Shipping a car to Hawaii

Rwillia4 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 10:21 PM

Anyone have good advise for shipping my ride to hawaii? I have it in an enclosed trailer and was quoted $5700 to get it there which is WAY out of my range.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rwillia4

Anyone have good advise for shipping my ride to hawaii? I have it in an enclosed trailer and was quoted $5700 to get it there which is WAY out of my range.

Shoot a PM over to Ernie, "EXCALIBER" - with an "E" - he knows everything there is to know about getting Cobras in, and out, of Hawaii.

mrmustang · #3 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rwillia4

Anyone have good advise for shipping my ride to hawaii? I have it in an enclosed trailer and was quoted $5700 to get it there which is WAY out of my range.

The problem is not the car, but the enclosed trailer. if it was just the car, it would be less than half of that amount.

Call Schumacher Cargo at 800-599-0190 I have used them a few times to ship cars from the mainland to Hawaii.....

Bill S.

PS: Shippers charge not only by vehicle, but by weight. Your trailer weighs almost if not more than the Cobra, so you are paying for two vehicles in actuality.

Excaliber · #4 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 10:15 AM

I did in fact reply in detail to the PM. For a quick review here's the basic's.

Ship your car separate from a trailer. There are three shippers: Matson, Horizon and Pasha. Pasha MAY NOT ship from mainland to Hawaii except out of San Diego. At any rate I don't recommend them. Horizon is best but is picky about ride hieght, the car could be rejected IF "they actually measure the clearance" and find it less than 6 inches. Matson and Pasha have the same 6 inch rule, the difference is they rarely measure and it's easier to get the car accepted.

About $1,100 to ship a car. Pasha sucks, my car arrived covered in some kind of strange road, salt, filthy dirt, ugly stuff all over it condition.

Rwillia4 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 10:08 PM

Thanks for the input. I'm still figureing out what I'm going to do. And I need to find a garage to store it. So I have some time.

HI Cobra · #6 (**permalink**) 11-24-2009, 12:11 AM

The biggest cost factor on shipping anything (I use Matson for mainland stuff)
is the cubic volume. A 40' enclosed container with 40,000 lbs is close to $7k,
as an example - that is for steel pipe and fittings. They obviously seem to
have a higher rate for a car in a trailer but Ernie is the most recent one from
here to ship a car. I doubt if you would want a trailer here - no where far
enough to drive to justify it, not like Texas, as I have learned.

WarrenG · #7 (**permalink**) 11-25-2009, 01:43 PM

Just mount oars in the side curtain (or roof) ferrules and row it across!

pjmoore2003 · #8 (**permalink**) 04-13-2011, 08:23 PM

Rwillia4, how did things turn out. I'm looking at sending my car to HI too. Any recommendations on how to ship. Been going back and forth with Matson. I'm sure my clearance isn't 6", but they said something like 7K for an enclosed 20ft container just from LA to HI. I need to get from RI to HI. I need enclosed to LA, and then what? I guess it gets offloaded from enclosed to Matson's hands to be put on a ship. How do I know it won't sit outside in LA for 3 weeks baking in the sun?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Rwillia4 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-15-2011, 02:39 AM

Mine is still in vegas.

harrisonhyden · #10 (**permalink**) 09-01-2011, 02:56 AM

Hawaii pose unique challenges for the shipping automobile. Import procedure, as well as anywhere else in the United States, but the actual physical delivery of the vehicle, need a little extra work.