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No offense at all. I am just a cheap bastard so with it would probably be harder to come to a reasonable price to me than some other folks. I had a guy get with me and if I could have moved the truck right away he could have given me a real good deal as he was empty in the area after another haul. I wasn't trying to flame you either. Just giving my input. I am a tough sell but in my old age I am getting more willing to pay rather than do myself. In my mind $2.50 to $3.00 a loaded mile is reasonable if I had the money to spend and depending on the total cost. I talked to a towing company in Ann Arbor about towing my deuce home if it was not road worthy and they would just charge hourly. This adds up when the GL rep forgets to put you name on the list at the main gate. One time it took me about 2 hours to even get on base. This is the thing that really hurts but the haul was just a two hour drive there and back but you never know how long you are going to sit trying to pickup. My pickup today was great. I was in and out in about an hour including waiting for the rep. Maybe the staging thread will get you more work as we would not have to worry about paying you to sit while the base people or GL get their butts in gear and you get loaded.

Anyway, no offense and my comments were not made to offend. I am sure pricing on your end is tough with the fluctuation fuel prices and such.

After thinking about it if I was going to go through the trouble of paying a pro to get my truck off base I probably would either have them haul it all the way home or I would just go get it myself if it was close. If it was farther away and I got a great deal on the truck I think I would pay to have it moved to an SS members place while I try to get a trip going to pick up the truck. I would call $100 to $200 reasonable to pick up a truck from a GL lot and move it a few miles off post. Thats what I would pay anyway. I figure I don't want to pay a lot to ship a truck back from far away and I don't want to go 1000 miles back and forth to get a truck so I am stuck looking for auctions near me. The upcoming TN auctions may make me go back on that though.

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Chuck Graham
1969 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2