shipping to Australia

[puppybear]

hi i was quoted by a US broker 5k us dollors for roro but that was last year from LA to any oz port ... always try a us broker first .

[BillA]

Steve, sounds too cheap for roro. How do they measure vans ( travel trailers / caravans ) in the states? Are they quoting the Overall Hitch to Back bumper measurement, or do you work on the internal body length? For example, how long overall is a 34' Excella?

My brother ( customs & frieght broker ) confirms that flatrack is the way to go instead of roro. This has significantly reduced the cost, and consequently raised my enthusiasm. Exchange rate is a bit nasty however.

[rideair]

Back about 2 years ago, myself and Pete Daniels (PP WDCU) started working on a "Australia Caravan" that would last about six weeks. The plan was to ship late 60's, early 70's trailers over that everything ran on propane (lessening the need for electric change overs) use them on the caravan then sell them to help pay for the trip. If my memory is correct, Pete had someone that wanted to buy all the trailers at the end. We had planned to use a service that setup caravans to make all the arrangements, we would use rented Toyota Land Cruisers(diesel) to pull.

I would be interested is some exchange of ideas from our friends down under to help out on the trip.

[BillA]

Hey Paul. What you call a 'Caravan', we call a "tour / trip " etc. To us a "Caravan" is what you refer to as a "Travel Trailer". Funny ( to me anyway! ). There were some older threads relating to bringing AS's to Oz, but I don't think anyone's got one here - not that I can find anyway, other than the New models ( basecamp? ) which are here. Maybe the costs just blew out?

I can't figure out the intricacies of forum messaging - can you email me ( billa@davidmccoyhomes.com.au )and we'll have see if there's mutual benefits with your plans.

Cheers, Bill.

[Obiwan]

Originally Posted by rideair

Back about 2 years ago, myself and Pete Daniels (PP WDCU) started working on a "Australia Caravan" that would last about six weeks. The plan was to ship late 60's, early 70's trailers over that everything ran on propane (lessening the need for electric change overs) use them on the caravan then sell them to help pay for the trip. If my memory is correct, Pete had someone that wanted to buy all the trailers at the end. We had planned to use a service that setup caravans to make all the arrangements, we would use rented Toyota Land Cruisers(diesel) to pull.

I would be interested is some exchange of ideas from our friends down under to help out on the trip.

Hey Paul. Let me know if you go through with your plan. We might be able to take one off your hands. Rgds, Ben

[boiselfish]

I was quoted by carex shipping US$170per Cubic meter for all fees from the departure port of Long Beach CA. This was to Melbourne, Australia. I thought this price was fairly good for ro/ro. Not including destination port fees though. Insurance was extra at a percentage of the declared value. So it seems to work out relatively cheap for one of the smaller vans which is exactly what im interested in.

Saying this buyers agents have quoted me in excess of US$10k. So how the price difference is qorked out I have no idea.

I guess the hard bit is to find the van I want.

[golcarlily2]

Has anyone actually got one here yet? AUstralia