Cost of Car/Van Transport Perth to East Coast
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 at 14:34
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ExplorOz - David & Michelle
Just an FYI for anyone interested. Just got some useful info that I thought I'd share. This info is second hand, but was supplied to me by a guy that just went through the process of shipping their 4WD and camper trailer
home from
Perth.
The company used was
Car Transport Express.
The 4WD and Camper had to be shipped separately - with different drop off points. The car took 10 days and cost $1500, the camper took almost 4 weeks and was just a little below $4000. For them, it saved a week of travel that they didn't have due to work so flew back. That's another $500/p one way.
We often look at the cost scenario of transporting our rig from one side of the country to the other but haven't yet done it as we always felt it wasn't worth the cost (or delay).
Michelle
Hope the information is helpful/interesting to others.
Reply By: Member - Bigfish - Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 at 19:48
Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 at 19:48
$4000 for a camper...Bloody expensive.
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 at 20:04
Sunday, Jul 13, 2025 at 20:04
Its about the same cost in fuel too…
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Follow Up By: Member - nick boab - Monday, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:01
Monday, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:01
Should give
YOGI a call .... lol
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark (Tamworth NSW) - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 at 08:08
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 at 08:08
"Its about the same cost in fuel too…" ?????
Not sure if you meant flight cost or fuel cost towing
My 2.2T Hybrid behind a Prado @ 15L/100km @ average$2/L (I know some
places are more expensive and assumes no significant head/tail wind) for 4000km = $1200?
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 at 08:40
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025 at 08:40
Mark - opps my bad!! I dont even remember posting that. Thanks for the correction.
Michelle
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Reply By: Dean K3 - Sunday, Aug 03, 2025 at 14:43
Sunday, Aug 03, 2025 at 14:43
Interesting as most won't transport caravans etc due to issue with personal effects on board plus no DG ie gas bottles batteries could be stored while in transit
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Follow Up By: Member - McLaren3030 - Monday, Aug 04, 2025 at 07:27
Monday, Aug 04, 2025 at 07:27
“No DG’s whilst in transit”, now that is something that I hadn’t thought of. The question then becomes what do you do with your gas bottles if you want to “freight” your caravan anywhere? Was this something that the particular freight company insists on, or is it across the board? I would have thought under the Dangerous Goods legislation that 2 x 9 kg gas bottles would not require a placarded load, or a dangerous goods licence, given that they are on a caravan and you don’t need a dangerous goods licence to tow a caravan.
Macca.
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Follow Up By: Dean K3 - Sunday, Aug 10, 2025 at 15:31
Sunday, Aug 10, 2025 at 15:31
Insurance matter any DG needs to be labelled placarded accordingly.
Let just say a tech when I was in the radio comms industry sent a 12v car battery back to
Perth from
Tom price cost of that freight alone was $400 plus over cost of battery itself
There are ways of sending batteries safely n properly without the DG fees involved today I'd be more worried about a mobile phone or tablet batterygo thermic than hydrochloric acid spill
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Reply By: Kevin B27 - Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025 at 18:04
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025 at 18:04
Thanks for sharing, Michelle. That’s really useful to know and gives a good idea of the costs and timing.
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