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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:16:57 PM EST
[#1]
Mexican convoy.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:17:55 PM EST
[#2]
Run some wiring and steel cables to slave-link all their cruise controls and steering boxes.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:18:10 PM EST
[#3]
Are the cars capable of making the drive?
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:20:04 PM EST
[#4]
Turo rentals may have some clauses against towing depending on the owner of the vehicle. Could end up costing you more.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:20:31 PM EST
[#5]
Cheaper hotshot hauler. Then look at all of the rental options moving where you pick up and return sometimes saves many dollars
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:21:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are the cars capable of making the drive? My first thought. If they are get some buddies and drive them back. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:26:05 PM EST
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Get the longshot driver to grab them for you.
Maybe ask if you can tag along and if he'd be willing to lower his price if you share some of the crab meat. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:26:31 PM EST
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What kind of cars? Depending on the size, I don't know that I'd pull two vehicles with a privately-owned rented pickup, especially a 1/2 ton.
Longhorn has always treated me good. But why not drive them home (unless they're not road-worthy) |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:27:46 PM EST
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How old trailer? What’s the maintenance been? A blow out or two which is far from unheard of on older chinabombs could end up costing more than the hotshot
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:29:52 PM EST
[#10]
@PhuzzyGnu is a car hauler based in TX.
He might be able to get you pointed in the right direction. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:31:04 PM EST
[#11]
 MASH 50th: Radar Answers, How Do You Ship A Jeep Home During A War? ETA: We still wait for page 2 before being serious, right? |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:32:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @PhuzzyGnu is a car hauler based in TX. He might be able to get you pointed in the right direction. I got nothing. I only haul new stuff. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:36:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are the cars capable of making the drive? This model is pretty prone to running on the hot side and Texas right now is a damn oven. One of them might be drivable and I have considered that. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:36:37 PM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Cheaper hotshot hauler. Then look at all of the rental options moving where you pick up and return sometimes saves many dollars I'm coming for yours after I get these home. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:37:15 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What kind of cars? Depending on the size, I don't know that I'd pull two vehicles with a privately-owned rented pickup, especially a 1/2 ton. Longhorn has always treated me good. But why not drive them home (unless they're not road-worthy) Oh I meant making 2 trips with a car hauler. No way I'd risk hauling 2 at the same time. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:38:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Turo rentals may have some clauses against towing depending on the owner of the vehicle. Could end up costing you more. I've never rented through them. On the ad it says "Towing hitch included for big jobs" so I would assume it's ok. The shitty thing is, you cannot contact the owner for questions until you've booked the vehicle. So dumb. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:40:58 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I got nothing. I only haul new stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: @PhuzzyGnu is a car hauler based in TX. He might be able to get you pointed in the right direction. I got nothing. I only haul new stuff. You don't know anybody? And you don't want to make some side cash with your personal truck? 
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:42:03 PM EST
[#18]
uship.com
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:42:51 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This model is pretty prone to running on the hot side and Texas right now is a damn oven. One of them might be drivable and I have considered that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Are the cars capable of making the drive? This model is pretty prone to running on the hot side and Texas right now is a damn oven. One of them might be drivable and I have considered that. Okay. Now I'm a little extra curious about what's being purchased and moved here. lol |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:48:28 PM EST
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:52:36 PM EST
[#21]
there is only one answer
 orale |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:54:25 PM EST
[#22]
I just dealt with shipping my car from 1000 miles away, and it was the most ridiculous waste of money. I have a puppy, and I have a job that pays by the hour, and I live alone. In the end, I don't know, it still wasn't worth it.
If your local hotshot isn't contracting the work out to someone else, it doesn't sound "unreasonable", but two at once is a big time/logistics savings for them, even if it's just a 4-car trailer (or less). Maybe offer a reasonable amount lower, especially if you're considering that you have 3+ other options, and can just walk away. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 4:56:45 PM EST
[#23]
You can buy a road worthy wedge trailer for 5 grand. Then sell it for 5 grand
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:01:04 PM EST
[#24]
Try Shipley dot com.
Just got a Polaris UTV Ranger CREW 1000 hauled from upstate NY to Idaho for $1450 - Guy was pulling a 36' gooseneck with a dually pickup |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:01:48 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can buy a road worthy wedge trailer for 5 grand. Then sell it for 5 grand Trailer doesn't seem to be the issue, he needs something to pull it. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:04:55 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trailer doesn't seem to be the issue, he needs something to pull it. Good luck convincing DOT on the side of the road that you're just some random dude hauling a couple of personal cars on a wedge setup that's well into CMV territory. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:09:50 PM EST
[#27]
I have a couple collector cars that I had transported in an enclosed semi trailer. From Florida to North Carolina it was about $850 each. They picked them up and dropped them off at my new home.
Easy peasy as it cost me about $500 round trip using my own trailer and truck to haul plus about 10 plus hours each direction. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:10:14 PM EST
[#28]
Ask dealers about an extended three or four day test drive.
once you make the trip, return the truck with no express guarantee you will buy it after. might work? Other than that, I got nothing but my 2500 Silverado and a two car bumper pull trailer. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:11:10 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good luck convincing DOT on the side of the road that you're just some random dude hauling a couple of personal cars on a wedge setup that's well into CMV territory. Sounds like he's just doing one at a time which isn't helping his expenses either. Shit if that could get you into trouble I've got some explaining to do.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:16:36 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trailer doesn't seem to be the issue, he needs something to pull it. If you shop right could probably make a few bucks buying a truck and then selling it even with financing hassles. Sounds dumb, to try to get away with, but throwing it out there. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:21:01 PM EST
[#31]
Are you an AAA member? They'll tow one up to 200miles closer to home.
If not, join and buy premium $87 membership as "N Nutro". Then join as "Nutro N Nutro". Then join as "N N Nutro". Then join as "Nutro Nutro Nutro".... |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:37:18 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds like he's just doing one at a time which isn't helping his expenses either. Honestly the best bet is to find a broker and get the cars on a transport basically on a "standby" basis with no time frame guarantee. Every car on a transport is revenue and if OP is patient he might get lucky and find a guy that is passing through and might get one on a truck here and there. He'll end up with some Slavic dude in a track suit looking like a Call of Duty bad guy. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:47:40 PM EST
[#33]
Buy a thousand buck beater truck, find a guy with a decent sized forklift, pay him a couple of cases of bud light to stack the cars onto the bed of the truck, drive home, back up into a berm until the cars fall off, and sell the truck.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:49:54 PM EST
[#34]
In the first post clearly state which of the two vehicles can be driven that distance as is.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:50:02 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Honestly the best bet is to find a broker and get the cars on a transport basically on a "standby" basis with no time frame guarantee. Every car on a transport is revenue and if OP is patient he might get lucky and find a guy that is passing through and might get one on a truck here and there. He'll end up with some Slavic dude in a track suit looking like a Call of Duty bad guy. Just got off the phone with a broker and he said he can get a truck to bring both cars from TN to TX for $1800. I don't think I'll find a better deal than that. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:51:59 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mexican convoy. This |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:52:58 PM EST
[#37]
I’d say hotshot but they just dumped a $80k van on an off ramp for us. Guy waited 8 months for his van and it got totaled on the way home.
It’s still the best solution, but those guys are generally crack heads with a death wish. 
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:53:43 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This model is pretty prone to running on the hot side and Texas right now is a damn oven. One of them might be drivable and I have considered that. Drive one a mile, walk back and drive the other one a mile past the 1st one until you're there. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:55:12 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just got off the phone with a broker and he said he can get a truck to bring both cars from TN to TX for $1800. I don't think I'll find a better deal than that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Honestly the best bet is to find a broker and get the cars on a transport basically on a "standby" basis with no time frame guarantee. Every car on a transport is revenue and if OP is patient he might get lucky and find a guy that is passing through and might get one on a truck here and there. He'll end up with some Slavic dude in a track suit looking like a Call of Duty bad guy. Just got off the phone with a broker and he said he can get a truck to bring both cars from TN to TX for $1800. I don't think I'll find a better deal than that. Doesn't sound too bad considering the other quotes. Now, care to spill the beans on what yer getting? 
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Posted: 7/12/2023 5:55:48 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just got off the phone with a broker and he said he can get a truck to bring both cars from TN to TX for $1800. I don't think I'll find a better deal than that. DIY would likely be closer to $1,000 in gas, if not more. Even a cheap rental would be in spitting distance of that. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 6:01:57 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This model is pretty prone to running on the hot side and Texas right now is a damn oven. One of them might be drivable and I have considered that. A Fiero ?
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Posted: 7/12/2023 6:22:21 PM EST
[#42]
I deal with hotshots routinely, $2500 from TN to TX for two cars is reasonable.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 6:58:50 PM EST
[#43]
Cmon man, details!
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:00:13 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: uship.com |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:00:43 PM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Good luck convincing DOT on the side of the road that you're just some random dude hauling a couple of personal cars on a wedge setup that's well into CMV territory.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:04:12 PM EST
[#46]
Put a hitch on one vehicle. Rent a dolly one way for the other one.
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Posted: 7/12/2023 7:51:58 PM EST
[#47]
If you have 2-3 weeks to spare, get quotes from the big car shipping companies. They will bombard you with emails, and when you haven't responded after week one, they will lower their price. After week two they will lower the price another 100-200 bucks. After week three the price drops another $50.
My lowest quote was $1200 for shipping a 7000lb vehicle 2200 miles. My first quote was $1500. |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:22:38 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trailer doesn't seem to be the issue, he needs something to pull it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You can buy a road worthy wedge trailer for 5 grand. Then sell it for 5 grand Trailer doesn't seem to be the issue, he needs something to pull it. I'm not good at reading
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:32:38 PM EST
[#49]
About six months ago I bought a somewhat uncommon collector car in Los Angeles, started to drive home, broke down beyond any hope of fixing it in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Rented an Expedition from Hertz and a U-Haul trailer in El Paso and towed it to Tampa in violation of every rental contract and insurance policy ever written
0/10, Would not recommend |
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Posted: 7/12/2023 8:33:52 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: About six months ago I bought a somewhat uncommon collector car in Los Angeles, started to drive home, broke down beyond any hope of fixing it in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Rented an Expedition from Hertz and a U-Haul trailer in El Paso and towed it to Tampa in violation of every rental contract and insurance policy ever written 0/10, Would not recommend But did you die? |
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