quality time
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- Oct 30, 2007
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- Boat Info
- Miss Stress
2006 50' Post
- Engines
- Series 60 Detroits
Well, if it can happen...it will happen to me!
So my (new to me) 380 was being picked up in Stuart today to be trucked up to Maryland. When I first talked to the transporter, he said that he wanted the arch taken off because of height issues. I thought he was going overboard and didn't particularly want it removed, after talking to the service manager at the dealer he agreed that it did not have to come off and said they ship 380's and 400's all the time with the arches on. I put the two in touch with each other and asked them to figure it out since they have moved more boats than me. The decision was that the arch would stay on (minus radar, tv etc..) and we would all do a bunch of praying! The transporter permitted for 14'2" and he was on his way. The arch was cleared and the boat was shrink wrapped last friday. The driver called me this afternoon and said "I told you it would be too high", it's 15' on the trailer. Of course, the service manager doesn't recall the conversations on height, surprise surprise. I laid into him pretty good but of course he wouldn't take any blame for it. Bottom line is that the shrink wrap, which was very expensive will most likely have to be scrapped and re-done after the arch is removed. Needless to say this will delay the truck driver by half a day and probably cost me another $1500 in labor and shrink. Note to self - pay attention when others warn about shipping nightmares. Luckily for me the truck driver is a good ol' boy and he is looking out for me. He and his partner are going to help and make sure it is done correctly and as fast as possible. Sorry for the long post but I needed to vent since about 3:00 today.
So my (new to me) 380 was being picked up in Stuart today to be trucked up to Maryland. When I first talked to the transporter, he said that he wanted the arch taken off because of height issues. I thought he was going overboard and didn't particularly want it removed, after talking to the service manager at the dealer he agreed that it did not have to come off and said they ship 380's and 400's all the time with the arches on. I put the two in touch with each other and asked them to figure it out since they have moved more boats than me. The decision was that the arch would stay on (minus radar, tv etc..) and we would all do a bunch of praying! The transporter permitted for 14'2" and he was on his way. The arch was cleared and the boat was shrink wrapped last friday. The driver called me this afternoon and said "I told you it would be too high", it's 15' on the trailer. Of course, the service manager doesn't recall the conversations on height, surprise surprise. I laid into him pretty good but of course he wouldn't take any blame for it. Bottom line is that the shrink wrap, which was very expensive will most likely have to be scrapped and re-done after the arch is removed. Needless to say this will delay the truck driver by half a day and probably cost me another $1500 in labor and shrink. Note to self - pay attention when others warn about shipping nightmares. Luckily for me the truck driver is a good ol' boy and he is looking out for me. He and his partner are going to help and make sure it is done correctly and as fast as possible. Sorry for the long post but I needed to vent since about 3:00 today.