Moving a Triumph TR7 from Arizona to Ohio - any ideas, suggestions?

[STINEY]

Car should roll, lacks drivetrain.

Its physically small (13.75'L x 5.5'W x 4.17' H), its also relatively light, (right at about #1500)


Ideas gents?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Drive and go get it
Hire a geezer coming back from their snowbird existence
Have Randal pull it to you during drag week

don't use AIA

The guy who bought my Buick used AIA, they really put the hurt on the Buick getting it to him - they used a forklift to move it, they used a hook to pull on the core support to move the car... and bent it....

[Ron Ward]

Redball!!!!

[Monk]

Check Hemming's classifieds.........they've got individuals who specialize in these
types of vehicle.
Just a thought.

[STINEY]

Drive and go get it
Hire a geezer coming back from their snowbird existence
Have Randal pull it to you during drag week

Any interested geezers, feel free to contact me. I've already talked to the snowbird geezers I know personally, seems they went and got jobs? Weird...

Redball!!!!

I'm listening. And willing to reimburse for fuel, I know times are rough.

[Hemi Joel]

Dad weighed it with no engine, trans, rear end or battery, with 2 wheels. 1320 pounds. (for some reason, he finds that number easy to remember) Now it has a rear end and 4 wheels, should be right around 1450.

[Monk]

Dad weighed it with no engine, trans, rear end or battery, with 2 wheels. 1320 pounds. (for some reason, he finds that number easy to remember) Now it has a rear end and 4 wheels, should be right around 1450.

Package it up and
Ship it via Greyhound

[STINEY]

If I could manage to put it on a skid/crate I'd be all set. Easy truck freight then.

[Aircooled]

The last time I had a car shipped, the truck driver told me that he would have done the job for half the price if I had contacted him directly. Apparently a lot of the car "shipping companies" are little more than brokers who subcontract the actual move to independent truckers and keep half the fee for themselves.

Don't ask me how you find these independent car haulers...
Also, you might get a nice discount for have the car delivered to Chicago instead of Bucyrus.

[Monk]

Found this company on the net.....might get a quote from them.

http://www.rcgauto.com/services/non-running-vehicles/

[realsteelfreak]

USPS if it fits it ships!

[STINEY]

If it could be towed to a facility with a loading dock, I believe I can get it flatbed-hauled as a partial load fairly reasonable.

Still shaking the tree today, some unusual fruits are coming loose.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I was going to suggest the loading dock/long-haul trucker route... alternatively, Fed Ex delivers cars - if you get a discount with Fed Ex, it can be REALLY reasonable to move a car through them....
strange people... I'll email a classmate I had in high school - he's a long-haul trucker, I know he goes across the US with his loads; so maybe he can do it.

[STINEY]

Fedex....interesting. Both they and UPS have a freight division, wonder if UPS does such movements as well?

Calling our Fedex rep.

Also have a guy who goes to Phoenix with some regularity, who stated he would be happy to have an excuse to drive back. If the owner can have the car towed to a facility with a loading dock, then it can be loaded into a Uhaul truck or loaded onto a flatbed.

Most of the least expensive methods seem to hinge on having a loading dock in the mix.

Another friend has in-laws who visit our area regularly from Arizona (where I don't know yet), they drive and used to have a Suburban. Perhaps they would appreciate having their fuel paid one way in exchange for pulling a trailer?

[Whelk]

You could try www.uship.com/ Maybe get on Shipping Wars on TV.