Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 22:55:00 -0900
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Recent experience with vehicle delivery services
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We had our van shipped to Daryl's in Duvall, WA late November of 2011 so it
would be there for our road trip in December. The transport company
delivered it to a tow company outside Duvall so they did not have to try
and get their transporter through the narrow streets in town and the
wrecker delivered it right to Daryl's shop. The downside is that it was
sub-zero in Anchorage when they went to load it on the truck and the oil
cooler O'ring did not survive the start up at that temperature with 20W50
oil. Daryl or more likely Matt had to fix it when it arrived as the other
choice, fixing it first then shipping, would have meant the van would not
have been there when we arrived. I had warned them not to start it without
first warming it up in the cold but they did not listen.
Mark in AK - wishing I was on the road again
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca> wrote:
> I transported a 1973 bus from Northern Ontario to Brandon Manitoba in
> 1983. I can attest to the damage those tie down chains can do to your
> undercarriage.
>
> It was another era, so very cheap, but because it wasn't a regular load
> for him he didn't anticipate the interaction between suspension and chains.
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> Richard Smith
> smith@thecdm.ca
> 778-370-1012
> http://thecdm.ca
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> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 6:55 AM -0800, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM
> <mailto:dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>
> I once used Reliable Auto Carriers without any problems. (New Jersey to
> Oregon) They were reasonable and they brought me a 944, just as we
> arranged...no horror stories.
> It was motorless, the driver called me from Pendelton as he approached
> and I took my car trailer down and met him at the I-84 intersection at The
> Dalles. We actually rolled the car off his trailer and right into
> mine....scary manuever, trying to conserve inertia and yet not scrape the
> body.
> This was over ten years ago, so this isn't a review of their current
> operation, but at that time I had zero issues with them
> Like almost everything else, worker-wise, the Corporate Overlords have
> chipped-away at the truck operator's possible profits till most of these
> operators in the Big Rigs, they can't really afford to waste any time. I
> surmise that may be the reason there are horror stories about the auto
> transport experience. The Car transport drivers have a lot of potential
> time waste, delivering multiple vehicles to customers who probably haven't
> much experience.
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Plan to pay extra for vehicles that cannot be moved on their own power.
> > Most
> > all of these transport companies move the vehicles from one carrier to
> > another at consolidation points. I've seen them quote a price and then
> > charge extra transfer fees. Get pictures of the under carriage before and
> > inspect carefully after. You'd be surprised how much damage can be done
> > with
> > chain hooks and slings.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Jim Arnott
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:56 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Recent experience with vehicle delivery services
> >
> > From time to time we have discussions about having vehicles brought to us
> > from far away. Does anyone have any recent experience? I need to have a
> > not powered, not VW moved from Ft. Worth to NE Oregon. Going to get it
> > would
> > be six days on the road and a fair chunk of change. A transport might be
> a
> > better option. Any suggestion of what brokers have worked out recently
> > (within the past year maybe) would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
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