Hello Do you have any good ideas what would be the best/cheapest way to get one -87 3 axle Freightliner COE semi sleeper from Salt Lake City to Galveston Texas?? It is running and driveable and if I would have the time I would drive the route....but not possible right now I got an estimate for 5000usd... I thought it was expensive but what do you think?? Any links to companies that might be able to help?? Thanks Sami Finland
Apx. 1,700 miles. $500.oo? Plus it's going to cost something to get to the Rig. That's a steel of a deal. Just pay them. The Wizzard
Yikes, I didn't see the third Zero either. Find someone going to B-Vill with a friend and have them drive it back.
Runs and is driveable is good for a short distance but is it road legal and up to making a 1600 mile road trip without an issue? Then the driver has to have a commercial/combination license to drive it. Add to that even without hauling a load there may be permits to buy in one or more of the states it goes though. You might find someone on here with a commercial license who has the time to drive it down for driver's wages and plane tickets to get where the truck is and get back home or I have a cousin in the Salt Lake area who may know someone who is able to do it that she trusts. There may also be someone on here with a lowboy that might offer to haul it.
If you could ask about this...would preciate it!!! The truck should be ready for work..thats what I was told...have to double check that.... Of course theres always the risk that something brokes down and then the cost goes way up!!!
That was five thousand dollars. I'd look for one in the Galveston area first considering the fact that a 30 year old cabover is worth maybe $1500 on a good day. Due to overall height restrictions and loading/unloading considerations, a detachable gooseneck trailer is the only practical way to haul it. Chances are, the trucker would have to deadhead back as loads for this type rig aren't nearly as plentiful as ones for normal freight. $5K isn't a bad price IMO. Locally, the going rate for short moves of heavy equipment on the same type trailer is upward of $200/hour. To drive it, it would have to be tagged and insured and pass a federal safety inspection. The tag would have to be apportioned else you'd need permits for every state it passes thru. Then you need a federal fuel permit as well as state fuel stickers for each state. All this stuff has reporting requirements and IIRC there's a minimum required annual fee on the federal even if you don't drive the truck 10 miles in a year. And, to drive it yourself, you'd need to have a CDL issued by some state in the US as well as the required physical examination. All done, you could spend $4000 or more to drive it yourself legally. With the proliferation of roaming truck inspectors in all the states as well as the requirement to stop at all weight stations, sneaking by without all the legal stuff isn't a smart option.
As mentioned before - buy closer to home. That is more than 1700 miles when you count the unloaded miles - $3.00 a mile would be a fair rate. The $5K quote you probably got was from a transport broker - once your truck is picked up you are going to pay more than that - you won't know exactly until drop off. Stopping at scales - driving within the legal hours allotted in a day - taking required breaks - mean you are lucky to get 450 miles of driving in safely & legally in a day. Jim
At $5K to get to to the port, plus thousands more to ship it to Finland, that better be one way cool truck. Have you looked into whether you could even get it street legal in Finland?
It is a cool original coe...nothing else. I did know the overseas shipping costs and that I can get it easily street legal in Finland but the land transportation surprised me!!! My first idea was to drive it myself as a holiday roadtrip but if it is not possible to drive the truck without a trailer like a tourist and a passenger car....then the reasonable thing to do is to have it shipped..... luckily the seller has a place where to store as long as this transport will be sorted out.... thank you all for your info...lets see how this goes...
I am not sure about the cost of transporting something that big, because it is not something I can do. However I have noticed car guys in other countries seem to always be misinformed about the cost of classic car transport over here. Perhaps this is because they see the ridiculously low quotes at the bottom of Ebay ads or are dealing with brokers of 6-9 car haulers that promise the moon, but don't deliver. At this time I am dealing with a gentleman from New Zealand & one from Australia, both of them had in mind their transport to a container company in Los Angeles would be 50% of what I charged them for quality single car transport. Bill Squires(owner) Bill's Auto Works P.S. Hello 5window, hope all is well in Lewisburg!
Bill hauled for me a couple of years ago (things are great, thanks) and could have not been more professional, polite, safety conscious and reasonable. He knows his stuff and I'd hire him again in a heartbeat!
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