Hello All,
I am looking to get into the g-body owners club! I have located a vehicle that would work great for my project, but the costs of me going to to pick it up and hauling it back home will equal what it costs to pay a shipper to do the job for me. Plus, I would not have to burn valuable vacation days to accomplish this feat, or risk any breakdowns or failure with my towing equipment.
I am looking for some direction from someone else on this site that may have done what I am looking at doing: a private vehicle sale out of state, and hiring a hauling firm to deliver the vehicle. The vehicle is not extremely expensive, so I am willing to take some risk on it and trust the pictures I have received as a fair representation of the vehicles condition. I am not worried if the vehicle is hauled on an open trailer, as that is what I would be doing if I did this myself.
Things I could use help with:
1: What kind of sales contract to create to protect myself from being ripped off as much as possible, without alienating the seller. Do I demand the title be sent to me next day air or ? as a condition of payment? How to be sure the seller will allow the hauler to take possession of the vehicle?
2: Hiring a reputable hauler. I did some online quotes to get a cost idea , Roadrunner was one of them.
I know this may seem silly to some, but this would occupy 3 to 4 days of my time otherwise depending on weather. And when you add in the wear and tear on my equipment on top of the fuel, tolls, food, & motels, it hardly makes money sense to haul it myself. I wish I could find something close, but I might have a diamond in the rough here that is difficult to pass up.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I am looking to get into the g-body owners club! I have located a vehicle that would work great for my project, but the costs of me going to to pick it up and hauling it back home will equal what it costs to pay a shipper to do the job for me. Plus, I would not have to burn valuable vacation days to accomplish this feat, or risk any breakdowns or failure with my towing equipment.
I am looking for some direction from someone else on this site that may have done what I am looking at doing: a private vehicle sale out of state, and hiring a hauling firm to deliver the vehicle. The vehicle is not extremely expensive, so I am willing to take some risk on it and trust the pictures I have received as a fair representation of the vehicles condition. I am not worried if the vehicle is hauled on an open trailer, as that is what I would be doing if I did this myself.
Things I could use help with:
1: What kind of sales contract to create to protect myself from being ripped off as much as possible, without alienating the seller. Do I demand the title be sent to me next day air or ? as a condition of payment? How to be sure the seller will allow the hauler to take possession of the vehicle?
2: Hiring a reputable hauler. I did some online quotes to get a cost idea , Roadrunner was one of them.
I know this may seem silly to some, but this would occupy 3 to 4 days of my time otherwise depending on weather. And when you add in the wear and tear on my equipment on top of the fuel, tolls, food, & motels, it hardly makes money sense to haul it myself. I wish I could find something close, but I might have a diamond in the rough here that is difficult to pass up.
Thanks for any help you can provide.