Need it to get to Leadville by July 27. Returning beginning of Aug.

do you still need a haul i can do it for $1.25 mile. What dates are you thinking about.
Les

do you still need a haul i can do it for $1.25 mile. What dates are you thinking about.
LesThat's $1400 each way.
I've got quotes around $750 from several carriers.

Suggest you take those carriers up on their rate!!
AFTER checking them out.
WAY too cheap.

Suggest you take those carriers up on their rate!!
AFTER checking them out.
WAY too cheap.I actually got 6 quotes.
Lowest was $595, highest was $850

Jump on that 595!!
I can't wait to see the posts in the "I got screwed" section !!!!!
Does the term, "You get what you pay for" mean anything?
Good luck! You're gonna need it!

Jump on that 595!!
I can't wait to see the posts in the "I got screwed" section !!!!!
Does the term, "You get what you pay for" mean anything?
Good luck! You're gonna need it!Dude, what's your fuckin problem?
Like I said, I got SIX quotes, all were around that $750 figure.
The highest was $850, the lowest was $595.

Apparently, that's the market for transporting vehicles.
I didn't make it that way, I'm just reporting that it is.
Unfortunately your boy wants twice that much, good luck to him.

Instead of making an ass out of yourself here, go get your own quotes and see for yourself.

We'll see who is the ass, about first of august:flipoff2:

We'll see who is the ass, about first of august:flipoff2:I don't think there's any need to wait till August.
It's pretty obvious now. :shaking:

Some people's kids, ya know:shaking:

If you don't have someone contracted when the date gets near, I may do it for whatever fuel prices are. You know me, always up for a trip to the mountains:smokin: What's the event? You hookin' up with Jon or anyone?

Some people's kids, ya know:shaking:

If you don't have someone contracted when the date gets near, I may do it for whatever fuel prices are. You know me, always up for a trip to the mountains:smokin: What's the event? You hookin' up with Jon or anyone?Thanks, I appreciate the offer. It looks like I've got it covered, though.
I'll be heading to the Land Rover National Rally.
Meeting up with Led to run Carnage and Indy.

Jump on that 595!!
I can't wait to see the posts in the "I got screwed" section !!!!!
Does the term, "You get what you pay for" mean anything?
Good luck! You're gonna need it!

I just shipped three cars from Cali Coast to RI coast for 600 each. They all arived just fine. I think your out of touch with what carrier rates are these days. Diesel is not 4 dollars a gallon any more, and there is a surplus of drivers.

I just shipped three cars from Cali Coast to RI coast for 600 each. They all arived just fine. I think your out of touch with what carrier rates are these days. Diesel is not 4 dollars a gallon any more, and there is a surplus of drivers.


$600 to transport a car from coast to coast is below cost and benefits no one ....

The average nationwide price of #2 diesel has risen over 50 cents in just the last week alone:
@ http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp

There are always cheap people looking for a service to be done at less than cost ...
There are always stupid people willing to provide that service ...
You are the one that is 'out of touch with reality':eek:

One day you will show up for work and not have a job - it will have gone to someone just like you that is willing to work for nothing :shaking:

I can understand if someone is going that way anyway, and picking up gas money and helping someone out, but if someone is toting stuff across the country for these rates, they sure will not be there next time you call.
Even the people advertising $1.25/mile aren't covering much of ALL their expenses. (btw, operating authority and proper cargo insurance are all expenses, as well as you need a little profit to be able to put some money away so you can replace the unit you are wearing out).
Otherwise,,
A dandy hobby if you can afford it.

I'm military and I set up a haul every quarter for friends who are graduating school here and transfering to the follow on school in RI. Its 3306 miles one way. I've never paid more then $700 a car. Generally its more in the neighborhood of $500

Lets assume a hot shot three car load.

Lets see. I'm running F-350 dually, I can easily haul a three car wedge. I get about 11 mpg. I'm currently paying 3.10 a gallon for #2 in Cali. Lets say to be nice and legal it take 6 days to do.

300 gallons * 3.10 = $930
Truck payment = $400(1/month)*(6/30)(month) = $80
Insurance = $500(1/month)*(6/30)(month) = $100
Misc Fees = $500(1/month)*(6/30)(month) = $100
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Total = $1210
3 cars * $700 = $2100

Profit = $890

More cars works out even better. If you can get a full 18 wheeler load the economics are pretty damn good. That does assume you can get multicar loads, but that why everyone I've worked with uses brokers to combine individual loads.
The short answer is yes it can be done, and it can be done at a reasonable rate. For the record I've used the same guy for the last three hauls even though I'm going through a broker.
You give up some stuff though. Timing on these type move sucks, because its depends on the broker getting a load together. If you want a set pickup and set deliverly time your paying a single car hauler is probably worth the money.

Good information!
How much are you putting away for replacing your truck? Your trailer?Tires? Vehicle upkeep?
Do you eat while you are on the road? I know, you have to eat anyway, but it is still an expense.
You sleep in the truck?
@148.34/day, your "profits" get eaten up fast.
Then, you are 6 days from home, you got a load back? Do you do "backhauls" for less money to get home? Now we are REALLY cutting into your 148.34 per day !!
But just think of all the places you get to see.

Good information!
How much are you putting away for replacing your truck? Your trailer?Tires? Vehicle upkeep?
Do you eat while you are on the road? I know, you have to eat anyway, but it is still an expense.
You sleep in the truck?
@148.34/day, your "profits" get eaten up fast.
Then, you are 6 days from home, you got a load back? Do you do "backhauls" for less money to get home? Now we are REALLY cutting into your 148.34 per day !!
But just think of all the places you get to see.

Right on target :)
I think he should try to rent a truck - trailer - driver for what he claims the 'actual' cost of transport is .... :laughing:

Right on target :)
I think he should try to rent a truck - trailer - driver for what he claims the 'actual' cost of transport is .... :laughing:


Well tell me where I'm wrong. The fact is the OP was getting quotes in that range, and I just sent another load of my 3 of my friends cars to RI on Monday. $652 each for a 3300 mile haul.

Harold did pointed out I should att another 500 a month for consumables. That probably fair. $100 dollars a day is almost twice min wage. I imagine I'll continue to find people who will take me up on it.

If you can get $1.25/mile or more for a haul good on you. I can see many situations where it would be worth it. But saying its not possible to do cheaper is BS.

Well tell me where I'm wrong. The fact is the OP was getting quotes in that range, and I just sent another load of my 3 of my friends cars to RI on Monday. $652 each for a 3300 mile haul.

Harold did pointed out I should att another 500 a month for consumables. That probably fair. $100 dollars a day is almost twice min wage. I imagine I'll continue to find people who will take me up on it.

If you can get $1.25/mile or more for a haul good on you. I can see many situations where it would be worth it. But saying its not possible to do cheaper is BS.

You claim to be military .... right?

Why don't you go wash dishes in Iraq like this guy does for what some cheap ass employer is willing to pay the wages he is willing to work for?

"Consider Salim Khan, a dishwasher at a forward operating base in the volatile Iraqi province of Diyala. For about $1.25 an hour, the Pakistan native will work two years for a Saudi-based food-services firm, Tamimi.

Tamimi is a subcontractor to KBR, which itself was, until recently, a subsidiary of Halliburton, the mega-corporation that has won most of the big money contracts in Iraq.

Across the heavily fortified American bases in Iraq, men and women like Salim Khan cook the food, clean the dishes, chop the vegetables, take out the garbage and clean the latrines.

In military parlance, they're known as "TCNs" or "third country nationals," but they might as well be called third-world nationals. Most of the cheap U.S. labor in Iraq comes from places like India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Philippines and India. The average wage for these workers is about $20 a day; most work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week.

There is always a cheap ass talking BS about a 'great deal' he got on transport that is below cost - and there is the cheap ass that will do the below cost hauling for him :shaking:

No one I know hauls for 19 cents a mile :laughing:

No one I know would expect hauling for 19 cents a mile :shaking:

I have no clue how that is relevant.
Are you attempting to prove the free market works? If no one is willing to accept the wage then it will go up until someone is. I’m generally and ass and say people deserve pay equivalent to their skill set. If there is a guy with your skill set willing to do your job for less more power to him.
I never asked you to take a .19 cent a mile haul. If you can pull 1, 2, or 3 dollars a mile more power to you. You would be appalled if you knew what I charge as a consulting rate outside the military. Most people are not willing to pay it, so I don’t do a lot of work, but that’s my choice. It’s what my time and energy are worth to me. Same as your haul rates are your choice.
I have a problem with people jumping on the OP saying it’s not going to happen or the people he is dealing with are not reputable.


Just for fun let say you where running a big rig

$.19*3300*12=7500
Insurance and Misc fees are about the same
Gas Probably Triples

Profit without truck payments= 4510

Let just say you are able to run that load 50 weeks a year = $225,000
(bad assumption but its easy for me)
I don’t actually know how much it costs to own and maintain a semi but we will say annualized life cycle cost of 50k a year.
Remaining = 175,000k
In order to pull something like that off you’re going to have to pay a broker to put together loads lets say they take 50%
That still leaves $87000 a year