Hauling a pickup.... Why SO difficult?
 

I'm tying to get a one ton pickup from Hayden Lake Idaho to Marysville Wa. Certain work and family constraints keep me from hauling it myself. I went to a vehicle hauling site which looked local and was bombarded with cheap prices and now that I'm ready nobody calls back . These outfits are all over the country. I have never been involved in such a convoluted web of BS in my life. Who are they, what are they doing? This isn't my first rodeo with truck hauling and I know about 'Central Dispatch'. I had finally found a family owned outfit in Belgrade Mt called 'Western Sky Haulers', but they are out of the business now and I am left to the wolves. Is there a real company I can call and they will tell me how much and when and we just make a deal. Other than 6 miles north off 90 to Hayden it is all I-90 and I-5 about 350 miles. It is inop but rolls nicely on good tires....

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If you can find a car auction company anywhere between you and your destination, check with them. They are constantly moving vehicles and looking for ways to avoid a dead head.

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Here is a couple that have been posting on the AA truck site for years
I have no personal experience with either one.

Jim
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God Bless
Bill Squires(owner)
Bill's Auto Works
(216)832-8697 No texts
[email protected]

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I've only done it once but I called a large nation-wide broker with my from-and-to and they gave me a nice low price. Their fee is flat rate off your credit card with the rest in cash to the driver. After three weeks of nothing I called to ask "what's up?" and was told no "hits" on my haul which was WAAAAY out in the sticks away from an interstate. He didn't ask (remember the brokers are flat rate), but I offered to bump the price an extra $200 and got my haul contracted within a week so I guess money talks. I'd guess you'd have better luck using a large broker with a greater number of drivers in the network.

Lonnie

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Thank you guys. I will follow up. I also got a PM from a member here with similar info.

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I'm not making excuses, but you do live on an island and it's a big truck.

I don't want to get political, but when people say puerto rico still doesn't have power. Well they don't live in central iowa. It can be difficult.

Best of luck.

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I bought my tonner panel from Parkers Prairie Mn, which is also off the beaten path. Very similar story and that's how I found 'Western Sky Haulers'. They wee 1400.00 instead of the 1000.00 often quoted, but they did the job on time and on budget. I live on an island and have to take an expensive ferry with a trailer to meet up with these guys, never mind a day off work. The extra money was worth it.

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I'm asking the carrier to meet me at a rest area on interstate 5. It is about an hour from the ferry dock and an hour north of Seattle. It is where I transfer beams and lumber with my suppliers. I realize nobody wants to deliver to an island. Well almost nobody. Every morning there are coca cola, miller beer, insulation installers, frito lay, lumber and a seemingly endless array of other delivery trucks spilling onto the island. I am too cheap to pay the drivers for 3 hours of drinking coffee so I meet most of my suppliers on the mainland. Then I fill up on the 'cheap' mainland gasoline and groceries while I'm there.

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GB SISSON, not that it matters, but it is a kinda strange coincidence
that TINKER lives about 20 miles or so, from Parkers Prairie, MN.
Small world huh......;)







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alot of times with any freight if you are not in a hurry you can post it with many brokers and when they have an empty truck sitting some where, its better to go out of the way than to drive home empty. it must run, or your seller must load, but patience is a big part of cheap shipping

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Makes me realize how lucky I was to have a local family owned business I can call on . One phone call and I was quoted a price for the pickup and approx 3 hour haul. In a little over a week the Merc was in my yard. Hope you find somebody like this to do your job.
http://baillieboystowing.webs.com/

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Caution, do not pay anything up front. I made the same type of inquiry a few weeks ago and found many that did not require any cash up front.
One place that responded and Ispoke with the agent, Ashlee seemed like a good choice, and reasonable. Atlanta GA area to Tucson AZ for about $720. No up front payment, all on delivery.
I was researching for a possible purchase which I did not make so didn't need the service. Here is the fruit of my research.
I would at least check directly with Iron Clad Auto Transport.
Here are some reviews: https://www.transportreviews.com/Com...nsport/Reviews
And their e-mail
Ashlee Favro - IRONCLAD A.T. <[email protected]>
Phone: (609)382-2125

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Hello Sir,

I spoke to you some time back in a P.M. asking if you knew Uzek Susol. You said he was a friend of yours, did you ask him for any recommendations. He has probably dealt with other transporters besides me! I transported one from him to Texas & his Father brought it over on the ferry to meet me at the dock.
I cannot transport it for you as I already have one from Ohio to Sequim, Wa in a couple of weeks, plus depending on what year it is, being a one ton it might be too heavy for me.
God Bless & Good Luck
Bill Squires(owner)
Bill's Auto Works
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...closed.614419/

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Oh, the price of paradise! I love Orcas Island but hate the dreary weather. Be thankful your island isn't close enough to commute to Seattle. I live in the sun belt but was born at Providence Hospital in Seattle. Dad still lives in Bellevue. I've used Montway who is a broker and had to pay up front but always shipped within a day or so. Try Uship, actual truckers look there.

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Thanks all! Things are looking up for a shipper. It's a whole different ball game for me if I can get it here near me when I already have to be off the island for a lumber run. Saves a work day and ferry fare. The photo here was taken by a man from Minnesota who was visiting Western Washington. He apparently passed me on Interstate 5 hauling the Parkers Prairie Panel just after I had met with Western Sky Haulers a few miles south of there and transfered the load to my trailer. This guy has a friend from home who frequents the 'Ford Truck Enthusiasts' site so he snapped a picture of my rig rolling North that afternoon, and sent it to 'Havi,' the FTE guy. Havi responded with 'Hey I know that guy and have been following his thread about the tonner panel out in Washington'. Havi then posted the photo below. And yes, as they say at Disneyland, It's a small world after all'.

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I guess it isn't really just a pickup. I told them it has a small boom off the back, but another car could be parked under it. Keep your fingers crossed. 6 cyl engine turns over and is complete, so might try to get it running and use it around the place as is. BUT if engine is junk, it would be a period type of repair to swap in a V8! I have a decent running 8ba and also a 59ab on the run stand. Sorry for the off brand, but I passed one of these up in Spokane about 20 years ago and when this came up cheap I had to leap. No intentions of running it on the road, just my 'junkyard dog' for around the ten acres of junk. I picture my oxy-atcetylene set strapped to a pipe frame headache rack. One of my friends calls me a 'hopeless romantic'. I considered it a compliment.

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You can get anything hauled if you are willing to pay what it actually takes to transport your vehicle.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...1&d=1520160316

I operate an actual business that has been in continous operation since 2006 with the
same website for (12) years that I wrote the code for myself.

I lived in Post Falls - Coeur d'Alene - Sandpoint, ID in the early 80's.

That is where I served my electrical apprenticeship.

It is another bad Winter.

For the second Winter in a row - I am sticking to West Coast I-5 runs & Cross Country
routes along I-40 & I-10.

If someone is heading west along I-90 they are usually already full from points further east.


Jim

On Fordbarn since 2010
In Business Since 2006

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Jim

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that is a pretty macho rig GB, it will be a good tool for the yard, rudabega or not. maybe fordabega after the transplant

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Doesn't "Ol' Ron" have a flathead in a 'Binder"?

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Thank you Jim. I like your common sense approach. At this point I'm dealing with the whole broker/central dispatch thing because for better or worse, one of them called me the other day with a price that was relatively inexpensive if I went with their date, which is soon. One local firm I was able to converse directly with wanted twice their amount. I have gone through this same process 3 or 4 times before and it is always very frustrating, but they all showed up as planned.

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Life is too short, think you need a vacation and treat a road trip as such. Not being wise
guy but a 1 ton to me is a toy. This one, a mid west no rust & dent free kind of rare bird
tractor with full air brakes tripple chassis with "Truxmore suspension" very sweet running
337 with overdrive F8... Towed with a F350 no issues no problems. My two
boys loading it.... So tell the boss "I gotta split for a week" goes for
her too. And I am not being wise because I know too many loyal never took a day off, then the company goes 'good by' then you are left with no health no
retirement plan usually happens when its too late ! enjoy while you can. Just
happen'd to my boy in front of the truck picture. He is or was a book binder,
for years now what? Burger King ? Yes I rant again with this weather and
cabin fever........spring comes in July here..................................

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Just got this photo from the shipper. Deadlines and work constraints worked together to keep me from hauling this wreck myself, but It will arrive tomorrow morning. The fenders are in the bed with the front bumper, extra wheels and tires. What a long strange trip it's been, even though I only have to haul it the last 60 miles or so. Still hoping the six that's in it has issues so I can feel good about transplanting a 59ab into this beast. With glass, interior panels and a heater, the woodie will be done this spring, so I needed another project.

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Congrats!...that does look like a BEAST.......Mark

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I have a chance at a 1948 Reo Speedwagon with the express bed. You have my mind spinning about it again.

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Glad shipping came together on your M16, Gary. Couldn’t believe it was being that difficult. I assume you’ve worked out the rest area transfer. The email I sent with the mention of the Chevy dealer in Anacortes taking drop offs seemed like an option if the rest area connection wouldn’t have worked out. Stu

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I came close to asking the chev dealer. That was real good info. I had to come over for a shipment of beams, and coordinating the two along with winter weather in the mountain passes and the poor communication with the dispatcher, oh well I really think I'll do all the driving next time. Hoping the next phase of life is some kind of semi-retirement....

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I tried semi-retirement until I got the Grocery Bill. Seems that Food and Beer was important. The best way to retire is to manage your time better. This was revealed to me by my Mother and Father."MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME". I am still working so I just adjust my schedule. Sorry to Hijack the thread.

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Not a hijack, just good advice. I think a lot about life changes ahead as I have been self employed for nearly 40 years and with raising 4 kids on a rock. I'm glad I have been putting into Social Security my whole life. And I'll just keep on with the woodworking if demand keeps up.

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Yes! Well. at least he did when I was there in 2013.

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It wasn't easy but the truck is home and I learned a ton from this thread and wrote down the info all have given, Both on the thread and in the private messages. This concludes the off brand thread about the off brand truck.

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G.B., that Studebaker will keep you from getting in a "Ford Flathead Rut". Test your overall mechanical skills!!! Also, I used to live out in Issaquah, WA, so appreciate your comments on the ferry system, etc. Got my '39 from a collector in Friday Harbor and brought it back on the ferry.

Good luck....Dick.

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My dad had a '47 Studebaker one ton (looked like yours)in the '50s and it was so stiff(springs) that driving it up and down the dirt road we lived on literally shook the rear fender off in pieces. I think it had 17" wheels.