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Default A Call To Arms (or, getting the heck out of Dodge, revisited)


"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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A couple of grand from the Keys to Maine with a 50 foot load? I would put
the pricetag at four times that, at least.


Wrong tiger tongue... I priced it out. If you are willing to play the
game a little .. that is: when the truck goes south it does not want to
come back empty .. you can save thousands. The trick is the drop off.
Ya gotta plan that part out.

You are off on the price.

I know, I spoke to the trucker just recently.




All I can say is that would be an incredibly good price for that load and
trip. Best price I could get on moving Essie from Long Beach to Green Bay
was $4000 and change, and she's only a quarter the weight and significantly
smaller than a Morgan 461. And that was four years ago, when gas was almost
cheap.