Mast Truck Transport Montreal to New York

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We're heading down from Montreal to the Caribbean this September! We need to unstep the mast to pass under bridges from Montreal (Sorel) to Albany, New York. The problem is our that while our boat is 35ft, our mast is 53ft, so putting it on deck would make that leg of the trip very difficult (a ten foot jousting pole sticking off the front and back!) especially with all the locks we have to transit!

We would really like to truck the mast & boom from Montreal to Albany but cannot find any good shippers to do this. A standard truck container is 53ft so the mast should fit (maybe at an angle).
We're also looking for a good marina to store the mast for about 10 days while we motor our way down and then re-step.

Does anybody have any experience doing this?
Who can recommend a good truck transporter?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
John