I would looove a fun road trip to pick up the M17...believe me! But this is Colorado to Portland...thank you Pam! :) Becky Sent via Becky's BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: pam and dana <denko@broadstripe.net> Sender: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:02:23 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Reply-To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Shipping of a M17 Becky If you have access to a big enough truck (midsize) they are extremely easy to tow. We bought our boat in northern Calif., bought new tires for it, then towed it to north of Seattle without any problems. Plus, it was a fun "road trip". Cheaper than paying a shipper. Pam On Jun 19, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Becky Belding wrote:

I am wondering if anyone has suggestions/experience with hiring a shipping company to transport a M17 from another state? Many thanks, Becky

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Becky, So, are you saying that you don't tow your boat now? One mile is pretty much no different than the rest. Just more of them in a row. We used to tow our Rhodes 22, 4700 lb tow weight, with a Chevy S-10. Towed it to Kentucky lake and back twice, 875 miles one way and never had a problem. An R-22 weighs almost twice what an M-17 weighs. I'd just hook it up and go. Rik On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>wrote:

You can hire independent haulers/operators through for example uship.comand similar operations - my brother had a trailer brought from VT to CA this way.

cheers, John S.

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He went through uship.com - it is basically an online "brokerage" of sorts for independent haulers. You indicate what you want to move/ship/haul and from where to where and when and then haulers make offers/bids. So I could find out exactly who hauled his trailer, and, it's more about finding the right person for your needs rather than a specific hauler that did some other job for someone else (unless they happen to be a bidder on your job). cheers, John S. On 06/19/2013 10:03 AM, Becky Belding wrote:

Thanks John...any chance you could find out which company he used? Becky Sent via Becky's BlackBerry

-----Original Message----- From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> Sender: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:49:54 To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Reply-To: john@eco-living.net, For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Shipping of a M17

You can hire independent haulers/operators through for example uship.com and similar operations - my brother had a trailer brought from VT to CA this way.

cheers, John S.

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Becky Just thought I'd chime in on this one. A few years back I too used a shipper I found through u-ship. I'd bought a Catalina 25 in upstate New York for my sailing club and needed to ship it to Annapolis MD. The shipper I found through that site was excellent. He delivered the boat on-time, in good condition and for a very reasonable price. I would highly recommend giving this site a try. Cheers, John Roland. On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Robbin Roddewig < robbin.roddewig@verizon.net> wrote:

Hi Becky, I had a great experience with a Uship hauler that did some hauling for Bob at Norsea/Montgomery boats. I looked at my Uship accounts but they are not showing me history that far back and I cannot remember his name/company. He put my M-23 on its trailer on his trailer which is specially set up for boats on trailers and brought it from CA to MD for a very competitive price. Maybe you can ask Bob Eeg if he can recommend that shipper or someone similar?

Thanks Robbin

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You can hire independent haulers/operators through for example uship.com and similar operations - my brother had a trailer brought from VT to CA this way.

cheers, John S.

On 06/19/2013 07:50 AM, Becky Belding wrote:

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I am wondering if anyone has suggestions/experience with hiring a shipping company to transport a M17 from another state? Many thanks, Becky

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