On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:03:14 -0700, nefletch wrote:

This is waaaaaaay off topic, but I have a question for
those who may be in the know. We were talking about a
recent auction in our area. (central US ) A gentleman
from from England bought an old antique tractor, not
running. How much would it cost to transport a non-
running tractor to the coast, and then overseas to
England? some people have waaaaaay too much money.
thanks in advance

I still need to do things the other direction, and bring a bunch of
stuff over from the UK - I talked to a few shipping companies and they
all wanted about $3000 for it (but that included pickup at the storage
site in the UK and drop-off to where I wanted in the US). This wasn't for
a huge amount of stuff, maybe 1/3 of a 40' shipping container, but there
are lots of heavy things.

I suspect there might be easier routes if moving a single item such as a
vehicle, though.

(I'd heard before that some companies go by weight, others by volume - but
when I looked around it seemed to all be done on weight alone these days)

cheers

Jules