Hot Rods Recommendations for a RELIABLE Car Transport Company?

I need to have a car shipped from the East coast to Iowa, as soon as possible. Must be covered and totally reliable, with tracking and real phone numbers. Any suggestions?

 

Bill Squires or Racinman. I've used them both and like them. Both will give you names of others they trust if they aren't going your way in your time frame.

 

Should I be expecting something?!!

 

This is a weekly thread. Right up there with which white walls.

 

Nope, sorry. It's my present to myself!

 

See, it says so right on the box.

 

Thank you Sir for the kind words, they mean a lot!

Unfortunately I cannot help on this one as I am off the road till after the 1st of the year to
spend the holidays with family & friends that I don't get to see during the year, being on the road so
much the rest of the year.

Racinman Rick & also BenD are also Quality Transporters & great car guys as well. They have ads in the Hamb O Dex section along with mine. However I would imagine IF they are running during the
holiday season, they will be booked well in advance. I recommend very few others as they must have a Quality reputation, because I don't want mine tainted by what someone else does.

The only other one you might try is :
Doc Schwarz out of Michigan (734) 341-0507 I have sent many of my overflow his way & have had
only positive comments from my customers!

If you go big carrier, I am a bit embarrassed to say I used Reliable to transport a high dollar
XLR-V out of Arizona for me because the dealership wanted it out of there in 30 days & my transport schedule was booked 60 days at that point. They did a great job & the driver even felt comfortable
enough to tease me a bit about being a transporter & paying someone else to do my own car!

God Bless & Merry Christmas
Bill Squires(owner)
Bill's Auto Works
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

I talked with Bill this afternoon, he's the kind of guy I'm looking for but unfortunately he's not available, nor is Doc.

Shipping a car is turning out to be a VERY difficult process... 95%+ of online sites seem to be scams, and even allegedly local listings aren't real. Several companies show up as being in my rather small home town, either with no addresses or fake ones, and all connect to national broker services with hideously bad reviews, total scams.

If there's anyone out there in central Iowa that's qualified, let me know. Fair warning: I'll vet you very carefully, but I'll pay very well!

 

Racinman lives on South Carolina. HRp

 

He doesn't go North in winter.

 

Have you tried BenD?

He has also hauled for me in the past. HRP

 

Try Ken Baker, he's a personal friend and out of NJ, he moved a car for me and despite the fact that he's a friend, I was impressed. His website: http://kennethbaker1.wixsite.com/the-colonels-choice Tell him Rich Kianka referred you....

 

A driver recommended by Dearborn Deuce is delivering one of their bodies on a rolling pallet to me here in Iowa in the next 2 weeks or so. I will rate him after delivery is made.
Intercity Lines has agreed to do it and is my backup. All the companies I talked to are planning now for at least after Jan. 1
Understand that these companies strive to haul full loads which helps keep costs down for everyone.
Factering in weather issues and people problems makes for a logistics nightmare IMHO.
Patience is the key with service of this type.

 

I just requested a quote from Reliable, they said "this is not a traffic lane we are currently servicing". Weird.

 

I "suspect" that all the major carriers are committed to hauling to and from the January auctions in Scottsdale, AZ. Second, as mentioned above, many haulers will not risk their equipment (and your car) driving in the snow belt. Third, there is no profit in hauling one car in a 53 foot enclosed trailer.

 

I just talked to Intercity Lines, they won't quote, said call back, it might be possible in late January. Also called Ken Baker, he only goes as far West as Indiana.

 

Personally - I would not do that run until the Spring.

That is not a normal route run this time of year
by the major carriers - no auctions or car shows.

Most actual businesses that transport vehicles carry more than one car at a time.

If they are traveling west along I-80 from the East Coast - they want to be full all the way to the West Coast - they do not want to drop in Iowa because they need to pick up another vehicle or continue west with an empty spot.

I have been on the HAMB since 2008 - Alliance Member every year.

I am an actual business with a website that I wrote the code for - it has been in continuous operation since 2006

I carry $100,000 insurance.

Right now I am in Holbrook, AZ getting a new
tire on my trailer.

Inside my trailer - a 1915 Stanley Steam 820 Mountain Wagon that I picked up in Pennsylvania - it is headed to Anacortes, WA.




This is the second 1915 Stanley Mountain Wagon I have transported - the first was in
March of this year - it was a $1.3 million two
year restoration that won “ Best In Class “ at the 2018 Amelia Concours De Elegance.


Jim

 

I'm afraid you need the car moved during the worse time, during the winter,.

And to back up what Cob said about U-SHIP website, I sold a Model A sedan and the man that purchased it talked to racinman and called me back and said he found someone to do the job at a big savings, this U_SHIP guy showed up 4 days late and pulling a trailer that looked like it had been pulled out of a field tens years ago,there was not a speck of paint on the trailer and one of the 4 tires was bald.

The truck wasn't too much better, I had to jump him off and he said if he ran the headlights the battery would die.

This is what you get from that type of service, the guy that will do the job for the least amount of money, I doubt the guy that picked up the Model A was insured to be carrying someones car. HRP

 

Why can't you fly in and drive the car home? HRP

 

Wait for Bill Squires. My little bro recently had a Corvette hauled by Bill to State Center and he had nothing but big praise for the service. If the car means much to you, I hope you can find a way to wait for a good hauler. If the car is just junk, then try U-ship.

BenD is also a good guy and has hauled stuff for my other brother, but I didn't think he had enclosed services. Maybe he does, but he's really the wrong direction for that load anyway and it might be a longer wait for him to line it up.

 

I have used Pilot Transport a couple of times with good luck.

 

I’ve used Thomas Sunday Transport out of New Kingstown, Pa. twice, once out of south Fla. and once out of southern Calif, did a perfect job and on time !


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I have used Intercity an couple of times, without any issues.

 

In other words you are too far from an interstate. I've heard that also.

 

All this is the real stuff. Iowa's not at a transport hub, weather's iffy and you've got a bad timeline. Doing it yourself is probably the best best for this time of year. Is there really a big rush for getting it right now?

 

Does anyone have any experience with Autobahn USA?

 

Iowa's not at a transport hub? You mean I-80 and I-35 aren't big roads that run through the middle of the country? Nobody ever travels down them?

Not everybody lives right next to an Interstate. Do those big guys only wait for customers whose driveway connects to an off-ramp?

 

If the OP wants his car right away that he chose to buy at the beginning of what looks like yet another bad Winter .....

He should go get it himself


Jim