On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Ray Irons wrote:
>
> Thanks for the invite, but I already have my route planned. Since I'm
> retired USAF, I decided to try to save some money on lodging along the way
> by staying in temporary lodging facilities at military installations between
> Delaware and California
good idea!
> I have already started shopping around for transportation and I think
> I'm going to use a 24-foot U-Haul truck and a flat bed trailer to transport
> the Dak. I'm estimation the cost of the truck and trailer rental to be about
> $4000 and that includes 10 days of use and about 3100 miles of travel.
doesn't sound too bad. Don't forget to check with Ryder or the other
renal companies. Sometimes cheaper and almost always nicer equipment.
> Does
> anybody know if U-haul will let me load stuff in the bed of the Dak before I
> put it on the trailer?
a) they won't know
b) they won't care
> I'd like to be able to put my lawn tractor in the
> back of the Dak and move it there rather than take up floor space in the
> truck. Also, I'd like to be able to load the mower deck for my other tractor
> on the bottom of the trailer under the Dak if I can.
their car haulers are open deck, so you'll have to place it carefully on
the support beams and strap it carefully. benefit: even fewer
clearance issues than there would otherwise be. shouldn't be a problem at
all.
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