SOS! Escape from Hel Paso

What is the best way to ship a tool box. And ?? 4 cars.

I need to move my box and car crap from Hel Paso to Austin or San Antonio.

Who has the best idea. to do it for under $2k

Id think one of those transport companies with a 1ton dually and a ramp trailer could take at least 3 cars on one of those trailers. Are ANY of the cars drivable?

In reply to Vigo:

They all run One Yugo Two Audi A4's 2000 and 2001, One 1999 Town Car.

How many of the cars have hitches?

In reply to bluej:

One

Biggest uhaul u can get and a car trailer. Shove yugo and tools in truxk. Maybe fit an audi. Trailer thwbother audi and drive the 4th

This is like the grm version of the river riddle w/ a panther, germans and a yugo.

THERE MUST BE A WAY!

Put the Yugo in the Town Car's trunk and load it and the Audi's on a 3-car trailer.

GVX19 wrote: In reply to bluej: One

Is that trailer actually bigger than the Yugo, or is it just the angle?

Jaxmadine wrote: Biggest uhaul u can get and a car trailer. Shove yugo and tools in truxk. Maybe fit an audi. Trailer thwbother audi and drive the 4th

I agree with this, aside from the Uhaul truck - they're junk (but the trailers are decent). If you have to, get a hitch installed on the Town Car and pull the other Audi that doesn't get hooked up behind the truck.

www.uship.com/

In reply to Jaxmadine: The Yugo may fit but the tool box will not. My box is bigger than the Yugo. The Yugo is 1800lbs the tool box is over 2klbs. Yes the trailer is bigger than the Yugo The Town Car needs the Dif replaced. It did not like the last trip I made to the Challenge in it. My co driver decided to drive 70 while I was taking a nap. So it is now truly a "Town Car"

In reply to m4ff3w: They will bush me over my 2k

Ok, so- hook the two audis together, so you've got 8wd. Build a light scaffold over audis, place Yugo on scaffold. Cut ass end off lincoln, replace with tool chest. Use franken audi to tow franken-lincoln. Have most badass rolling tool chest, ever.

In reply to mndsm:

I like the Idea but I would have to out source it. That will put me over 2k and then it would be over 2k to retune them to being cars.

But I love the concept.

It was worth a shot. Sleep meds are kicking in, that's when I get creative.

You can't fit a Yugo and an A4 in a non-CDL rental box truck.

The biggest box you can rent without a CDL is 26'.

Mexicans pay coyotes a lot.

Charge them half price to paddle them down the Rio Grande to the Gulf, then drive them North.

They'll see it as discounted safe passage. You can call it profit.

Fix Town Car (TC) and instal hitch.
Drive TC with Yugo on U-Haul tow dolly. Have a friend drive up an Audi. Both return in TC. 8+ hours out and 8+ hours back. Done in one weekend.

Following weekend or same week, drive TC out of El Paso this time pulling Uhaul trailer and tool box on board. Have a friend drive up other Audi.

I figured that the Audi's may be quattros and therefore unable to be tow dollied.

Southwest flight is about $259 usually one way. It's about 550 miles to Austin. So how many can make the trip?

Each of those should be able to get 24 MPG highway at least. Which means the gas bill is about $90 each.

Hitch the TC with a trailer for the goods. The hitch is about $200 and $65 for the wiring.

So total costs: Gas: $90 per vehicle for about $360 total

Hitch and wiring: $270

Flights: $550

Trailer: $150 from Uhaul

Coffee/Red bull: $60

Bribes to have a friend drive from El Paso to Austin twice: 4 cases of beer

All about $1500

Have a few friends where you're moving?

Throw a junkyard diff and a hitch at the town car, rent a uhaul to tow the tools. Then fill car with friends and drive them back to drive the rest of the cars over.

AlliedAutoTransportation has placed a bid of $1,545.78 to deliver your shipment, 3 vehicles for transport.

That is the same price for one car. No discount for 3 cars. What makes me mad is $300 of that is the broker fee. $100 per car. Why does the broker deserve 3 fees for one shipment?

GVX19 wrote: AlliedAutoTransportation has placed a bid of $1,545.78 to deliver your shipment, 3 vehicles for transport. That is the same price for one car. No discount for 3 cars. What makes me mad is $300 of that is the broker fee. $100 per car. Why does the broker deserve 3 fees for one shipment?

Call them up and negotiate?

Yeah, i would push on that since this kind of deal is the easy button and i'd want to exhaust every avenue of making it work before i gave up and resorted to other options that are a hell of a lot of work and driving time.

Sell all cars but your favorite. Drive it to SA/Austin towing your 'box on a trailer.

When you get to SA/Austin, buy more crap cars with the proceeds of the sale.

You'll turn over your inventory and have fun buying different cars!