So, arranging shipping for this Jeep from California to Ohio has turned out to be quite the adventure. After sifting through a lot of BS from haulers, brokers, bait and switch initial pricing and hidden broker fees, I have narrowed the search down to RoadRunner. Almost to the carrier, all of the others (except Reliable Carriers) quoted me a price around $1,100-1,250 to ship the Jeep. No company offered any price guarantee.
RoadRunner actually took the time to ask me for measurements of the Jeep and tire size. They quoted $1,608. They gave a price guarantee in writing.
Please let me know if you have used RoadRunner and how that experience was for you. I have not committed to them yet.
FWIW, I reached out to Reliable Carriers, who do seem far and away the best choice in terms of quality of carrier, no haggle price, reliability and so on, but unfortunately they only offered enclosed carriers at a cost of $3,800 to ship the Jeep from California to Ohio.
When I told my wife the price from Reliable, she said, "Mike, it's not a Ferrari".
I almost slapped her