Shipping a car

[2590402]

I need help finding a shipper that will take my car from Tucson to Chicago, and then bring a car back. I'm trying to find a shipper with a smaller trailer. Any help would be great.

Thank you,

Andrew

[Guest Anonymous]

This spring I needed to ship a 2002 from Tuscon to Chicago (although 1-way). The firm I used was called Honesty First; they arranged a shipper to do it for $700.

What they do is sell the contract to available transport firms who are willing to take the bid. i think they all work like that. So you don't deal directly with the transport company when establishing a price, but I'm sure you could specify that you want a smaller transport truck. Mine came on a fairly small trailer with two other cars.

Hope that helps!

Hugh

[milfweed]

uShip brings-in low bids, though I haven't used them yet:

http://www.uship.com/

& here's a great thread on BaT with good data:

http://bringatrailer.com/2009/10/22/bat-survey-car-shipping-experience/

good luck, Andrew.

[jayamasaki]

I need help finding a shipper that will take my car from Tucson to Chicago, and then bring a car back. I'm trying to find a shipper with a smaller trailer. Any help would be great.

Thank you,

Andrew

Hey Andrew,

I work in the international freight forwarder industry, we ship out cars internationally, but sometime we need to move vehicles from the east coast to the west coast or vice versa depending which port it is leaving. Anyway, i have used this Auto carrier in the past, very reliable services and pretty quick and cheap as well. They also have full insurance coverage.

Some things he usually asks will be...

Does it run?

Does it have brakes?

the location where the vehicle is at, will it accessible with a big rig?

He is a nice old man, no email so it will be done via phone, he probably gather up all the info and then return your call tomorrow or later.

AUTO EXPRESS TRANSPORT

CTC : Pete @ 800 237 7398

Let me know how it goes.

[Hammer03]

uShip brings-in low bids, though I haven't used them yet:

http://www.uship.com/

I used Uship to get quotes for shipping my 2002 from CA to CO, and within 24 hours I had something like 10 emails and 7 phone calls. I ended up pulling a trailer behind the moving truck, but the quotes got lower and lower as more people called.

[milfweed]

right-on, David.

I didn't list a phone & sat on the email bids which kept falling. though, I didn't get to use anyone, as the seller was a lying liar. so, I'm not saying the cheap bids will yield happiness with a shipper.

[Guest Anonymous]

Strongly suggest you avoid the brokers and deal directly with one of the firms that are familiar with shipping older cars. I used Intercity Lines to ship my E-type last year and was 100% happy with the service.

I've used the "open" type carriers via brokers before, and every time I had some kind of a problem, ranging from the entire car covered with a thick layer of oily grim to bent suspension parts where the cars were tied down, etc.

We use HorselessCarriage, Intercity, and Reliable-carriers.com. Many of these cars are six figure engineering and/or styling prototypes. In the last 8 years, we've only had 2 of cars damaged, and in each case the followup was excellent.

[MrSharky]

I had great luck with this guy:

Ray McGlinchey

1Flat-Rate

Phone: (800) 876-4888

Fax: (888) 912-7224

Email: anyfreightanywhere@gmail.com

www.1Flat-Rate.com

He shipped my Betty (well, he arranged for shipping of Betty) from Iowa to Connecticut. Took 7 days or so, and they called with a status update all along the way.

Biggest difference with him is that you don't pay a dime until the car is delivered. Give him a call or email - good guy.

[dpecsok]

uShip brings-in low bids, though I haven't used them yet:

http://www.uship.com/

I used Uship to get quotes for shipping my 2002 from CA to CO, and within 24 hours I had something like 10 emails and 7 phone calls. I ended up pulling a trailer behind the moving truck, but the quotes got lower and lower as more people called.

hey david, just saw your car near where my friend lives this past weekend. my wife wanted to know "why HIS car looks so good?"