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Buying a camper abroad: getting it home

  • 01-02-2021 3:40pm
    #1
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭


    So, The Brother is looking at a camper in NL. Seems nice.

    Question is: how do people get them back to Irl - has anyone used a shipping Co or similar to get one home, and what sort of costs were involved ?

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #2
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,329 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    go over and drive it back?

    (once the restrictions are lifted obv)


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    loyatemu wrote: »
    go over and drive it back?

    (once the restrictions are lifted obv)

    that mightn't be for another 6 months though, that and too much time involved, would prefer to 'learn' it here.

    I've moved cars & motorbikes by transport Co, but never anything this big tbh.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #4
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I can't help with this, I went to DE and drove mine back.
    Lots of transport companies have difficulty because of the weight involved>3500kg is a big load on a flatbed car transporter.
    On the plus side there is direct routes from Netherlands to Dublin port now which are fast.


  • #5
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,329 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I can't help with this, I went to DE and drove mine back.
    Lots of transport companies have difficulty because of the weight involved>3500kg is a big load on a flatbed car transporter.
    On the plus side there is direct routes from Netherlands to Dublin port now which are fast.

    the new NL-DUB route is a container ship - would it fit in a shipping container?


  • #6
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I can't help with this, I went to DE and drove mine back.
    Lots of transport companies have difficulty because of the weight involved>3500kg is a big load on a flatbed car transporter.
    On the plus side there is direct routes from Netherlands to Dublin port now which are fast.

    who sails direct from NL-IRL ? I can't seem to see anything online (could be just me doing it wrong btw).

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #7
    Flipperdipper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭Flipperdipper


    galwaytt wrote: »
    who sails direct from NL-IRL ? I can't seem to see anything online (could be just me doing it wrong btw).

    Samskip.


  • #8
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Flipperdipper wrote: »
    Samskip.

    CLdN have the Celine doing that as a Ro-Ro from Zeebrugge.
    https://www.cldnroro.com/sailing-schedules/zeebrugge-dublin
    edit: and Rotterdam
    https://www.cldnroro.com/sailing-schedules/rotterdam-dublin


  • #9
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,574 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    galwaytt wrote: »
    who sails direct from NL-IRL ? I can't seem to see anything online (could be just me doing it wrong btw).

    It's not the kind of ferry you can go on. Freight only. If you find a small one it might fit in a container.


  • #10
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Lots of transport companies have difficulty because of the weight involved>3500kg is a big load on a flatbed car transporter.

    Ah, they can't be that hard to find - I'd regularly see two or three campers on the back of a lorry here in France; and there's a place up the road from me that'll rent a flatbed breakdown-truck with a 12T capacity for self-driving (looked into renting it to collect a piece of heavy plant last year) It's height rather than weight that'll cause problems.

    If you can't collect it yourself, I'd nearly say your best bet would be to pay someone to drive it back for you. Alternatively, pay them to accompany you while you drive it back. You'd nearly be better off doing your "learning" on the wider, more camper-tolerant continental roads anyway, I'd think.


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