Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 at 15:15
Turbo - I'll go with Burnt Damper. Australia is a darn big place to drive across, and I've done it many times. I went from
Perth to
Cairns and back in my Cruiser, and did it like this.
There are routes where the car carriers will give you "backload" prices, where they run very lightly loaded because all the car-carrying is mostly one-way.
We threw the Cruiser on a car carrier in
Perth, and got it to
Adelaide for little more than fuel cost if we had driven.
Perth-
Adelaide is a backload,
Adelaide-
Perth is full price.
We flew to
Adelaide and picked up the Cruiser and had an enjoyable "touristy" drive to
Cairns. Once we finished touring, we threw the Cruiser onto the car-carrier and had it backloaded to
Adelaide for little more than Cruiser fuel cost for the same drive.
We flew
Cairns-
Adelaide and picked up the Cruiser and had an enjoyable drive back across the Long Paddock to
Perth.
I'd suggest you
check the price to put your Tojo on a car carrier to
Perth, then to
Adelaide, and then fly to
Adelaide from Pt Hedland, and pick it up and drive it
home to the Sunshine coast.
You may have to use two different car carriers to achieve the best result, many truckies travelling
Perth-Hedland-
Perth will do cheap backloads by forklifting your Tojo onto a flat top semi. I can put you onto one who could give you a good deal on this route.
Across the Long Paddock, you will probably find a dedicated car-carrier will give you the best deal on a backload.
Cheers, Ron.
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