Tom
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I've procrastinated over shipping one of our older cars to our town home in Ohio. I was originally going to ship the Suburban, but eventually decided to ship Chris' old Lexus. Had a number of false starts, thanks to 90% (?) of the folks in the "auto transport" business being brokers, and not getting a straight answer from anyone (but they love to bug you via cell and text).
A couple of weeks ago I decided to drive 45 minutes to the nearest Flying J and talked with the driver of an auto transport rig; He kindly gave me several options, and I opted for a 'large' company in Chicago. In addition to their own fleet of trucks, they contract with other companies and drivers, and don't put up with any BS. An hour after placing an order/request with them, I received a call back with pickup and delivery dates, and the name of the transport company. They weren't cheap, but a better alternative to all those brokers.
We met the trucker at the rear of our local Safeway store at 7:00am today, and waved 'goodbye for now' to the little car. This trucker works for a transport company near Sacramento, CA; They have 25 of their own trucks, and he told me I made a good choice in booking through the Chicago company.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to drive 45 minutes to the nearest Flying J and talked with the driver of an auto transport rig; He kindly gave me several options, and I opted for a 'large' company in Chicago. In addition to their own fleet of trucks, they contract with other companies and drivers, and don't put up with any BS. An hour after placing an order/request with them, I received a call back with pickup and delivery dates, and the name of the transport company. They weren't cheap, but a better alternative to all those brokers.
We met the trucker at the rear of our local Safeway store at 7:00am today, and waved 'goodbye for now' to the little car. This trucker works for a transport company near Sacramento, CA; They have 25 of their own trucks, and he told me I made a good choice in booking through the Chicago company.