[jhein]

Originally Posted by Skidmark

Happen to remember who you used? Reviews are all over the place.

I was new to car shipping so I didn't have a clue how it worked. If you already know this I apologize, but I'll tell you what I found.

There are the bigger shippers that you can find via google. You can contract directly with them and they ship with their own equipment. Some have big fleets of trucks. These are usually big Semi rigs that carry many cars. I found those to be the most expensive and least flexible by far.

Then there are the brokers. These people don't ship anything. They find owner-operators that haul the cars. I don't have all the details, but it works something like this. They post the job on a board and the haulers can view that list and decide if they want to bid on it or take the job for the rate offered by the broker. The thing is that the brokers usually don't tell you that they are brokers. It's a little deceptive. If you ask them they will tell you but they try to avoid that fact because it must turn people off.

The guy that I bought the car from was a collector and he referred me to the broker that he uses. I was a bit nervous about it but it worked out very well. The job got picked up by a hauler with an enclosed two car trailer pulled by a F350. He picked it up on time and delivered it 2 days early in perfect condition so I was happy.

I'll PM you the broker info.