kjschaefer
Registered User
Thanks to some good advice from the great people on this site I did buy a PA-12 restoration project, but now I have to get it from South Dakota to Everett, WA. The plane is disassembled to the frame, less engine and prop, lots of loose parts. A truck rental outfit that shall go nameless (but starts with a U) quoted me $2500 one way (about 1500 miles), suggesting that I drive out there, rent the truck, pick up the plane, and tow my Jeep home. Total cost would exceed $3000 for sure.
I could buy a trailor, but at twenty feet long, seven feet wide, eight feet tall, and about 3200 lbs loaded, it would constitute abuse of a good Jeep Cherokee. Other alternatives include moving companies, but they are not always reliable and I have heard stories of folks having to ransome their belongings back. Truck freight is possible, but they will want all those peices palletized or boxed (that's a big box). A container is another option, that way we just wait for a dead heading flat bed coming my way.
I can't be the first guy with this problem; any ideas, stories, lessons learned out there?
I could buy a trailor, but at twenty feet long, seven feet wide, eight feet tall, and about 3200 lbs loaded, it would constitute abuse of a good Jeep Cherokee. Other alternatives include moving companies, but they are not always reliable and I have heard stories of folks having to ransome their belongings back. Truck freight is possible, but they will want all those peices palletized or boxed (that's a big box). A container is another option, that way we just wait for a dead heading flat bed coming my way.
I can't be the first guy with this problem; any ideas, stories, lessons learned out there?