JeffPritchard
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joanne0012 wrote:FedEx's "Custom Critical Transport" will take it on a flatbed for about $1.25 per mile.
http://passport.fedex.com/
Yikes on the price, but this might almost be worth it. About $2000 for an extra 6 days worth of real vacation time. Actually, if you figure in the cost of the fuel to drive there instead, it's only about half that.
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Tiger4x4RV
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One solution to living down here in the "corner" is a fly-drive trip. Mine are usually 10 days, sometimes tent camping (gasp) or motel/B&B. You'd be surprised at what dirt roads those rental cars can travel. It's not home-sweet-4x4RV, but it's not all bad.
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JeffPritchard
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Tiger4x4RV wrote:One solution to living down here in the "corner" is a fly-drive trip. Mine are usually 10 days, sometimes tent camping (gasp) or motel/B&B. You'd be surprised at what dirt roads those rental cars can travel. It's not home-sweet-4x4RV, but it's not all bad.
Thanks Tiger, yes, I have done that before, especially to get to one of the other "corners".
And by the way, I think I've been the unfortunate next customer that rented one or two of those cars you've driven off road. 
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shorthair
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Being in the trucking business I highly doubt that since you are talking about a full truckload & not a partial b/c of the beck space used that you could get it moved for less than $3.50 per mile & it might be higher since you wouldn't have any "history" with the shipper, fuel alone will cost them 50-70 cents per mile. I fully agree with the earlier poster you could stay in a real nice hotel for far less $$$.
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JeffPritchard
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shorthair wrote:Being in the trucking business I highly doubt that since you are talking about a full truckload & not a partial b/c of the beck space used that you could get it moved for less than $3.50 per mile & it might be higher since you wouldn't have any "history" with the shipper, fuel alone will cost them 50-70 cents per mile. I fully agree with the earlier poster you could stay in a real nice hotel for far less $$$.
Thanks. Actually when I came up with this silly idea, I was thinking "by train", rather than "by truck". Would it be significantly cheaper that way?
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P.S. most places I go don't have a "real nice hotel", or if they do you have to book your room about three years in advance. 
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You can forget "by train" they do not go by a schedule so a cross country move may be 5 days or 3 weeks. Not to mention we have had several folks try it for household moves and found out damage is common. RV's on train cars are more popular than stop signs during hunting season. Also they aren't used to moving/loading/unloading cargo that can be damaged fairly easily.
As for drivers or haulers our last quotes when diesel was $3.25 a gallon ranged from $2.25 a mile to $3.10 a mile.
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JeffPritchard
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mike4947 wrote:You can forget "by train" they do not go by a schedule so a cross country move may be 5 days or 3 weeks. Not to mention we have had several folks try it for household moves and found out damage is common. RV's on train cars are more popular than stop signs during hunting season. Also they aren't used to moving/loading/unloading cargo that can be damaged fairly easily.
As for drivers or haulers our last quotes when diesel was $3.25 a gallon ranged from $2.25 a mile to $3.10 a mile.
5 days or 3 weeks I can live with. Having people shoot at my rig...not so much!
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Tiger4x4RV
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Here's another thought: Get a second truck & TC. Store it in the area you want to explore. Take multiple trips to that area. Then move it to another area. Total cost might not be much more than moving your primary unit all around the country, plus you'd have the primary unit at home down here in the corner all the time for two-day weekend trips.
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JeffPritchard
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Since I am currently "stuck" with a very negative equity small Class A, this might be an interesting use for it. Take a couple weeks to drive it up to Maine or some such place and put it in storage there. Then fly up there once a year and use it for a week.
Would have to be in a place where storage is a good deal cheaper than it is down here in San Diego!
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jp
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