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10-23-2008, 05:45 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
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| I GOT TO SHOUT After 2 months of unemployment, the longest jobless streak in my life, I secured a job in Sarasota FL. . Now I have to decide on how to get there. Options: Ship everything (car too) and fly there Drive a moving Van myself and ship my car Drive my car and ship the goods. Utilize the "Pod" system (most expensive) If I drive my car, I can stop along the way... New Orleans here I come!  . Last edited by comiso90; 10-23-2008 at 05:48 PM. |
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10-23-2008, 05:54 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 3,204
| Congrats on the new job. That's a long way to relocate. Not sure what to tell you on how to get yourself and your stuff there. If it were me I woould probably rent a moving van that was capable of towing my car and drive the van myself. Anyway you go is going to cost a pretty penny I'm afraid.
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10-23-2008, 05:58 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: my azz is in Mississippi, but, I am a true Texan.
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| IAWTC^ AND CONGRATS!!!!! whoo-hoo!! I can definitely understand. Is towing your car behind the U-haul NOT an option??
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10-23-2008, 06:04 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
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I've jumped out of planes 7 times, spent 12+ days in the backcountry and have been scuba diving to 150 feet but the idea of driving a moving van and towing a long beemer accross country terrifies me! Yes... I'm a wus! . | |
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10-23-2008, 06:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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| Just do it comiso! Beats the hell out of what I'm doin'; watchin' my IRA melt! TO
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10-23-2008, 06:10 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
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  I'm doing it! I just got to figure out how to get my crap there. Looks like it will cost $4000! | |
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10-23-2008, 06:11 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Congrats on the job! You think your move is going to be expensive! I have to move everything from Germany to Alaska!
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10-23-2008, 06:12 PM
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10-23-2008, 06:19 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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 But worse things can happen so I'm still  TO
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10-23-2008, 06:19 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| congrats on the new job comiso
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10-23-2008, 06:21 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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10-23-2008, 06:46 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Congrats, Comiso! Personally, I'd have movers take everything but the necessities, pack up the car with those, and hit the highway.
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10-23-2008, 06:50 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| Driving a truck used for moving a single dwelling isn't much different then driving a car except the the mirrors on the truck are better, congrats on the job Frank |
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10-23-2008, 06:55 PM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Excellent Comiso. I know that it has been weighing on you for a while. If you don't have any nearterm obligations with your company, drive cross country and make a vacation out of it. Otherwise, given economic circumstances and job expectations, get your backside to work. You'll have your hands full with the basics (shelter, utilities, licenses, necessities, insurance, etc). If you tow that Beamer, be sure she is tow rated. Some of those rear wheel cars cannot be towed without a transmission radiator and you DON'T want to eff up that machine. Especially if that is you only ride to your new job. Best of luck to you my friend. I gotta believe your housing is gonna be a HELL of a lot cheaper than Kalifornia.
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10-23-2008, 07:12 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
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Yeah Matt, it turns out that the Beemer is too heavy to tow. Penske truck will cost 1100 to rent U-haul wanted over 2300!!! for a truck that was 1 foot longer. | |
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