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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 12:50 PM
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recommendations for shipping car?

Any recommendations on this people? Definitely looking for a respectable company. My car is no trailer queen but want to be sure its safely carried to where its going. The high end companies are probably more than I want to spend but what do you guys reccomend?
Old Aug 11, 2014 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hawks70
Any recommendations on this people? Definitely looking for a respectable company. My car is no trailer queen but want to be sure its safely carried to where its going. The high end companies are probably more than I want to spend but what do you guys reccomend?
Where are you going? I'm local and I have a open trailer
Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:00 PM
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Tara at Autotransport123
888-885-9123 ext 507
Tara@autotransport123.com
Great outfit moved 2 cars and have one being picked up on Wednesday

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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 06:52 PM
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I was very satisfied with Monarch. Robyn was excellent.

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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 08:31 AM
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Tara at Autotransport123
888-885-9123 ext 507
Tara@autotransport123.com
Great outfit moved 2 cars and have one being picked up on Wednesday
My experience with Autotransport 123 was terrible! No, terrible is too good a word. I'd need less letters containing F and S to accurately describe them. I have been around a while, but was still shocked at the lying, deception, and overall BS from that company.

They are not an transporter, but an agency that takes your money for no gain. I found it far better to do the research and find a carrier who actually owns the trucks and has their own drivers.
Old Aug 24, 2014 | 11:16 AM
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Most of the supposed 'Transporters' are nothing but brokers trying to make a buck. Do not even consider the lowest 3-4 offers, as your car will sit where it is for at least a month.... as posted, go for one that has their own trucks.

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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 12:49 PM
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(someone asked a similar question about 6 months ago on a different forum, I've copied my answer from there near-verbatim)

My brother used Intercity about 5 years ago for his Ford Probe, if I remember correctly it was $1400 for MI to CA and from what I saw it seemed to be good service.

I have a spreadsheet I generated nearly 6 years ago that listed all of the transportation companies & contact info that had advertisements in Hemmings at the time (my brother worked off this list, as did a co-worker about 2 years ago for PA to NV), I had started to whittle-down the list for something similar for myself; hawks, if you'd like a copy, please contact me directly as I didn't want to email you the file out-of-the-blue.

I wanted strictly closed trailer due to when I may be needing this service; from the research I was doing, I found I was going to be most comfortable with a company that runs its own marked 18-wheelers, as the car stays with the truck from pick-up to delivery (allow that the driver may have to do some shuffling when making deliveries) ... some companies run "nondescript" 1- or 2-car trailers behind a heavy-duty pick-up (tend to be more expensive) and others act as brokers (so you are not necessarily in direct contact with the driver and/or the car is transferred between haulers at some way-station), so buyer beware.

Last edited by popeye1978; Aug 24, 2014 at 12:49 PM. Reason: clarified it was my own response from other forum
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