Need someone to Tow ...

valhalla360 wrote:
If you do wind up having someone tow it, make sure they have commercial insurance that covers you (or check with our insurance to see what is needed to keep you covered).

$1000 is a bit high but with short notice and short distance, your per mile is going to be higher than someone towing 1000 miles.

X2 - Lots of people don't realize it but taking money to haul something brings all kinds of rules and regulations into play. That is why it's so expensive to have done. Sure, you can give a friend of neighbor a couple hundred dollars to move something but he's very likely in violation of many laws in doing so.

This is good info to keep tucked in the back of your mind if you ever find yourself moving something or having something moved and you happen to encounter a LEO in some fashion.

From the one time I checked with uship, rates for most FWs/TTs seem to run about $2/mile, give or take. I was asked by a neighbor with a limo company what I'd charge to haul one of his cars about 400 miles, round trip. I quoted that $2/mile number. Another time, he was selling one of his cars and I said $3/mile, with no backhaul. If anything happened, I was doing a favor for a friend for "gas money". :B

Lyle