Guest Terry Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Below is a link to the latest information on the GBB including sign up information. http://7cars.ca/grizzly-bear-blat.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks Terry, looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzempel Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 What does the $250 cover, and is that per car or per person? Randall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The $250 is per car and covers all the administration and organizational costs for setting this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 For those shipping from the East Coast of the USA, I did some research this morning by talking with Lisa at Mackie Movers (800-565-4646). Terry – She knew your name and the cars that we are shipping – very helpful. There are 2 ways to ship a car with Mackie (1) Hire the truck for a specific date/destination, or (2) Ship Less Than TruckLoad (LTL) which is where you buy a space on a truck and rely on it to head east or west. Option 1 – Hire a truck · Need a minimum of 6 cars, no higher than 58 inches. · Enclosed truck with liner to prevent drips from cars above. · Prices below are transport only – no waiting time. · Leg 1 – NYC to Red Deer AB - C$11,653.57 (averages C$1,942 per car) · Leg 2 – Vancouver to NYC - C$14,316.46 (averages C$2,386 per car) Option 2 – Hire a truck but route it to pick up cars along the way. · Routing was pick up in NYC, Eastern PA (say New Hope PA), Cinncinati OH and then on to Red Deer AB. Return leg reverses itinerary but starts in Vancouver. · Leg 1 – NYC to New Hope to Cinncinati to Red Deer - C$12,420.28 (averages C$2070 per car, actual cost could be worked out on mileage) · Leg 2 – Vancouver to Cinncinati to New Hope to Red Deer - C$14,698.42 (C$C$2,450 average per car). Option 3 – Less Than Truckload Delivery · Quoting for a single car space from NYC. · Very inflexible on delivery times. Recommended that you aim 3 weeks prior to when actually needed. Even then there is no guarantee as to arrival/pick up times. Does not sound like this is what we want. · Leg 1 – NYC to Red Deer – C$2,660 · Leg 1 – Cinnicnati to Red Deer – C$3,013 · Leg 2 – Vancouver to NYC – C$2,553 · Leg 2 – Vancouver to Cinnicnati – C$2,955 USD is pretty much par with Canadian dollar these days. In reality option 2 is the only one to make sense. We can get a guaranteed delivery time. We can set the routing across the US to pick up the various sevens at different way points as the truck heads east coast to Calgary and return. The prices are not cheap and that is because diesel has gone up so much in price. The other quirk to allow for is that we would need a customs broker to get the cars into Canada as the shipping paperwork requirements changed in the last year. Mackie recommend Dell Will Customs Broker (519-258-3141) but I have not called them yet to get a quote. The customs issues can be complicated depending on whether the owner is a non-US citizen, car owned by a company instead of an individual owner, etc. Lisa also said that it is only inbound Canada that is a problem. Outbound returning home, she said is very simple and she can provide the paperwork. Does anyone else want to try their preferred transport company to see if they can do better? I am still keen to do this as it will be a great experience to drive the seven on roads of this quality and scenery. However, these prices only make sense if I can get 6 of us together or someone else has a better suggestion as to pricing/ability to deliver on time with other quality vehicle movers? Over to others to comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hi Croc, Why not have the cars delivered to Blaine, Washington and then the owners can drive the 55 miles (46 km) to Vancouver, BC. I have crossed at the Blaine Boarder crossing a number of times with my truck and car trailer without any issues as I have friends that live on Vancouver Island in Nanaimo and we take the ferry across from Departure Bay, BC (about 156 miles [132 km]) we have had to wait for room on the ferry but that is not all that bad considering the length of my setup (just over 65ft. [truck and trailer]) and we have never had to have a customs broker as I am the owner of the vehicles and I am not selling them and will be coming back to the USA with them. They do ask for proof of insurance and to see the parer work that says they are my vehicles (registration or title) going both ways. If you need a safe place to drop the cars in Blaine, Washington I even know of a place to do that as I have also done that also. Just a suggestion and if I can help with information let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) 2013 Grizzly Bear Blat Route & Road Book now available to download from: http://7cars.ca/grizzly-bear-blat.htm Edited March 19, 2012 by Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hi Croc, Why not have the cars delivered to Blaine, Washington and then the owners can drive the 55 miles (46 km) to Vancouver, BC. I have crossed at the Blaine Boarder crossing a number of times with my truck and car trailer without any issues as I have friends that live on Vancouver Island in Nanaimo and we take the ferry across from Departure Bay, BC (about 156 miles [132 km]) we have had to wait for room on the ferry but that is not all that bad considering the length of my setup (just over 65ft. [truck and trailer]) and we have never had to have a customs broker as I am the owner of the vehicles and I am not selling them and will be coming back to the USA with them. They do ask for proof of insurance and to see the parer work that says they are my vehicles (registration or title) going both ways. If you need a safe place to drop the cars in Blaine, Washington I even know of a place to do that as I have also done that also. Just a suggestion and if I can help with information let me know. Because the start is in Calgary not Vancouver. Sound idea you need to come across the border near Cranbrook, Alberta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nice try Martin! But the roads are better if we start from Calgary and head over the Rockies! :auto: Not sure where Cranbrook AB is? Would not come up on either Bing or Google mapping. However, taking a read from Sunburst MT (near the border) to Calgary it seems it is 3.5 hours or 212 miles. I am happy to have my car delivered US side and then we drive the couple of hours to Calgary. However, I dont have a safe place for delivery though! It may be just better to hire the customs agent and save on the airfare flying non-stop into Calgary (from NYC) instead of paying a fortune to fly multiple legs into Bumfu#$ MT on some puddlejumper plane? I would not be surprised if the UK shipping for the sevens works out cheaper than shipping from US east coast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 :willy_nilly: I am really interested in this trip, since it is now in August and not September but the shipping cost is a bit steep. I don't think I can justify a total of $4k or more on top of air travel, hotels, gas etc. From the west coast it may be a little less but then we will surely not fill a truck. Overall that sounds like $7k for a 2 week trip. I might even consider driving up there and back but not sure if I can free up that much time. Looks like I got to pass on that tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Gert, for those on the West Coast, perhaps run a modified version of PNW2007 and join up with the group on Vancouver Island? The route book shows the tour arrives on day 6 and doesn't leave until day 10. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 :willy_nilly: I am really interested in this trip, since it is now in August and not September but the shipping cost is a bit steep. I don't think I can justify a total of $4k or more on top of air travel, hotels, gas etc. From the west coast it may be a little less but then we will surely not fill a truck. Overall that sounds like $7k for a 2 week trip. I might even consider driving up there and back but not sure if I can free up that much time. Looks like I got to pass on that tour. Hopefully you will make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Gert, for those on the West Coast, perhaps run a modified version of PNW2007 and join up with the group on Vancouver Island? The route book shows the tour arrives on day 6 and doesn't leave until day 10. -John Hi John If you take a closer look, you will see that we are using Chemainus as a base: Take a look at the Day Planner & General Information file which can also be downloaded from: http://7cars.ca/grizzly-bear-blat.htm Day 7. Chemainus Day 8. Blat to Tofino Day 9 Trip to Victoria Kind Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi Terry, I know Chemainus is the base for a few days, that's why I suggested meeting up when the tour is on Vancouver Island On the PNW2007 tour we took the same ferry from Horseshoe Bay, stayed in Victoria, took the ferry from there to Port Townsend and then headed down the Olympic Peninsula. For those on the West Coast who don't want to drive all the way to Edmonton, we could do a separate tour from CA>OR>WA and meet up with the group for a few days on Vancouver Island and then continue the tour back down to CA. -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) Well, if I take the time to drive up to these polar regions I would want to do the whole thing. Maybe I can convince my boss that my 60th birthday justifies a 3-4 week vacation :cooldude: I could take Hwy 395 all the way from SoCal up to the Canadian border and Hwy1 back down. Nice commute. BTW: what is the expected participation from the UK so far? Would be nice to meet some folks from USA2005 again. Edited March 21, 2012 by slomove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Come on, Gert, you know you wanna come. Come a couple of days early and visit us in sunny Nanton..we,ll even feed ya.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 Stalker Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Gert, If you want to trailer your seven up to Calgary you can leave it at my place. The drive back from Vancouver is only a days drive then you can trailer it back to SoCal. Food for thought. Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Well, if I take the time to drive up to these polar regions I would want to do the whole thing. Maybe I can convince my boss that my 60th birthday justifies a 3-4 week vacation :cooldude: I could take Hwy 395 all the way from SoCal up to the Canadian border and Hwy1 back down. Nice commute. BTW: what is the expected participation from the UK so far? Would be nice to meet some folks from USA2005 again. So far we have 8 cars interested in coming form the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Gert, If you want to trailer your seven up to Calgary you can leave it at my place. The drive back from Vancouver is only a days drive then you can trailer it back to SoCal. Food for thought. Stewart Is the trailer you have a covered; if so you could bring it to Calgary and we can get one of the service trucks that are coming on the trip to tow it to Vancouver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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