Dguy210 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 So good news bad news situation. Good news I can get my old 521 back as long as I pick it up. The bad news it is currently about an hour west of Houston. I live in Sacramento. The truck runs but seems to be having some carb/fuel problems so I'm not sure I would trust it with a 2,000 mile drive. My Dad mostly thinks it is the rain/humidity causing problems with water in the fuel. Has an L20b and dogleg 5spd. I can't imagine driving it back would actually be much cheaper, so I'm thinking shipping companies. Anyone use a shipping company they like? I've looked at a couple; Uship being one. Cost seems about 850-900$. Anyone know of a better source or have a better idea, or know someone hauling a trailer out that way? It's at my Dad's place so no real hurry. Anyone have any suggestions? Or a car shipper you liked? I've never shipped a vehicle before so I'm not really sure how to go about this. Quote Link to comment
Ooph! Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 It's been a very long time 10+ years since I had a vehicle moved. Most of the online services I believe are dispatchers that gather job's and place them with truckers. I used Hotshot express / Jones motor group to move my broken box van from phoenix to the bay area in Ca. as a gauge to see if it's worth it, If you were towing it yourself it's a 2000 mile trip one way, a pickup truck & trailer would use about 166 gallons of fuel x $4.00 a gallon = $666.00 So to me 850 would be a bargain. Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 It's been a very long time 10+ years since I had a vehicle moved. Most of the online services I believe are dispatchers that gather job's and place them with truckers. I used Hotshot express / Jones motor group to move my broken box van from phoenix to the bay area in Ca. as a gauge to see if it's worth it, If you were towing it yourself it's a 2000 mile trip one way, a pickup truck & trailer would use about 166 gallons of fuel x $4.00 a gallon = $666.00 So to me 850 would be a bargain. Your total is $666. That's a bad sign. Find a shipping co. Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 No offense to your Dad,but he's off base on his diagnosis.Tejas is humid but not that humid. Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 No offense to your Dad,but he's off base on his diagnosis.Tejas is humid but not that humid. No offense taken, that was my thought too. I believe it is just worn out/POS carb Hitachi. It's been a very long time 10+ years since I had a vehicle moved. Most of the online services I believe are dispatchers that gather job's and place them with truckers. I used Hotshot express / Jones motor group to move my broken box van from phoenix to the bay area in Ca. as a gauge to see if it's worth it, If you were towing it yourself it's a 2000 mile trip one way, a pickup truck & trailer would use about 166 gallons of fuel x $4.00 a gallon = $666.00 So to me 850 would be a bargain. Ok, that was what I was seeing. Yeah, $850 didn't seem that bad, compared to gas, motel, and plane ticket. I just wanted some advice before I spent the money. Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Im in the same boat right now- trying to get my 510 from CT to CA - Constantly being called.... getting annoying. So far I have gotten quotes from $975 to $1650... Still have some more time for Uship.com to come down from the $1450 its at. Quote Link to comment
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