I understand that, what I was saying is that of the total linehaul cost on a shipment like that, fuel is maybe 10-25% of the "total cost" due to it being oversized.

Like I said, permits for each jurisdiction, pilot cars. That costs a lot.

 

Thanks allan5oh. The prohibitive cost is one of the reasons my dad wanted to check out various modes of transport... he gets a little (no, make that a lot ) spontaneous when it comes to $$ ventures of one sort or another. He pays more for marina fees for the Navigator than we do for our apartment, and where we live that's saying quite a bit! He actually believed my fiance could just nonchalantly ask his comp for a quote and I'm simply trying to give him some resources to check out.

Thanks again to all who gave input...