Cost of Road Transporting a 9,000lb boat 70 miles

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We haul and layup for full maintenance our 27' heavy displacement yacht every other year. Aside from the cost of liftout/relaunch and unstep/step mast (about £400 all in), keeping her on the hard costs about £35/wk = £150/mth = £600 for 4 months.

It occurs to me that for this sort of money we could road transport her home, where we have space in the yard- and I could do loads more maintenance work without the 140mile round trip every time.

Does anyone know what road transport contractors there are (South Coast) and their costs?
 
You need to find somebody with a trailer or a rig fitted with a HIAB like Poole Boat Transport, otherwise cranage costs will outweigh other savings.

Google Boat Transport for a long list of potentials. Couple of phone calls should get a definitive answer.
 
Initial cost might be a lot but will pay off if your keeping the boat, so how about getting a local welder to make a cradle with wheels then just roll it onto a recovery truck type thing?
 
Years ago a friend of mine bought a lowloader type lorry trailer to sit his 31 ft motorsailer on and had it towed to his home for a major refit.
 
First is to dissapoint ... The short distance wont make much difference to the bill compared to a full day job, as I found when I used transport. This is because he won't be able to do two jobs in one day.

But there is no need for cranes and someone here suggested a HIAB truck - sorry but most HIAB's are not sufficient being often rated at about 3 ton or less at full extension.

Best is to get a proper boat transporter company who have the jacks and beams to lift a boat so they slide the trailer under. The truck usually has all the gear on board and is a self-contained workshop on this. I used a co. I think name was Tideway - based in Cowplain, Hants. Magic - he lifted, slid trailer under .... drove off and I met him at Wickor yard later. Charges are not worth quoting as it was some years ago - but it was he who explained about part day vs full day. Terry who is a well known transporter in the region also mentioned same.

You could of course hire a truck and HIAB - but a) you'll be pushed to get a HIAB of sufficient lift on a hire truck, b) do you really want to DIY or have an inexperienced lift ?
 
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You think that's good ? How would your heart be if this was YOUR boat ?

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Trucking co. sent a fixed box artic instead of flat-bed. We had 2cms spare on width !!



Of course in the vid - they forgot about the fenders !! That caused a stir when she wouldn't sit in .. !!

We repeated it at Latvian end to get her out !!
 
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We haul and layup for full maintenance our 27' heavy displacement yacht every other year. Aside from the cost of liftout/relaunch and unstep/step mast (about £400 all in), keeping her on the hard costs about £35/wk = £150/mth = £600 for 4 months.

It occurs to me that for this sort of money we could road transport her home, where we have space in the yard- and I could do loads more maintenance work without the 140mile round trip every time.

Does anyone know what road transport contractors there are (South Coast) and their costs?

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After a morning's rough research, figures are:
£500 each way road transport = £1,000
Crane at my end = appx £200
Total = £1,200

As Hamble hard costs £150/mth, would only be worth transporting home if ashore for 8 months or longer (not accounting for savings in travel time/costs if left on hard), and would also need to buy or fabricate a steel cradle.
 
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