Cost to Ship Boats
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Topic: Cost to Ship Boats
Posted By: wepucci
Subject: Cost to Ship Boats
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 8:34am
| Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost to ship a Ski Nautique (with trailer) from Florida to the Northeast (Massachusetts)? Even a ballpark figure would be great. I am also looking for the names of any shipping companies that people have used and have good/bad experiences with. Thanks. |
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 11:47am
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 12:30pm
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The other day when looking at some CC boats on ebay, I seem to remember a figure of $1.25 or $1.50 a loaded mile. Now of coarse I can't find the ad!!
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Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 12:37pm
Bet he didn't get one job. It would be good to know who he was for folks like the OP. Maybe Keith could start a thread and list his info? ------------- |
8122pbrainard wrote:Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 3:06pm
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Maybe you could find someone who needs something hauled to Florida so you could cut the cost of a trip in half.
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Posted By: anthonylizardi
Date Posted: April-27-2008 at 3:37pm
| I shipped a trailer from New Jersey to Dallas Texas for $600 unloaded. I used a website called Uship.com. It works like e-bay and shippers bid on your load. I found somebody that was driving back to the area so the money paid for gas. Also, that was last year when gas was cheaper. You can use that website to find historical data of people that has shipped similar items. My experience with it was good with the exception that the first guy never showed up to pick the load. Luckily I didn't paid him. The second person worked for a bigger company so I didn't had any problem. Actually he delivered the load and I was not at home. It worked out at the end but I knew I was shipping a trailer. Not a hole lot you can damage on it. Also, I insure the load so if I loose it no big deal. Big shipping companies that ship boats wanted $3k. At that time I thought I was in for a road trip. With Uship cost me the same, rent a car + gas, except I didn't had to drive. I would use them again. No complains on their website and the support was decent. |
Posted By: adamt
Date Posted: April-28-2008 at 12:44am
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79Nautique wrote, in another post about this topic: "what you need to do is find a flat bed/lowboy trucker and have him back hual your boat. My Girlfriend is getting her XK8 deleveried today this very way cost her 400.00 to have it shipped from KC, MO to Chesterfield, IN. But basicly the seller takes it to a local truck stop and loads the boat and trailer on the trucker's rig and then you meet the trucker at another local truck stop to pick it up. I would have to ask a friend who arranged this for more details on who to call but you might try a local trucking company and ask them about back hualing" Sounds like a great idea to me.  ------------- -Adam 1973 Skier |