Dale and Ruth, when we looked for our 5er to replace our travel trailer, i was surprised when the salesman from michigan said "i can have that montana delivered to you for ..........", and we live in pensacola,fl! if you're buying your 5er from a dealer, i'm sure they can arrange to have it delivered to you. our charge was about $1500 added on to the entire cost, which sounded real good to me since it was the end of january and we moved to p'cola after 43 years in the snow-belt of central ny! check with your dealer, good luck. mark
Edit by moderator: Removed extra line breaks to reduce post size. Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Thursday 20th of December 2012 09:23:57 PM
NWescapee said
02:59 AM Dec 21, 2012
Has anyone used an RV transport company? Any recommendations or companies to avoid? We are possibly buying our 5th wheel next week in OK and would want to get it back to the Seattle area. We don't have a truck with a 5th wheel hitch yet and are trying to figure out what options we might have to get the rig home while we look for a truck. Oh yeah, we're also not crazy about having to make that drive in the winter months.
Appreciate any suggestions.
Lucky Mike said
03:26 AM Dec 21, 2012
most truckstops will have listings for hot shot services.........or I would call RV dealers in that area and see who they would refer..........be Careful on who you hire and make sure they are Commercially insured and have a PUC registration to pull the trailer for hire.
If you hire it out to someone to pull it you can be held liable if an accident occurs and there insurance rejects it or does not cover it
Mark Serley said
03:29 AM Dec 21, 2012
lucky mike, don't ask why there is a large space here, i told you a while back i'm computer illiterate, remember?
NWescapee said
04:09 AM Dec 21, 2012
Mark & Mike - thanks for the input. I will check with the dealer, the other option we were considering was seeing if the dealer would keep the trailer for us until early spring when it would be a much better time to make the drive. Of course if our house sells before that, we'll end up with yet other issues, but wouldn't that be a nice problem to have???
WestWardHo said
05:15 AM Dec 21, 2012
That would be a great problem to have. Please be sure you get a truck that is bigger/tougher/stronger than you think you will need. (At least that is MY take onmtheposts i'vse read on here!)
Fergizmo said
07:02 AM Dec 21, 2012
Sounds like pretty exciting times are coming. Good luck and congrats.
NWescapee said
07:37 AM Dec 21, 2012
Mike - one more question as I re-read your post, what does PUC stand for?
Fergs - one more step, but this one feels like a really big step!!
Trabuco said
07:51 AM Dec 21, 2012
Ruth,
Check out places like uship.com. You list what you want shipped and shippers bid on your load. Just an option to consider.
Lucky Mike said
04:11 PM Dec 21, 2012
Ruth .....Im not Positive , but PUC is a tax DOT designation from the government it is issued for commercial carriers
Kountryguy said
01:45 AM Jan 1, 2013
Public Utilities Commission- I think!
MarkS said
10:59 AM Jan 1, 2013
Used to be public utilities commission. Now it is DOT numbers.
Dale and Ruth, when we looked for our 5er to replace our travel trailer, i was surprised when the salesman from michigan said "i can have that montana delivered to you for ..........", and we live in pensacola,fl! if you're buying your 5er from a dealer, i'm sure they can arrange to have it delivered to you. our charge was about $1500 added on to the entire cost, which sounded real good to me since it was the end of january and we moved to p'cola after 43 years in the snow-belt of central ny! check with your dealer, good luck. mark
Edit by moderator: Removed extra line breaks to reduce post size. Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Thursday 20th of December 2012 09:23:57 PM
Has anyone used an RV transport company? Any recommendations or companies to avoid? We are possibly buying our 5th wheel next week in OK and would want to get it back to the Seattle area. We don't have a truck with a 5th wheel hitch yet and are trying to figure out what options we might have to get the rig home while we look for a truck. Oh yeah, we're also not crazy about having to make that drive in the winter months.
Appreciate any suggestions.
If you hire it out to someone to pull it you can be held liable if an accident occurs and there insurance rejects it or does not cover it
Fergs - one more step, but this one feels like a really big step!!
Check out places like uship.com. You list what you want shipped and shippers bid on your load. Just an option to consider.