I disagree with the notion of renting/borrowing a rig to haul it yourself. Maine is home for me and I've made that trip more times than I can count over the years. It's not a trip to be taken lightly as there is a lot of traffic, a lot of urban area, a LOT of bad drivers, a lot of construction this time of year and a LOT of tolls -- especially if you're hauling a trailer along. Oh yeah, and the roads SUCK. It doesn't get easy until you get to the Piscataquis River bridge (Portsmouth). And did I mention the tolls?
And yeah, there are some guys around here who will tell you that hauling a 1.5-ton or a two-ton truck with a pick and a bumper pull trailer is fine ... well, their experience is Southern or Western -- Not the NorthEast/I-95 corridor where hauling like that is a recipe for trouble. I doubt they've been across the Cross-Bronx Expressway, Garden State Parkway, the Saw Mill River Parkway or the Bridgeport/Naugatuck Construction Zones in rush hour (which is pretty much 24/7 anymore). I don't do it with anything less than a dually and a gooseneck -- between the psychotic 4-wheelers, the transsonic 18-wheelers, the randomly placed construction equipment and the Oklahoma-sized potholes, it's not to be underestimated or under-equipped.
Am I trying to scare you? You're darn skippy I am. Pay the money to have it shipped or find a better truck somewhere else. But going to Maine to haul back a Big Bolt on a bumper pull trailer is highly inadviseable.
John
