Freighting boat from Sydney cost?

 Has anyone had a boat trucked east to west recently?

 

Looking at a 20fter on a trailer so roll on roll off Sydney to Perth.

 

Wondering how much Freight cost approximately would be.

 

 


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Mansfields are charging $4400 from Melbourne

Fri, 2020-05-08 12:19

 Delivery for a new Reefrunner. They run a dedicated service, one on a tray, one trailered, IIRC, if this is any help. There have been a few threads on this last few years, consensus was 4-5K? 

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 Cheers Ralph. A bloke I know

Fri, 2020-05-08 13:56

 Cheers Ralph. A bloke I know runs broadacre gear both ways I'm awaiting a price from him. 4-5k sounds expensive to me but maybe that's because I was hoping for less!

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 Be careful paying less, I

Fri, 2020-05-08 16:28

 Be careful paying less, I paid a bloke $2500 to get my boat from Woy Woy NSW to Perth, he never picked it up and did a runner with my money, I was lucky enough that a friend of a friends dad who is a truckie was in Adelaide and he went up and got the boat for me for $2500, in the end it would have been cheaper to go with a mainstream transport option.

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 Ouch.... I know the bloke

Fri, 2020-05-08 16:49

 Ouch....

 

I know the bloke personally, the father inlaw occasionally jumps in his road trains and helps him out getting gear over and back...

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 I've read on a few pages and

Fri, 2020-05-08 17:11

 I've read on a few pages and forums mate and around $5k seems to the going rate. Or go on a holiday and tow it back yourself 

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I got a car trucked from Albany to Geraldton the other day Boon

Fri, 2020-05-08 20:14

 Paid $689, which  was the best quote I got on a site called Truckit. You enter the relevant info and truckie and companies send you quotes for the job. Might be worth checking out to confirm that $4-$5k is the approx going rate.

Car arrived safely and as advised by the carrier.

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 Cheers Gadsy... Yeah I

Sat, 2020-05-09 08:17

 Cheers Gadsy...

 

Yeah I wouldn't mind going across Andy, got some good hunting ground on the west coast of SA I'd like to explore in a decent boat...

 

Its a solid week though realistically, probably $1500 in fuel loss wages etc etc plus everything else..

 

Are you in Gerro Gadsy or Albany?

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I'm in Gero Timboon

Sat, 2020-05-09 11:39

 Been here since 1999. 

The car broke down in Albany (Mazda BT50) in late January and Mazda finally agreed to replace the motor a couple of weeks ago.

Got ourselves a LC 200 series VX now to tow the caravcan with. Want to buy a BT50? 

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 Have you checked out costs

Sat, 2020-05-09 08:23

 Have you checked out costs Port to Port, I looked at that a couple of years ago and seemed reasonable.

 

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 Cheers Tom, I haven't but i

Sun, 2020-05-10 04:39

 Cheers Tom, I haven't but i guess thats another option....

 

Ah Gadsy I can see it now, 200 series with west coast eagles number plates....

 

 

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No Eagles number plate yet Boony

Sun, 2020-05-10 10:03

 Will have to organise that lol.

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Freight goes by volume, in this case

Wed, 2020-05-13 09:22

 Stuff likes boats on trailers, while not heavy takes up a lot of space that could otherwise be occupied by a denser cargo, meaning a better return. This is reflected in the cost, unfortunately.