An alternative is Auto Driveaway (do a google search). Someone who wants to
get to the destintation drives it there for you. I don't know the cost, but
I think it's less than putting it on a truck. One bad part is you're getting
a few thousand miles on your car.

The obvious drawback is letting a stranger drive your car.


"Coasty" <uscg_ret at comcast dot net> wrote in message
news:3K2dnc4elaSNelXeRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview Washington
> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was in
> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter but
I
> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
good
> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>
> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped out
> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
have
> used or have experience with.
>
> Coasty
>
>

 

An alternative is Auto Driveaway (do a google search). Someone who wants to
get to the destintation drives it there for you. I don't know the cost, but
I think it's less than putting it on a truck. One bad part is you're getting
a few thousand miles on your car.

The obvious drawback is letting a stranger drive your car.


"Coasty" <uscg_ret at comcast dot net> wrote in message
news:3K2dnc4elaSNelXeRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview Washington
> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was in
> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter but
I
> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
good
> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>
> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped out
> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
have
> used or have experience with.
>
> Coasty
>
>

 

Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
Went by ship.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
>No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
>to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
>top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
>through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
>kept rubbing the sucker.
>
>I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
>try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
>
>Coasty wrote:
>> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview Washington
>> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
>> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was in
>> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter but I
>> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks good
>> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>>
>> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped out
>> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they have
>> used or have experience with.
>>
>> Coasty
>>
>>

 

Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
Went by ship.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
>No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
>to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
>top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
>through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
>kept rubbing the sucker.
>
>I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
>try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
>
>Coasty wrote:
>> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview Washington
>> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
>> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was in
>> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter but I
>> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks good
>> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>>
>> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped out
>> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they have
>> used or have experience with.
>>
>> Coasty
>>
>>

 

Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
Went by ship.

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
>No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
>to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
>top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
>through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
>kept rubbing the sucker.
>
>I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
>try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
>
>Coasty wrote:
>> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview Washington
>> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
>> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was in
>> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter but I
>> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks good
>> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>>
>> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped out
>> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they have
>> used or have experience with.
>>
>> Coasty
>>
>>

 

It must get boring, working on a ship all the time. Weeks at a time,
nothing to do but pick locks. I wonder what happened to all the packages I
have shipped home from Spain so far? Nothing in them but books, pamphlets,
and assorted trinkets with no value except sentimental. Not one has shown
up in three months. The one package I had shipped by plane showed up
intact, except that the U.S. Customs goons had seen fit to dig through it.
I wonder what they were looking for?

Earle

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:lg8ls1tmseq2kvkepdibpg8qi2nd6u0s8a@4ax.com...
> Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
> my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
> there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
> in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
> Went by ship.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
> >No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
> >to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
> >top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
> >through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
> >kept rubbing the sucker.
> >
> >I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
> >try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
> >
> >Coasty wrote:
> >> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview
Washington
> >> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
> >> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was
in
> >> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter
but I
> >> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
good
> >> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
> >>
> >> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped
out
> >> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
have
> >> used or have experience with.
> >>
> >> Coasty
> >>
> >>
>

 

It must get boring, working on a ship all the time. Weeks at a time,
nothing to do but pick locks. I wonder what happened to all the packages I
have shipped home from Spain so far? Nothing in them but books, pamphlets,
and assorted trinkets with no value except sentimental. Not one has shown
up in three months. The one package I had shipped by plane showed up
intact, except that the U.S. Customs goons had seen fit to dig through it.
I wonder what they were looking for?

Earle

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:lg8ls1tmseq2kvkepdibpg8qi2nd6u0s8a@4ax.com...
> Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
> my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
> there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
> in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
> Went by ship.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
> >No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
> >to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
> >top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
> >through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
> >kept rubbing the sucker.
> >
> >I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
> >try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
> >
> >Coasty wrote:
> >> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview
Washington
> >> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
> >> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was
in
> >> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter
but I
> >> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
good
> >> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
> >>
> >> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped
out
> >> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
have
> >> used or have experience with.
> >>
> >> Coasty
> >>
> >>
>

 

It must get boring, working on a ship all the time. Weeks at a time,
nothing to do but pick locks. I wonder what happened to all the packages I
have shipped home from Spain so far? Nothing in them but books, pamphlets,
and assorted trinkets with no value except sentimental. Not one has shown
up in three months. The one package I had shipped by plane showed up
intact, except that the U.S. Customs goons had seen fit to dig through it.
I wonder what they were looking for?

Earle

"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:lg8ls1tmseq2kvkepdibpg8qi2nd6u0s8a@4ax.com...
> Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
> my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
> there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
> in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
> Went by ship.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
> >No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
> >to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
> >top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
> >through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
> >kept rubbing the sucker.
> >
> >I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
> >try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
> >
> >Coasty wrote:
> >> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview
Washington
> >> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
> >> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was
in
> >> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter
but I
> >> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
good
> >> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
> >>
> >> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped
out
> >> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
have
> >> used or have experience with.
> >>
> >> Coasty
> >>
> >>
>

 

I'm surprised they let him. The military tells you to remove everything
with exception to emergency tools (jack, etc) and a car seat. That's it.
Everything else is supposed to be out. They know folks rip stuff off,
that's why they don't let you ship it.

- Eric
99 TJ SE
"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:lg8ls1tmseq2kvkepdibpg8qi2nd6u0s8a@4ax.com...
> Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
> my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
> there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
> in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
> Went by ship.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
>>No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
>>to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
>>top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
>>through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
>>kept rubbing the sucker.
>>
>>I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
>>try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
>>
>>Coasty wrote:
>>> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview
>>> Washington
>>> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
>>> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was
>>> in
>>> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter
>>> but I
>>> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
>>> good
>>> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>>>
>>> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped
>>> out
>>> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
>>> have
>>> used or have experience with.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>>
>>>
>

 

I'm surprised they let him. The military tells you to remove everything
with exception to emergency tools (jack, etc) and a car seat. That's it.
Everything else is supposed to be out. They know folks rip stuff off,
that's why they don't let you ship it.

- Eric
99 TJ SE
"----" <LeadWinger> wrote in message
news:lg8ls1tmseq2kvkepdibpg8qi2nd6u0s8a@4ax.com...
> Better yet, don't put anything in the Jeep. When the military shipped
> my son's van to Germany, he put his tools and lots of other stuff in
> there so it would be available when he got to his station. Everything
> in the van, including spare tire, jack, tools, etc. were long gone.
> Went by ship.
>
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:50:10 -0500, Steve Brady <sbrady1@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm in Canada, but has my jeep 'railed' from VAncouver to Toronto.
>>No major problems except for one I created myself! I didn't have time
>>to drop the hard top and put the soft top in as well as the hard
>>top....so I stowed the soft top on an angle. Well, as teh train bounced
>>through the rockies, one end of the bar press against my tailgate and
>>kept rubbing the sucker.
>>
>>I guess it really doesn't matter how you ship it....if you're going to
>>try and sneak some items onboard the jeep, be sure they're secured down!
>>
>>Coasty wrote:
>>> Well, my son has been transferred to the left coast to Longview
>>> Washington
>>> from Ft. Drum NY with the wife and kids. He is going to be the Army
>>> Recruiter for the area. After 14 months in Iraq and before that he was
>>> in
>>> Kosovo for 18 months. He is not too thrilled about being a recruiter
>>> but I
>>> told him 3 years home with the family and not dodging bullets it looks
>>> good
>>> to me, he smiled and said that puts things in perspective.
>>>
>>> Anyway he left his 97 TJ here in Maryland and wants to have it shipped
>>> out
>>> when he gets settled. Can any one recommend an auto shipper that they
>>> have
>>> used or have experience with.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>>
>>>
>