Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:59:52 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon camper height (was: camper shipping cost)
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Thanks Karl. After asking, I realized I could look it up in my owner's book. But thanks anyway. mcneely
---- Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote:
> from vanagon.com (http://vanagon.com/info/years/index.html): for a 1990
> Vanagon GL camper
>
> Wheelbase:
>
> 96.9" 2.46 meters
>
> Front track:
>
> 62.4" 1.58 meters
>
> Rear track:
>
> 61.8" 1.57 meters
>
> Length:
>
> 179.9" 4.57 meters
>
> Width:
>
> 72.6" 1.84 meters
>
> Height:
>
> 80.9" 2.05 meters
>
> Ground clearance:
>
> 7.5" 16 cm
>
> Turning circle:
> (curb-to-curb)
>
> 35.8 ft 10.91 meter
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > ---- Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > Try uship.com if you want to take a chance with a less professional and
> > potentially slower company.
> > > I have had good luck with rightway and it's cost about $1000 to ship
> > from west coast(ish) to western pa each time.
> > > One was from Oregon, the other from California.
> > > Mind you that's been 4 and 2 years ago now, so prices may have changed
> > somewhat since then.
> >
> > AAA gives the distance from Edmond, OK to Spokane, WA as 1746.4 miles.
> > That's right at $1.12 per mile. I was quoted $1450 ($0.83 per mile) to
> > ship my Prius. Of course, if I drive the Prius, I will use about 35
> > gallons of gas, and will have 2 hotel nights (or $125 for gas plus $180 for
> > hotels = $305) plus meals. If I drive the camper, I will use 100 gallons
> > of gas (including finding camping stops), will have 4 nights of camping,
> > probably paying for 2 of them (or $350 for gas plus $40 for camping) plus
> > meals. The trip out to Spokane looks to cost me a little more with the
> > van, but the difference will be less than the shipping cost difference. My
> > household stuff will go in "Pods." That's another story, and more
> > appropriate for Friday, but I won't trouble you with it at all.
> >
> > Of course, my wife says we are to drive the van out, take care of some
> > business out there, leave the van and fly back, then drive out in the
> > Prius. Lots more cash out that way for sure.
> >
> > Blair at Riteway said the van has to go on a different trailer than a
> > normal car trailer because of its height, accounting for some of the cost
> > difference. What exactly is the height for a Westy?
> >
> > mcneely
> > >
> > > -craig
> > >
> > > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Nomadix <subarusyncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Shipping cost for a larger corporate company are usually .85 cents to
> > a dollar per mile. If you can find a shipper that needs a load back then
> > it can be much cheaper.
> > > >
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Wow ... I was quoted 2600 to ship a 1991 Westfalia Atlantic from
> > Germany to Halifax ....
> > > >>
> > > >>> On 10-Jul-2014, at 18:15, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Riteway just quoted me $1950 to ship my camper from central Oklahoma
> > to eastern Washington. mcneely
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
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David McNeely
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