Date:         Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:00:25 -0700
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: automobile shipping horror stories?
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On 1/28/05 11:44 PM, "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Chris,
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> Try these guys- they ship by rail also.
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> http://www.autolog.net/
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> Robert
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> --- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
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>> has anyone here who had a vanagon (or other vehicle)
>> shipped cross country
>> had any horrible experiences?   i have talked to a
>> few listers..and they have
>> experienced situations where the transport company
>> took months to pick the
>> vehicle up, to situations where the vehicle was
>> abandoned during transit, to
>> situations where the vehicle suffered bad damage..
>>  has anyone else had a shipping horror story when
>> they were dealing with auto
>> transport companies?  which companies to avoid?
>> 
>> from what im gleaning, everyone seems to be getting
>> around $1k to ship coast
>> to coast. these shipping outfits contract out with
>> independant truckers with
>> their own rigs..and they tell me the rates are high
>> because of the bad
>> weather..and they can't find truckers who want to
>> drive in the northern states this
>> time of year..and they cannot give a definative
>> answer when the vehicle will be
>> picked up..and what bothers me the most is wondering
>> how many times my vehicle
>> is going to have to be loaded/unloaded (ie, damaged)
>> to shuffle other cars
>> around, before it reached its destination..  has
>> anyone else been thru this
>> mess?
>> 
>> thanks..
>> 
>> chris
>> 
Looks like the company that shipped a vehicle I picked up in denver for a
guy.  I picked it up at a rail road shipping yard.  If you use that kind of
service make sure you call and find out the rules of pick up and where they
are, and how to get to them.  In my case I could see the yard, could see the
vehicle, but couldn¹t find a road in for a while.  They also only had a 4
hour window each day to do that kind of pickup.  Found out why when I was in
there.  They were gearing up for major loading operation as I pulled out. A
girl I used to work with at that time was from england.  She was surprised
on the stuff in that van and wasn¹t stolen.  I guess in england the rail
cars are rolling theft targets in some areas.
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