advice to get 48' nevada to alaska

well buying a truck is going to cost you a lot more than paying transport for your trailer up there.

however you may be exempt to a lot of the dot laws as your hauling your own privet property with your own truck not for hire. you will still have customs to deal with passing into Canada and back into the us. you would need to be sure to comply to any and all applicable laws

lets say you spend 10k for a cheap used truck, 4k in repairs to get it ready for the trip (4k can be the cost of just replacing your drive tires and nothing else) assuming you have no breakdowns with your less than stellar cheap truck. so now you have 14k into it, license plates 3k insurance for a new cdl driver ($$$$$) then fuel for the move you will probably have 25k or better into moving your trailer to Alaska where a legit company would probably move it for you for 1/2 of the cost of doing it yourself, and when you start looking at the actual numbers of what it cost to do this you will see why rates appear to be high.

 

He won't get some to do this for less the $15k and that is the low end if that.

 

They have no shortage or problems finding a load from the lower 48 up to AK its when they are in AK and coming back down is where the issue is at. You will find the price I quoted is going to be pretty standard. The price of fuel on the route you are travelling is expensive and that is not the easiest of travelling roads unless you do it all the time. You will also have to buy fuel and trip permits in The Yukon and for Alaska so thats built into the price also.

You should check out the thread titled Driving to Alaska in the experienced truckers advice area of the forum.

 

Wow! Here's another do-it-yourselfer. If you think trucking is as easy as taking a CDL test, you've got A LOT to learn. I've trained drivers who took that test and went through a 4 week school; often I would call the school and ask for a refund on their behalf because I had to teach them everything they should have already learned at school. It took another 4 to 8 weeks of intensive one-on-one training before they were safe enough to let loose on the public. After that it takes another year or two to have a moderately seasoned driver. It's like any other craft, like welding, mechanics, carpentry -- there's a lot more than meets the eye, and in trucking mistakes can kill you fast. Now you take your little CDL test and go take on that ###### Alaska Hwy all by yourself. I really think you should go for it. Go into the trucking biz just to haul some junk probably not worth the cost to haul it. SHEEZ!!

 

Stupid question on my part, but is there not a rail line that services ANY part of Alaska from the U.S. through Cananda?

 

Fairchild freight (866) 942-1949.
They have reefers going north every day. You may want to use temp controlled this time of year. They would be shipping produce north at about 55 degrees now. Im not sure if they have HHG authority but they would know who does. The reason I say to call them is because when I worked for them we went through Vegas (they are based in Phoenix) on the way to AK. You may get a deal on LTL going north.

 

I didnt see any but that doesnt mean it isnt there

 

Check. Just another reason not to live in Alaska I guess. I can always visit and then go back to society.

 

OP, when you finally get this figured out please post what you ended up doing.