Ambulance Aero

[freebeard]

What's the plan?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Sure that box would be a good base for a tiny house conversion. I guess you could take some good inspiration from those people who convert prefabricated sheds into tiny houses.

[redpoint5]

I've got paternity leave pending...

[JSH]

Originally Posted by freebeard

What's the plan?

To get it back to OR? It will be up on a shipping load board tomorrow. The dealer thinks it will cost about $2500 to ship which is less than $1 per mile. That would be about what it would cost me to drive it back solo and less than flying my dad in for another father / son cross country drive.

If it doesn't get picked up I'll be back in NC in a month and will drive it back. I still have a week of vacation to burn by the end of April. That is just a poor use of vacation days

[Piotrsko]

Buck a mile sounds right based on all the vehicles I had to arrange but never with a freight company, it was all vehicle transport on an auto carrier. Gonna suck up 1/2 or more of a flatbed, lowboy cross country, I dunno. Any prices on specialized auto transport and how flexible are you on delivery city like perhaps SACTO

[JSH]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Buck a mile sounds right based on all the vehicles I had to arrange but never with a freight company, it was all vehicle transport on an auto carrier. Gonna suck up 1/2 or more of a flatbed, lowboy cross country, I dunno. Any prices on specialized auto transport and how flexible are you on delivery city like perhaps SACTO

The dealer I bought it from buys a lot of class 4 - 8 trucks out of the Southwest. He ships to all 50 states so he knows the shipping game

(This ambulance came out of California).

[freebeard]

[the movie Vanishing Point]

[Piotrsko]

I suppose it would be obvious to have it delivered out of CALI then?

[JSH]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

I suppose it would be obvious to have it delivered out of CALI then?

The truck physically sits in North Carolina today. This dealer bought 3 of these ambulances last fall and had them shipped from CA to NC. (He said it cost $1600 per vehicle back then)

I am very hesitant to buy a truck like this sight-unseen. I didn't expect to buy this truck due to the location but it was in too good of shape to pass up. Not only is this truck immaculate outside - it is fantastic underneath as well. Looking at it up on a lift this is the most rust free vehicle I've seen. No fluid leaks either. The dealer also runs a HD truck shop and it has all new fluids, filters, brakes, and 6 new tires.

It is also the lowest hour ambulance I've found in my ~ 1 year search. Most low mile ambulances have very high hours from the crews idling them all shift. It is crazy to see how many ambulances with 200K miles or less that are advertised with replacement engines.

EDIT: It was also easy to insure. One thing that always pops up on campervan forums is how hard it is to get insurance on an ambulance insurance companies refuse to write policies for them. The general advise is to insure convert the title to an RV. That is not the case. I called Progressive, told them what I had, they said I couldn't get a personal policy but their commercial group would be happy to insure it, they transferred me and it took about 15 minutes.

[Piotrsko]

I am aware of where it is currently, I completely understand the complexity of getting it to where you are, in addition to purchasing it without a good level of trust. One van I had paid transport for Jobcorps had a tree growing out of the engine compartment which wasn't in the picture on the sale. Try getting a tree trimmer onto a secure military site sometime from across the country, then rescheduling that transport for an unspecified pick up date but with a drop dead delivery date a week in the future.
Oh and if you miss your targets, your organization gets suspended from further procurement for an unspecified time.

You don't agree it would have been nice if it was still in socal, that's OK.