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Title: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: piercedvw on September 07, 2010, 01:30:29 PM

Is anyone taking a trip down in the next month or two?

I need something fairly large (but light) brought back from LA.. or need to find a cheap shipping company.

????

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: piercedvw on September 08, 2010, 09:28:32 AM

Even the name of a place(s) would help.. I'm doing the shipping company doe-se-doe.. and not enjoying it. :s

It will fit in the back of a truck or maybe on a roof rack... or could have it put on a pallet.

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: Chris W on September 08, 2010, 08:45:48 PM

To big for Greyhound?

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: Randy on September 08, 2010, 08:50:41 PM

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4823650&highlight=#4823650   ;D

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: piercedvw on September 08, 2010, 08:55:30 PM

Yup.. not going to happen unless I can find a REALLY good deal. The quotes I got have been 3 times what the item is worth.. I'll just have to keep looking for something closer.

Apparently the risk if damage is high also. :(

 The  guy selling it isn't quite up on how to get proper dimensions even, and I'm concerned it won't be pallet'ed properly.

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: Mowser on September 08, 2010, 09:31:19 PM

drive down without a top and put it on and drive home :P

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: piercedvw on September 08, 2010, 09:32:17 PM

Quote from: Mowser on September 08, 2010, 09:31:19 PM

drive down without a top and put it on and drive home :P

Yup.. crossed my mind.. and more realistic.. in.. JULY.  :huh:

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: Alp on September 08, 2010, 11:57:28 PM

bare boobs from here to LA....it would be tough crossing the border.....too bad this wasn't last week the stink boys were down there a could of helped out.

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: Mowser on September 09, 2010, 09:02:35 AM

I thought you were as tough as nails Tarrah.  Question, what about going down with the soft top.  Taking it off and driving home with it collapsed inside?  I don't know much about the mechanism though, does it collapse like a Jeep soft top?  I'm guessing not.

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: vwboop on September 09, 2010, 10:30:08 AM

Quote from: Mowser on September 09, 2010, 09:02:35 AM

I thought you were as tough as nails Tarrah.  Question, what about going down with the soft top.  Taking it off and driving home with it collapsed inside?  I don't know much about the mechanism though, does it collapse like a Jeep soft top?  I'm guessing not.

I've brought a soft top back from yakima inside our old thing with hardtop on. The hard top may not fit over your roll bars though. I know they don't fit over the '73 roll bars. Don Eddy doesn't know of any tops more local?

Title: Re: Anyone bringing a trailer or vehicle back from LA?
Post by: piercedvw on September 09, 2010, 06:11:17 PM

The fibreglass Jet ones are modifiable (the only one that WILL fit over the rollbar.. Don may have one, though I haven't seen it yet to know the condition and he wants 200 more I think.. still need to talk to him again :( .. And the other one would have saved me from trying to paint it :(