

| Subject: | Vanagon camper height (was: camper shipping cost) |
| From: | Karl Ploessl |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:00:40 -0400 |
from vanagon.com (http://vanagon.com/info/years/index.html): for a 1990 Vanagon GL camper Wheelbase: 96.9" 2.46 meters Front track: 62.4" 1.58 meters Rear track: 61.8" 1.57 meters Length: 179.9" 4.57 meters Width: 72.6" 1.84 meters Height: 80.9" 2.05 meters Ground clearance: 7.5" 16 cm Turning circle: (curb-to-curb) 35.8 ft 10.91 meter On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > ---- Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Try uship.com if you want to take a chance with a less professional and > potentially slower company. > > I have had good luck with rightway and it's cost about $1000 to ship > from west coast(ish) to western pa each time. > > One was from Oregon, the other from California. > > Mind you that's been 4 and 2 years ago now, so prices may have changed > somewhat since then. > > AAA gives the distance from Edmond, OK to Spokane, WA as 1746.4 miles. > That's right at $1.12 per mile. I was quoted $1450 ($0.83 per mile) to > ship my Prius. Of course, if I drive the Prius, I will use about 35 > gallons of gas, and will have 2 hotel nights (or $125 for gas plus $180 for > hotels = $305) plus meals. If I drive the camper, I will use 100 gallons > of gas (including finding camping stops), will have 4 nights of camping, > probably paying for 2 of them (or $350 for gas plus $40 for camping) plus > meals. The trip out to Spokane looks to cost me a little more with the > van, but the difference will be less than the shipping cost difference. My > household stuff will go in "Pods." That's another story, and more > appropriate for Friday, but I won't trouble you with it at all. > > Of course, my wife says we are to drive the van out, take care of some > business out there, leave the van and fly back, then drive out in the > Prius. Lots more cash out that way for sure. > > Blair at Riteway said the van has to go on a different trailer than a > normal car trailer because of its height, accounting for some of the cost > difference. What exactly is the height for a Westy? > > mcneely > > > > -craig > > > > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Nomadix <subarusyncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > Shipping cost for a larger corporate company are usually .85 cents to > a dollar per mile. If you can find a shipper that needs a load back then > it can be much cheaper. > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Jul 10, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> > wrote: > > >> > > >> Wow ... I was quoted 2600 to ship a 1991 Westfalia Atlantic from > Germany to Halifax .... > > >> > > >>> On 10-Jul-2014, at 18:15, Dave Mcneely wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Riteway just quoted me $1950 to ship my camper from central Oklahoma > to eastern Washington. mcneely > > -- > David McNeely >
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