Car carrier from Brisbane to Perth

As well as CEVA, who run good gear, with well screened trailers, try Melcrest Auto Express(1300 769 094) and Adelaide Car Express. Don't have a number for ACE, sorry.

Patrick do a bit of car transport, as do Toll, so probably let your fingers do the thing in Yellow Pages, might be the go.

If the car needing transporting happened to be a WRX, or a Porsche 911, I'll do it for free.........and cost of fuel. :-)

Good luck,
Bob

Check also if they allow goods to be packed internally for shipping with the car.
Friend of mines daughter was relocating to Broome from Perth with AutoTrans taking her car up.....they took it to the yard and were told in no uncertain terms to "clear that stuff out or it doesn't go".
I shipped a vehicle from Newman and their fat little yard boy in Kewdale was most offensive when he saw the gear we'd had in the vehicle.
Said it should have been chucked out beside the road by the driver!
Very nice attitude.
Good luck.
AlanH.

Be aware that if your car goes by train, it can often be a victim of rock throwing vandals, who specialise in throwing the biggest rocks they can find, at the trains going past. This isn't a problem if the entire trip is by truck.

The reason the car carriers don't want goods inside the vehicles is purely because they then become a prime target for thieves, as the train pulls into sidings for passing, for crew changeovers, and for refuelling and maintenance.

I'm very surprised you got your car transported for $1000, they must have been desperate for a load that week.

Transporting by train usually costs more than straight through on a truck, because of the cost of loading onto and unloading off, the train.

Late last year, I got quotes for taking a Subaru Forester from Melbourne to Perth, and the quotes ranged from $1600 to $2400.
Be aware that there are also strict dimension and clearance limits for cars travelling on trucks, and ground clearance is particularly important.
If the vehicle has low ground clearance, they can't get them over the hump from the ramps onto the truck deck.

Cheers, Ron.

Ron

I just checked my invoice it was $1098 in October last year. I did get several quotes, initially using the online quote comparison. And from memory these came out to be about $1600. But when i researched the companys that supplied quotes, they were all associated. So i decided to ring around. Prix Car gave me no special rates, i rang initially to enquire late september, then rang again late Oct and the price was still the same.

I know rocks used to be a issue, but this same company transports a lot of cars for the new and used car trade so i would assume they have solved that problem.

The rate also included damage insurance, ie any damage caused in transit would be repaired at their cost. So they must be sure that there wont be any damage.

alan

Gazza11 , I have already made the offer & for some inexplicable reason she declined, maybe the cost of the fuel, accommodation air fares & side trips for my wife & I were a little high.
Seriously though this may be the best way for her to go as she has to start her new job in a week or so.
Cheers
Batsy

Batsy,
I also should have mentioned that I looked at sending my Patrol and camper over by road or rail to my son's place in Perth (from Canberra Region) and flying over for a holiday that would see us eventually driving home. But it was excessively expensdive so have put plans on hold unril I retire then drive both ways.
Regards
Gazza.