You can check eBay too. I had two guys come to pick up parts I sold to two different people and both haulers said they advertised on eBay and got a lot of business that way. Like Todd said, both of these guys scheduled their pick ups to take advantage of where they will be at certain times.

 

I've used Passport Transport which is now part of FedEx and I had good results. You might want to check their pricing if you haven't already done so. Shipped a car from Kansas City to Billings, MT and as I recall it was around a $1000.00 in a covered and insured semi.

 

I don't know what might have changed, but I am taking the biggest Uhaul and a car trailer from MO to VA, 950 miles, for about $800. Leaving Wednesday. I think the individual dealers can do better on the price.

 

The price I listed in my previous post was the price I got off of the U-Haul web site. A lot of times it all depends where U-Haul, or whatever rental company, has their fleet. If they have a glut in one area and low inventory in another they will make deals to move their inventory from one to the other or if it's harder to get their equipment back from a small town out in the middle of nowhere as apposed to a large city they will charge more because they will have to make arrangements to get that item. During the early winter you might be able to make a better deal going from the south to the north than from the north to the south because many people migrate to the south during the colder months.

I have also found something like this with freight companies. If a certain company doesn't have a route in a certain part of the country they'll charge a lot more than a company that has one. You just have to shop around.

Another problem I have run into with some of these one way rental companies is they don't always hold your reservation for a certain vehicle. You might travel to the distance city to only find out they don't have what you had reserved. I happened to me twice. Once they didn't have the correct size truck and I had to use a different size and the second time they didn't have the car trailer and I had to settle for a dolly. They hide behind the legal jargon in their rental agreement to cover their butts.

 

Is it possible you're brother can meet you half way? Of course this idea is moot without owning a truck capable of towing. $1500 delivered ain't bad at all. Good luck whatever you do.

 

Hi Cal,

Thanks for the leed.

Chris

 

I've used the same car hauler to transport several trucks for me. A couple were from MN to FL. He is cheap, dependable and communicates good. He is usually quick about when, but you might have to wait a couple days for him to schedule a load on way up there (helps keep the cost down). If you want his number email me at frank@invirtux.com

 

Hi Frank

Thanks for the leed on the transporter.

Chris

 

Let us know what you decide to do. Or who you decide to use and how they did.

 

I paid about $560 to have my truck delivered from Texas to Central Florida, no snow to dig.. I picked the low bid and it was fine. Just talk to the owners and make sure they have insurance and sound as little like the good ole boys from Deliverance as possible.

 

$1,500 seems high to me. Granted, this was in November '05 before the gas price hike: I shipped my '53 F-100 from Tacoma, WA all the way up to Fairbanks, AK. It arrived a day earlier than scheduled, and when I went to take delivery they had washed it for me and had it in indoor heated storage. From the storage area, I had it hauled on a flat bed tow rig up to my house in the hills (the streets were really icy that day, and the old worn out bias plys would no doubt have resulted in some expensive body work along the way). Total cost was $1,495.