smithe1811 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I'm thinking of having a manche shipped and was wondering if anyone has done this before and had some info, like average cost and how long delivery takes or some suggestions on company's.Thanks Erik :beerhead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I'm thinking of having a manche shipped and was wondering if anyone has done this before and had some info, like average cost and how long delivery takes or some suggestions on company's.Thanks Erik :beerhead: You didn't buy a $10,000 MJ form SoCal did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 To have my Suburban shipped from Dallas/Ft Worth area to rural NE/E Ohio cost $1300, and that was 8 years ago when gas was $1.60 a gallon, diesel about the same. I was told about 3 weeks, but it arrived within 4 days on a 48 foot open trailer (two other vehicles on it as well) behind a Dodge dually diesel with a sleeper. Two men operation. He drove, she stays at home to man the phone and tell him where to pick up/drop off vehicles. If it is reliable enough to drive, your best bet would be to take the greyhound, or fly or whatever and drive the truck home, unless you have access to a truck with a decent sized engine and a trailer to go get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahooSteeler Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Smithe, I had my MJ shipped from Mizzou to Va fo $700 and it took about 5 days. I'll follow up with more details later but my battery is about to die on my laptop. :brows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd44889 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 were is the mj and were do u live i know a guy that hauls cars for a living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahooSteeler Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Ok, juiced up now. So, if you Google auto transporters you'll get a ton and also sites that send out quote requests and then you'll get inundated with quotes. The ones that seem to be too good to be true, from what I researched, usually are. Then you get some quotes that are twice as much, and obviously ones that fall in between. I know that sounds obvious but you have to resist the temptation to just go with the cheapest. You have transport brokers, the majority of quotes you'll get, and transport companies, i.e. they have their own trucks. The latter is the most reliable but also the most expensive. Although, I found that most transport companies also do brokerage. Anyway, I also researched the BBB on each company I considered. The ones that ask you for a deposit are brokers, basically they are just making sure they get their fee up front. A lot of the lower end quotes supposedly are just the amount the actual transporter is charging, and the broker has not included their fee yet, which seems to usually be between $100-250. Then the transporter tells you he needs another $X amount before he'll unload your truck, but that's because the broker has witheld the amount of their fee from what the transporter is to get. So, best bet is to confirm with whoever you use whether they are a broker or the actual transporter and if there will be any additional fees over and above the quote they are giving you, upon delivery, i.e. fuel surcharges, "unloading fees", and/or their own fees if it is a broker. Some owner-operated transport companies will tell you should never give a deposit, but that's a little misleading in relation to what I just said. That's just how they market themselves against brokers. I ended up going with a broker and it went fine. Do be prepared though that the loading of your truck may end up taking longer than expected as they, whether a broker or owner-operator, wait to fill up the trailer and/or put together a run with all deliveries going in the same direction. Or, they're trying to secure a back-haul to for the trip home. I told them I wouldn't pay a deposit until there was proof the truck was loaded on a trailer. Well, I've gone on enough, but common sense and asking a lot of questions usually will reduce your risk of getting ripped off. Hope this helps. Oh yeah, where would it be coming from? As i said before, mine came from Missouri last September and was about 7 or 800 miles I think, and I paid $700. $500-$600 were the low bids, but they couldn't give me a load date. $1100-1300 was the high end from owner-operators and companies who only hauled with enclosed trailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Ok, juiced up now. So, if you Google auto transporters you'll get a ton and also sites that send out quote requests and then you'll get inundated with quotes. The ones that seem to be too good to be true, from what I researched, usually are. Then you get some quotes that are twice as much, and obviously ones that fall in between. I know that sounds obvious but you have to resist the temptation to just go with the cheapest. You have transport brokers, the majority of quotes you'll get, and transport companies, i.e. they have their own trucks. The latter is the most reliable but also the most expensive. Although, I found that most transport companies also do brokerage. Anyway, I also researched the BBB on each company I considered. The ones that ask you for a deposit are brokers, basically they are just making sure they get their fee up front. A lot of the lower end quotes supposedly are just the amount the actual transporter is charging, and the broker has not included their fee yet, which seems to usually be between $100-250. Then the transporter tells you he needs another $X amount before he'll unload your truck, but that's because the broker has witheld the amount of their fee from what the transporter is to get. So, best bet is to confirm with whoever you use whether they are a broker or the actual transporter and if there will be any additional fees over and above the quote they are giving you, upon delivery, i.e. fuel surcharges, "unloading fees", and/or their own fees if it is a broker. Some owner-operated transport companies will tell you should never give a deposit, but that's a little misleading in relation to what I just said. That's just how they market themselves against brokers. I ended up going with a broker and it went fine. Do be prepared though that the loading of your truck may end up taking longer than expected as they, whether a broker or owner-operator, wait to fill up the trailer and/or put together a run with all deliveries going in the same direction. Or, they're trying to secure a back-haul to for the trip home. I told them I wouldn't pay a deposit until there was proof the truck was loaded on a trailer. Well, I've gone on enough, but common sense and asking a lot of questions usually will reduce your risk of getting ripped off. Hope this helps. Oh yeah, where would it be coming from? As i said before, mine came from Missouri last September and was about 7 or 800 miles I think, and I paid $700. $500-$600 were the low bids, but they couldn't give me a load date. $1100-1300 was the high end from owner-operators and companies who only hauled with enclosed trailers. WOW Wahoo... You had me at "OK"... I need to go have another BL Lime just so I can finish reading your novel...Damn... #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahooSteeler Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 yeah, i'm known to get a little long winded and detailed, but on something like this, i figure the more info the better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just be sure to do lots of research and read the fine print. Don't trust any verbal agreements. One company that should be completely avoided is Agape. They are dishonest and couldn't care what happens to your vehicle after they get your deposit. We shipped our MJ from TX to WA last year. After several weeks and more lies, they took $75 from us for nothing. We finally went with a different company who shipped it to us within a week. Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djag12 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Erik I had my MJ shipped and used Uship.com. I received a bunch of bids. I went with a guy who only shipped one vehicle at a time. Plus he was the most reasonable. Where are you shipping from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithe1811 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 looking to ship from VA to PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 looking to ship from VA to PA Thats just a greyhound ticket, if the trucks reliable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 looking to ship from VA to PA That's kind of a short haul......what 200-250 miles???? U-haul car dolly = $46 /day. Check with your local body shops / towing company's, they will probability be less that some national auto transport company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithe1811 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 :nuts: i cannot beleive i even overlooked the uhaul :dunce: anyone smell that? its my brain fart and its a big stinky one! :ack: Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Where's it at in VA? My wife and I are traveling up to Philly over the July 4th weekend....if it's close, I'll drive it up for ya :D Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithe1811 Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 its not drivable, the brakes are FUBAR. its right outside of Winchester but it looks like I'm not going to buy that one after all so yall will see it in the classidieds here soon. Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahooSteeler Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 yeah, a uhaul pickup and dolly on a day trip you could probably do for under $150. negotiate a flat rate on the pickup instead of paying per mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHMJXJ Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Resurrecting an old thread ... Anyone have good/bad experiences with auto transport companies? I'm using the following to calculate some pricing >> https://www.autotransportdirect.com/ I've used transport companies twice in the past ... once through eBay, and once through a random search. I'm trying to avoid the barrage of email and offers that requests often generate. Looking at East coast transfer from the Georgia-ish to my driveway in New Hampshire. Any feedback would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 we used uship.com a few years back to get the z-28 down to GA. was completely uneventful aside from jitters of watching some stranger drive our baby backwards up a big car-hauler. cost about the same as when I fetched my MJ and I didn't have to risk my life towing in the snow to do it! (uhaul trailers and snow is not a safe combo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I used IronClad transport to have an '07 Duraburban shipped from Colorado to Maryland this past summer. Can't think of a heavier vehicle than a Suburban with a Duramax diesel engine in it and it went almost coast to coast. Total cost was $870. Had great communication the entire time and had a direct cell phone number to the driver who would text me updates along the way. He wound up being a day late because he got a call from his dispatcher when he was in Kansas City because a member of the NFL Chiefs just purchased a brand new car from a dealer and didn't want to go pick it up and offered to pay $500 to have it delivered to his house so they wanted the easy money. Didn't bother me one bit since I was informed of the delay and was able to plan accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I just hauled John's mj 2800 miles in "4" days for $600...Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHMJXJ Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 You're hired! 9 hours ago, krustyballer16 said: I just hauled John's mj 2800 miles in "4" days for $600... Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyballer16 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 You're hired! Lol. I only did it cuz I was already going his way with an empty trailer. So figured I might as well load it up with his truck and take it to him Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyRodder Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Eesh- I'm trying to find somebody to take my Jeep from Atlanta to NY, cheapest is 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I used auto transport direct , shipped my red MJ from Littleton Colorado to Youngstown Ohio for $634 , took about 4-5 days to get here . Yellaheep helped the guy load it , he was towing two other vehicles as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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