Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:16:55 -0400
Reply-To: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Fwd: Moving in my Vanagon, part 2 LVC
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Check and see if ABF operates in your area. They will drop a small container
at your curbside and then forward it to your destination. I believe this is
a very affordable way to move but I've never checked their rates.
cheers,
mordo
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From: Lee Peterson <iridewheelies@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 7, 2006 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Moving in my Vanagon, part 2 LVC
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
On 10/6/06, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 10/6/2006 02:43 PM, Lee Peterson wrote:
> >So, I was strongly warned against using a u-haul trailer for my upcoming
> >move by a few listmembers. It isn't worth trashing my syncro
> transmission
> >or cooking my engine. Maybe I will just pack it full and ship the
> >rest. Anyone have any ideas of a good way to ship a couple of pallets
> worth
> of household goods?
> Lee
>
> Just a couple of pallets worth? How about a U-haul van (not the big
> sucker, just a regular van like the ones Detroit built to copy the VW
> type2) and a u-haul trailer to tow the VW? Or just the van and drive
> the VW (if there are more than one of you).
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
> With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.
Thanks for all the advice. I am trying to keep this cheap. All my stuff
would fit in my vanagon if I just shipped a pallet or two.
I would rent a truck and trailer but I don't have enough stuff to fill even
a 15' truck. Most rental companies require the rental of a larger truck to
tow the trailer. The rental fee alone for a truck and trailer is *at
least*fifteen hundred bucks (that's the best I have found). For the
rental fee
and fuel price I could just get rid of all my furnishings and get new ones
at IKEA.
These are the options I am considering:
1. Rent a small trailer (4'x8') and pack it light.
2. Pack up vanagon and ship the rest
3. Buy a smaller trailer at Harbor Freight for about $300, pack wisley,
then sell it when I arrive in WA
4. Bite the bullet, rent a truck and trailer.
I am going down to HF to look at trailers this afternoon to see if that is
even a good option. I hadn't thought of it untill Mark suggested it. I
think it would work great if I keep it light.
By the way, I am getting rid if my 1990 audi 90 if anyone wants it. It
runs but the tranny is going out. $300.00.
Lee
