yeah but just think of the service we could offer!! A guy sitting in LA buys a car in Maine on ebay and it is in his driveway that night!!!

We will just pass the extra fee onto the customer haha

 

On the original question, I live in central CA purchased a flight to Texas 35 hours form the time I arrived at the airport in ca until I was back in my driveway ready for about 20 hours of sleep, and I drove around 1500 miles one way.

 

If you haul pretty good and leave at 5:00am you should get to Dallas at midnight. That's minimal fast stops for food and gas and moving probably 10-15 over the speed limit. If you did that on a Friday, you be there all day Saturday and leave when you are done and look forward to the 17 hour drive back. Co-pilot would be a necessity I think.

I did Buffalo, NY to Beaufort, SC down one day, picked up my sister in law and turned right around and came back. I left at 5am, pulled into her place just after 7pm, loaded up, was back on the road at 8pm and home in Buffalo just before noon.

I did all the driving and I would never do it again. If she could have driven stick it would have been a different story cause she could have driven part of the way back. Definitely would want a co-pilot and you've got a longer trip and need to meet at the dealer when they are open. Maybe with a Friday to Sunday trip it could be done nicely.

 

Pauly, the Fontana to Anthony is easy over a weekend....I pulled from Bullhead City area to Anthony with the 40' in about 12 hours last year.

The best price I have found in Southern AZ is at Eloy there is a Flying J and a Pilot station there. The Pilot is cheaper than the Flying J because they discount fuel in the RV pumps.
Good Luck, and drive safely!!

Harold

 

Heck man, I've hichhiked from El Paso to Disneyland and back in that time. That being said, where in TX? It takes a day and a half to go from El Paso to Texarkana. (daddy are we there yet?) 75 in NM and AZ, 80 in TX on 10 when you get out of the city. I drive 80-85 in NM abd AZ and TX. Unloaded.

 

I wonder if there is someone that is retired, with a set-up truck, that would be willing to tow it halfway to AZ. or someplace agreed upon. That way, you wouldn't have nearly as far to drive.

Remember, towing in CA is limited to 55 mph. I don't know how serious the CA. Highway Patrol is about that speed limit but, I would imagine 75-80 mph's would be out of the question.

I've heard that there are quite a few older guys out there that might entertain an idea like this. That drivers compensation may still make your TX deal a good one.

Joe F.(Buffalo)

 

Heck yeah I be willing to help if I was around!! Yeah Ca speed limit towing is for the birds! But you can run 70-75 through the other states without a problem then when you hit Texas just outside of elpaso the speed limit goes to 80 till dark!!

 

el paso to san antonio is about 7 to 8 hrs selma is 30 min above s. a. we went 2300 miles from friday night to sunday and even slept for 6hrs and took 4 hrs to get the trailer loaded

 

Hey PTGarcia,

too bad we can't share the driving, but the logistics are just a little bit off.

I'm thinking about going to Tulsa to pick up a truck and driving back to Sacramento.

I'd plan to fly there, of course, and the truck doesn't have a gooseneck or 5th wheel hitch; plus there's the logistics--you're in S. Cal (right?), i'm in N.Cal

otherwise I'd drive down to get 'cha and then we could bomb back to CA and drive tag team with your trailer in tow.
Ideally, you'd have someone meet us somewhere in the middle of the state with your truck, we'd part ways and both get home pretty quick.

My drive (I'd go more north by myself) is about 1775 miles...

Its a trip for lovers!

 

I think you can make the run, if you have a co-pilot who has time behind the wheel towing a 5ver. If you leave 230 am Friday morning, you will be there mid afternoon looking at your rv. You will need them to do all the prep. work ahead of time, trust the rv dealer to set you up right, check the tire pressure, hitch up and roll out of dodge as fast as you can. This way you will be home early Monday morning. I think you will be beat.....

Joe

 

I bought my K-Z sporter at Terry Vaughns Alvin location which is 40 miles south of downtown Houston.Great people and service with a smile. I set the deal up over the phone while working in Indonesia.It took them 2 days to close on the deal and prep the trailer. You say 1400 miles??? That means you need to average at least 70 mph and you need god as your co pilot. All I can say is drive it like you stold it and eat a lot of speed

 

Anthony is at the TX/NM border: West of El Paso. Mile post 0. Houston is about another 10-12 hours from there, way down in the southeastern part of the state, almost to Louisiana. Stay on I-10.
It is a HUGE state. Heck it was a seperate country at one time
I think I would take my time, and not push it. I used to run an ER in Fort Stocton, about half way through Texas on your route. Between the hours of darkness, the most common causeof injury was an accident from I-10. the most common cause of accident on our section of I-10, was falling asleep, and the most common place was 20 miles out either east or west, just on our side of the Highway Rest Stop. Those are actual stats from a reviewof the numbers over 10 years that I did while there. Day or night it is a long boring road. Those who could remember often said, that they had decided to pass up the rest stop, and continue in so they could get a cup of coffee at the truck stop.
You will cross three states in the time it takes to cross Texas. No kidding.

 

Kinda hard to imagine that the cost of diesel or gas, drive time, risk etc is worth driving that far to buy a particular RV.

 

If I can save $5,000 it's worth it to me.

 

Time and sweat equity are free.