Sell the van and buy a one when you get to Portland.

Charles Michaux
'91 Westy

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> From: Gregory Mitch Daughtry <gmdaugh@eos.ncsu.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: How to ship a van across the US?
> Date: Monday, December 02, 1996 12:01 PM
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I need to get my van from Raleigh, NC to Portland, OR and I don't want to
drive
> it (for reasons, see below).  I also have a paultry amount of personal
> belongings, all of which will fit into the van. I have to be in Portland
by
> January 6, and I cannot leave NC until after Christmas day.
> 
> If any of you have experience that may help me make a decision as to how
to do
> this, I would greatly appreciate some input.  Here are some of the
options that
> I want to investigate:
> 	-) renting space on a Car Carrier and shipping it there
> 	-) having a moving company ship it along with my furniture
> 	-) renting a truck and towing it there myself
> 
> The question I am most interested in from this list is the feasability of
> having the van towed/car-carried/shipped across the US.
> Are there transport companies that can do something like this?
> Has anyone shipped a vehicle across the US in a car carrier or by some
other
> 	form?
> How much money might I be looking at?
> Who might I contact for more information?
> Are there any options that I do not know about?
> 
> You might ask why I do not want to drive it there, so here are the
answers to
> that question:
> 1) This would be my fifth trip across the US in the past year and a half,
and
> I've kind of seen enough of Kansas and the world's largest groundhog.
> 2) The van isn't running well, and I don't have any money to get it
fixed.
> 3) I have furniture to ship, as well.
> 4) I want to spend my small break between grad school and the real world
(HA!)
> climbing in central Oregon and not driving a rented Uhaul towing a van
across
> the US alone.
> 5) My company will reimburse me for the expenses, but only AFTER I show
up for
> work (see money to fix van).  Plus, I don't need transportation or
furniture
> immediatley.  I can have it all arrive after I get the money to have it
> shipped.
> 6) I don't have the mental capacity to want to deal with diagnosing my
van
> problems right now.
> 7) I'm tired.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any and all help you can give.
> 
> -- 
> - Greg Daughtry -