Why not just rent a Vanagon Camper instead?  My brother in law owns
www.northeastcampers.com and I do the maintenance on them.  If you are
looking for a nice westy to just tool around in on the east coast this would
the the ticket.  With the price of gas it would probably be cheaper to fly
to Philly, rent one of his vans, tour the east, then fly back to SLC.  You
would not have to worry about your baby getting damaged and not have to put
wear and tear on it either.  Just an idea.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
bueses
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Honest/ Reliable Vanagon Semi Transporter Needed

As some may remember, I posted a while back about trucking my 84 Westy from
Salt Lake City to Boston for a trip we have planned in the 2nd half of May.

It is going to happen, but the more I research auto transporters, the more
hesitant I become to trust my baby to one.

Doing my research on the web, there are gazillions of auto transport
companies or at least brokers who get a real carrier for you & take a cut of
the cost.  The problem is that many of them appear to be fly by night
operations & scams w/ little reliability for getting the vanagon there on
time & in 1 piece.  It also appears that anything I ship in the westy that's
not screwed down, is not covered insurance wise, & for a camping trip,
obviously we would need a bunch of stuff that we normally carry in the
westy.

Does any one have specific recommendations for a reliable carrier that they
have used & can recommend again?

Thanks,

Tom-4 days driving, 2500 miles 1 way, or $1100 to ship, my peace of
mind=priceless?