is probably just trying to hedge.
A $600 difference isn't worth spiking the deal on a nice car, IMO. The way I look at it: would I walk away if the cost of the car was $600 higher? If not, I pay it and keep going.
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I like the Alakazam idea. Now you say 3000 miles one way, the truck towing the trailer let's see it gets 10 miles to the gallon it's 300 gallons of fuel. A round here is over $5 a gallon, I'm sure on the west coast it's more let's figure $6. That's 6 * 300 that's $1,800 just for fuel now. As verses $4 a gallon equals $1200.
I see why he raised his price. Try the Alakazam it may work I've never tried it.
Jarlaxle
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Enclosed? Yeah-no, this is a spot on a regular car carrier. It's not the $2300, it's the bait and switch. It's the dishonesty. It's the lies. It's the bullshit. It's the stress. It's the fact I am simply DONE with this ****.
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