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WOT: Moving to Alaska, The logistical nightmare begins |
Rhodes71/914 |
Mar 29 2005, 04:43 PM
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Glacier Group: Members Posts: 1,374 Joined: 8-August 04 From: End of the Road, Alaska Member No.: 2,482 |
My house finally sold (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) , set to close at the end of April so I have a month to get outta here.
This means figuring out how to get 3 cars (914 included) and a 3 bedroom house and 3 car garage full of stuff up there without completely breaking the bank. I would like to just fill a container with all the household stuff and the 914 and ship it up there but it seems that prices for that have gone up considerably in the last year. So it may be a uhaul of the Alaska Hwy. We where planning on driving it anyway just with our Rover and Toyota and not a moving truck. I've done the drive about 20 times so that's not a biggie but gas is going to be a killer. We will be moving to Homer on the Kenai penninsula, "the halibut fishing capital of the world". We are planning on opening a Coffee shop/bakery/roaster there. I used to live there and have missed it since the day I left. Open invitation to any club member visiting Alaska to come to Homer and visit. (IMG:http://www.ci.homer.ak.us/rickladd.jpg) (IMG:http://alaska-halibut-fishing-charters.com/images/recordcatch1a.jpg) |
grantsfo |
Mar 29 2005, 07:19 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
Have you looked into filling up a 40ft ocean container and getting a trucking company to haul it up there for you? Although we do have a bit of an equipment shortfall on the West Coast you should be able to find someone in the area who would make the run for you. Problem you will run into is the company is likely to charge you for the run back if they dont have a return load. Do you have any freinds up there that want to get something back to the lower 48?
Things are a lot more expensive becuase fuel prices have skyrocketed , make sure you factor that into your Uhaul cost. I think larger Uhauls fully loaded get about 7-9 MPG on a good day. |
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