Shipping of a car help!!

[fosmoe]

All,

I need some help, I'm in the middle of a restoration and need to ship a car from Portland Oregon, to Detroit Michigan. Does anyone have any advises on who to contact dealing with shipping. The car will be on wheels but not operationally.

Rich

 

[kd3pc]

the cheapest, is Uship....in my experience not very reliable or adequate insurance, but many folks love them.

else the "car carriers" but they are pricey....

 

[Nor'Easter]

Just google car carrier broker, you will come up with 1 million results. All loads, no matter the broker, get put on a load board where they are picked by actual carriers. You stand to save if you go direct to a carrier, and skip the broker middle man.

 

[svocharlie]

I have used DAS (Dependable Auto Shippers) with great success. Recommended.

 

[Givl Reggin]

United Van Lines, Mayflower, Bekins - they all have experience moving cars.

 

[bas157]

My brother had a Jeep CJ-8 shipped from near Portland to near Philadelphia, PA earlier this month. He used a broker and the shipper ended up being Muthandi Trucking (360)-600-5760. He is based out of Woodland, WA.
He could have paid less just going with the lowest bidding broker but after talking to the broker he felt comfortable with the above shipper. Not sure if he deals with none running vehicles or not but couldn't hurt to call him direct and see what price he gives you. THINK my brother paid around $1200 or so.

 

[joe_padavano]

I just went through this for a second time. Both experiences sucked. 99% of all the "shippers" out there are brokers who will take your deposit, promise you the moon, then fail to deliver on their promises. Both times I used U-ship. The first time it took three months to finally get a shipper who would move my non-operating car from NV to VA. The second time it took five months to get a car moved from San Jose to VA. Both times I ended up cancelling with the original shippers and going through several others until I ended up paying significantly more than I had planned to finally get the car moved. This second time the shipper damaged the front valance on an otherwise pristine 1962 Olds F-85. There is no replacement sheetmetal available for those cars.

Bottom line is expect to pay 50% more than your first quote, and expect to take several months to get the car moved.

 

[cburnscrx]

We've had great luck getting cars shipped. Had an Acura CL shipped from Indiana to Vegas and I had a Suburban shipped from Vegas to Indiana with a good degree of success. No hidden charges and minimal hastle. Of course those vehicles both ran.

 

[kiatech]

United Van Lines, Mayflower, Bekins - they all have experience moving cars.

I like the implala wheels on the fleetwood.

 

[WWIIjeep]

I just went through this for a second time. Both experiences sucked. 99% of all the "shippers" out there are brokers who will take your deposit, promise you the moon, then fail to deliver on their promises. Both times I used U-ship.

To avoid that kind of "service," use:

http://unitedroad.com/

And get real service within 10 days or less in most cases (I've never had it take longer, and usually only a week or so).

 

[zruvalcaba]

I had one of my Camaros shipped from Idaho to California and it was pretty painless. I paid $798 for an enclosed trailer. It would have been about $500 for an open carrier. I think I went through uship.com as well. You enter your info and literally 5 minutes later you'll get two dozen or so emails/calls from brokers that compete for your business. From what I learned, the less you're willing to pay, the longer your vehicle will sit waiting for a carrier to pick it up. If you go with the quote they give you some carrier will likely pick it up if its on their route within 3 days or so. If you pay more than their quote, it's likely to get picked up that day. From what I learned, carriers want to make about .80 per mile and the broker wants to make at least $100 off the top of the sale which is why in most cases they ask for a $100 deposit. Knowing that you can pretty much calculate what the rough cost will be. Hope this helps.