From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 30 2005 - 08:29:49 PDT
Sam,
For future reference have them load it on a heavy
rollback and then transfer it from the roll back to
the flatbed or get a heavy wrecker to lift it onto the
flatbed.
This is how I moved my non-running V100.
Save moving fees that way.
Rick
--- info@fireflyarms.com wrote:
> I can only offer my experience of how I "got it
> home":
>
> Purchased my truck sight-unseen via Gov.
> Liquidation. Looked good in the
> pictures and I didn't bid too high. After winning
> the auction and getting
> the EUC (finally), I gave serious thought to picking
> up my prize. The depot
> was 135 from home.
>
> My first idea was to load the truck onto a flatbed.
> My dad is a truck driver
> with his own Kenworth and flatbed, so shipping would
> have been free. He has
> hauled trucks before, and they're usually driven on
> the trailer from a dock.
> After talking to the Gov Liq folks at the location
> and verifying that there
> was no dock to use and absolutely no assistance in
> loading, the flatbed idea
> was tossed.
>
> I then called around to a couple local truck towing
> outfits. Found one that
> would do it for $70 an hour. Seemed reasonable. I
> figured 3 hours up, 1 hour
> to load, and 3 hours back. The towing company
> calculated differently and
> ended up with 10 hours. The good part is that
> although the truck was not
> running and had one flat tire and no spare, they
> dropped it right where I
> wanted it.
>
> The shipping ended up costing more than I paid for
> the truck but I'm happy
> with the purchase. It needed some small things (like
> a wheel and tire) but
> after a little time and money it's a good runner. I
> just gave it a paint job
> last weekend. The kids love it too (the wife not so
> much, considering it's a
> 10,000 pound lawn ornament).
>
> Go for it and good luck!
>
> Sam B.
>
>
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