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Date:         Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:28:09 -0600
Reply-To:     bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         bueses <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Why not just rent?  Was RE: Honest/ Reliable Vanagon  Semi
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Comments: To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
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on 4/21/06 8:46 AM, Kenneth Wilford at kenwilfy@comcast.net wrote:

> Why not just rent a Vanagon Camper instead? My brother in law owns > www.northeastcampers.com and I do the maintenance on them. If you are > looking for a nice westy to just tool around in on the east coast this would > the the ticket. With the price of gas it would probably be cheaper to fly > to Philly, rent one of his vans, tour the east, then fly back to SLC. You > would not have to worry about your baby getting damaged and not have to put > wear and tear on it either. Just an idea. > >

Hmmm, interesting idea, however the plan was to drive/camp for 2-3 weeks back to Salt Lake City via Montreal weather agreeable, or via D.C if the weather isn't.

Just looked at the web site & at $750/week, I could rent for 10 days for the cost of shipping my westy! Hmmmm, we would have to change our itinerary, but we always do that anyway! I think I will see if any are available? My 84 westy only has 91K on it, & I was dreading putting another 5-6k on it just for phun/abuse.

Stay tuned for the next chapter of yours/ours or theirs-Westy Edition.

Tom-do they have one in yellow so we can be at home?

> As some may remember, I posted a while back about trucking my 84 Westy from > Salt Lake City to Boston for a trip we have planned in the 2nd half of May. > > It is going to happen, but the more I research auto transporters, the more > hesitant I become to trust my baby to one. > > Doing my research on the web, there are gazillions of auto transport > companies or at least brokers who get a real carrier for you & take a cut of > the cost. The problem is that many of them appear to be fly by night > operations & scams w/ little reliability for getting the vanagon there on > time & in 1 piece. It also appears that anything I ship in the westy that's > not screwed down, is not covered insurance wise, & for a camping trip, > obviously we would need a bunch of stuff that we normally carry in the > westy. > > Does any one have specific recommendations for a reliable carrier that they > have used & can recommend again? > > Thanks, > > Tom-4 days driving, 2500 miles 1 way, or $1100 to ship, my peace of > mind=priceless? >


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