Car Transport - Mel To Syd

[Ronin 09]

Hi there

I need to send a car up to Sydney by road or rail - who has used a freight company, and what did it cost you? A few places won't do it because it is a private transport.

Reliable? Looked after it?

Many thanks

[Ant97GTR]

I had my pride and joy transported btw syd and melb and then melb to perth. I was recommended to go thru TNT via an enclosed (covered) service and the car was very well looked after. I don't have the paperwork here but I think it was around the 600 mark.

Whoever you use make sure to take lots of pics before its loaaded on the truck that way you have proof should damage appear after transport.

Let me know if you are interested and I can give you contact details of someone who looked after me at TNT.

[Jamezilla]

We use CEVA / TNT for door-to-door delivery at about $850 a pop... but be mindful this is including insurance for cars vauled at over $250k.

These are covered race-transporters.

We had one issue with an unload, but their insurance was quick to act and get things sorted out.

Every other transport has been fine - and we've moved upwards of 50 cars.

J

[funkymonkey]

I've used toll for bringing a car down from regional QLD and another from Sydney, on both occasions to melbourne. I do depot to depot as we have a trade plate that we can put on the car and bring back to the workshop etc. Brissy depot to melb depot (laverton) is about $350. Sydney depot (Greenvale) to melbourne is around $280.

Trips TO melbourne are in general cheaper, as they're return trips for trucks that take cars to Sydney/Brisbane. If the car is a non runner its a lot more expensive, and if you need door to door, add $100 to each end for towing by Toll.

Call autotrans (their private booking agent) on 1300 660 616. Cars are fully insured... however no unsecured contents allowed inside the vehicles. Quite easy and nice to deal with, and the girls at the laverton depot are the biggest flirts ever. Good lookin too.

That said, each time I've needed to take an unregistered car that's reliable to drive to syd, I've just whacked a trade plate on it and driven it... for some reason none of the cars I bring to melbourne are reliable enough to drive over 800km.

[Ronin 09]

hah nice, thanks guys, will try the suggested suppliers.

cheers

[blind_elk]

I had a car brought down from Brisbane by Toll Autotrans - cost $427 Incl insurance. (FYI, Mel - Bri would have been over $800).