I am needing to ship a CJ sidecar (no bike) from the west coast to Maine, and I am wondering what I am going to run into doing this. I am not in a big hurry....no next day. Anyone with good or bad experiences that they would share. .name of shipper that is good at this etc??
Here's the guy I use. Cycle/Car Hauling from Carrolton, TX. 972-242-6578 Erv Borne. He was recommended to me by a motorcycle museum down there. He delivered a Goldwing and sidecar to me last November. San Diego, CA to northwestern Wisconsin. When I told him I wasn't in a huge rush, he quoted me $700. . He uses an open trailer. Some folks whine about that, but $700 was $459 cheaper than second place and it arrived safe and sound on the day he told me to expect it.
These were two separate pieces. The sidecar was not attached to the bike. No pallets, no fuel draining, all he asks is that tires are inflated and wheels roll.
I just barely shipped my sidecar (no bike) from Kentucky, where it was made, to Oregon, where I live. That's about 2300 miles. It arrived last Friday.
I used JC Motors who subcontracts through STI (you cannot go to STI directly ... I tried).
It cost me $550.00 and that included $7000.00 worth of insurance coverage. It took about 10 days.
Best of luck.
Originally written by geek_law on 3/4/2009 4:25 PM
I just barely shipped my sidecar (no bike) from Kentucky, where it was made, to Oregon, where I live. That's about 2300 miles. It arrived last Friday.
I used JC Motors who subcontracts through STI (you cannot go to STI directly ... I tried).
It cost me $550.00 and that included $7000.00 worth of insurance coverage. It took about 10 days.
Best of luck.
By the way ... I just did a quote and it shows from California to Oregon is 730 for an ATV. That's how they quoted and billed mine ... using the ATV dimensions, then they just put that it was a sidecar in the description. It worked out just fine. They put the frame portion of the SC on a pallet and the wheel was on the ground.
Anyway ... food for thought.
I've used Eagle One Express on several occasions (including a Steib S500). Shipping bikes and related items is all they do. I recommend them highly.
I do not have any experience yet, but have been talking to Hannigan and they gave me the following contact
Incognito Express at (870) 423-3570. Contact’s name is Harley Fox.
Hope it helps
If you go to cycle trader dot com, they have a link for shipping. Basically it's a broker, you tell him what you want to do, he finds the transporters and the cost and time. He set me up with a guy to bring my rig from SC to NJ. You pay him his fee w/credit card then he gives you contact info for transporter.
You could always google "motorcycle transporter". I did and there was 62,000 hits. One of them "www.haulbikes.com" will ship just a sidecar.
Ended up going with Rising Star thru UShip. The guy happened to be about an hour away from the tub and lives a few hours away from me. It should be here in about 4 days. Man it is a long way from CA to ME. 3500 miles one way so it cost more than I wanted to pay
Now to get the Tug up and running..
