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>> Are you towing it or hiring someone?
@beastmode: I will be hiring someone. I realize now I should have been more specific in my OP.I'm not able to get to Arkansas and bring it back myself.Â
@Gramoda:
When you call these places for pricing, you need to have them quote you using specific shipping terms. Some of those terms are:
Door to door - means exactly that. They pick it up where it is and deliver it to your door, on a car transport vehicle. These are not good terms if the pick up or drop off location has tight roadways that will make it impossible to get the car transport vehicle to and from either place. This is the most expensive sale term. Also, be aware that they may try to sell you this term and then tell you they can't get their vehicle to the pick up or drop off location. They tried to do that to me and I told them if they couldn't get a rig down my street, they needed to find a driver who knew how to drive. It got delivered to my door.
From (named place) to (named place): with this term, you are probably going to have to have someone drive the vehicle to the car lot where it will be towed from and then pick it up where the local arrival lot is. This will be cheaper, but if you don't have someone available to drop the car, you will have a problem.
Make sure they are insured. Make sure you take photos of the vehicle condition when it gets dropped/picked up, and then inspect when you get the vehicle. If they do one of those diagrams where they circle every location where there is a scratch, dent or nick, make sure you initial each spot and agree with what they have stated about the preexisting damage. Do NOT let them have you sign the form without going through all of that. Sometimes, they try to be sneaky and don't put anything on the form, you sign it, and then if they damage it, they fill in the form with the damage - that you have already signed, like a blank check.
Good luck! 4951