This post is a re-statement/refinement of one I posted on 12/19/16, since I couldn't change that one's Title.
Hello readers, here's a question about vehicle transport and club members' helpfulness.
I have the opportunity to buy a real nice condition M16 truck that's located in Wisconsin; it would need to be transported to me in MD.
The seller lives in Dunbar WI, and says he's willing to get the truck to either Madison or Milwaukee WI for me. He's only available to do that on a weekend day, though, and the idea of being able to time it so that he meets a transporter at a precise time seems pretty unrealistic to me.
Because Dunbar is 200 miles further north than is Milwaukee, shipping quotes I've gotten (from Peg's Trucking, suggested to me by another SDC'er, and used by me to get my last truck in July 2016) are much higher than are those from Milwaukee or Madison. Soooo, I'm wondering if there's a club member/reader in the Milwaukee or Madison area that would be willing and able to have this M16 dropped off at their place and stay there for a few days in order for a transporter to do the pickup from there rather than Dunbar. Presumptuous to ask, maybe, but I asked this same kind of question about 15 months ago (for a truck to come from Canada to Minneapolis, to then be picked up and brought to me in MD), and a club member said "sure, I'll do it!"; sadly for me, the truck got sold locally in Canada before this idea became reality.
I know the weather is likely somewhat poor in that area at this time of the year, and that likely is part of what's increasing the transport quote prices (the quoted price from Dunbar WI to me in MD, 965 miles, is the exact same amount as was the transport of my last truck from Riverside WA to me in MD....2615 miles....in July 2016!), hence the idea of looking to start the transport from Milwaukee or Madison instead.
Anyway, I wanted to put this out there in front of the club readers to see what might come of it. If you don't ask, the answer is always "no".
Thanks.
Hello readers, here's a question about vehicle transport and club members' helpfulness.
I have the opportunity to buy a real nice condition M16 truck that's located in Wisconsin; it would need to be transported to me in MD.
The seller lives in Dunbar WI, and says he's willing to get the truck to either Madison or Milwaukee WI for me. He's only available to do that on a weekend day, though, and the idea of being able to time it so that he meets a transporter at a precise time seems pretty unrealistic to me.
Because Dunbar is 200 miles further north than is Milwaukee, shipping quotes I've gotten (from Peg's Trucking, suggested to me by another SDC'er, and used by me to get my last truck in July 2016) are much higher than are those from Milwaukee or Madison. Soooo, I'm wondering if there's a club member/reader in the Milwaukee or Madison area that would be willing and able to have this M16 dropped off at their place and stay there for a few days in order for a transporter to do the pickup from there rather than Dunbar. Presumptuous to ask, maybe, but I asked this same kind of question about 15 months ago (for a truck to come from Canada to Minneapolis, to then be picked up and brought to me in MD), and a club member said "sure, I'll do it!"; sadly for me, the truck got sold locally in Canada before this idea became reality.
I know the weather is likely somewhat poor in that area at this time of the year, and that likely is part of what's increasing the transport quote prices (the quoted price from Dunbar WI to me in MD, 965 miles, is the exact same amount as was the transport of my last truck from Riverside WA to me in MD....2615 miles....in July 2016!), hence the idea of looking to start the transport from Milwaukee or Madison instead.
Anyway, I wanted to put this out there in front of the club readers to see what might come of it. If you don't ask, the answer is always "no".
Thanks.
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