on 4/21/06 8:46 AM, Kenneth Wilford at kenwilfy@comcast.net wrote:

> 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.
>
>

Hmmm, interesting idea, however the plan was to drive/camp for 2-3 weeks
back to Salt Lake City via Montreal weather agreeable, or via D.C if the
weather isn't.

Just looked at the web site & at $750/week, I could rent for 10 days for the
cost of shipping my westy! Hmmmm, we would have to change our itinerary, but
we always do that anyway! I think I will see if any are available? My 84
westy only has 91K on it, & I was dreading putting another 5-6k on it just
for phun/abuse.

Stay tuned for the next chapter of yours/ours or theirs-Westy Edition.

Tom-do they have one in yellow so we can be at home?

> 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?
>