Transporting of a motorbike from Canberra to Perth

Go to ebay and type in MOTOR CYCLE TRANSPORT in the search field

i came up with this

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Motorcycle-Transport-Services-Ph-0419-279-138_W0QQitemZ130167366475QQihZ003QQcategoryZ149861QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

claims $250 -- and does the major cities -- sydney mel canberra ....

Boc

Thanks Boc, spoke to the guy, Jason, very helpful and gave me some tips. Not able to help directly and reckons I'll be lucky to get a quote under $1k

The other option is to talk nicely to the person you are buying it off and pay them to crate it. If the transport mob dont know what it is (and dont have to pack it) it will be a lot cheaper.

Good luck

I have tried this but the seller is not interested, too much hassle for him I suppose. I had similar thoughts to you. Thanks for your input.

I might perservere and call a few tomorrow, the three I spoke to were not interested in just a bike but would easily transport a bike as part of a move. Thanks for the input.

And depot delivery and pick up is no problem at all, I'll make sure I mention that.

Hey Big Red

Noticed that you were in the business. Does the company you work for transport to Melbourne? I have a bull bar to send over there from a Patrol, alloy so not all that heavy. Would you be able to either get me a price if you transport to Melb or else a phone number I could call to make some enquiries.

RFLundgren

Yes we, as do most perth removalists, transport to melbourne. As i said above i'm only a driver so i don't handle the business side of things (ie pricing).

Something like a bullbar that can't be easily damaged (and is relatively light) might be cheaper to transport via a courier rather than a furniture removalist. The company I work for is quite a large company (read: expensive). If you did go the removalist route i'd recommend a smaller company who'd probably have a more reasonable quote for something that is essentially general freight.

Most people only bother paying for the big companies when they have antique furniture or sensitive business documents that need extra packing/care etc.

Just have a look in the yellow pages from page 1089 - there's plenty of options - just don't go for the glossy ads haha

Big Red

Thanks for that info. I will however keep you in mind when we eventually have to relocate back east in a few years. We werent totally happy with the way that our stuff was moved across here.

Ye not a problem mate - don't know if i'll still be in the business then though. Whilst the reputation of the company you choose does play a part in the quality of service, at the end of the day its the actual blokes who pack/load your items that makes a difference. That said, the larger companies tend to provide training to their staff to earn their reputation in the first place.

There really is a knack to packing and loading furniture correctly to prevent damage. Rail transport is also notoriously rough - often there are less damages in international freight than interstate!!

Cheers

Big Red

lol i'd want more than a few cartons to transport freight over 2000 kms ;)

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