Finally updating this .... been a little busy ... and a little mad about this whole thing but I think that I can bear letting you all know what happened. Here we go: So we finally got all the parts that my dad needed off of the machine and were getting ready to scrap the frame. My step mom's brother works for the towing company that was going to tow it up to Grass Valley and my dad decided that he wanted to go that route so that way the towing company (which is owned by a long time family friend) would get the money for the job. So the day came and we were to go to the yard after they picked the frame up and after a little time for them to process it. I went to the yard and found out that they hadn't gotten it on the truck yet and when they did they weren't going to tow it up to Grass Valley. Instead they were going to tow it to a place in Sacramento buyer (Sacramento is closer to the frame's location just fyi) After I spoke with my dad I found out that my step mom's brother didn't bring the correct equipment and was unable to load it onto the trailer. He called in another bigger truck so they could get it loaded. I left the yard and returned an hour or so later. They had gotten the frame dropped off at the Sacramento location and my step mom's brother had gotten back to the yard. The cost of the towing was to come out of the scrap value which seemed reasonable and helped me so I didn't have to come up with that money up front. My step moms brother had the towing receipt all filled out except for the total cost which he waited for the yard owner to tell me the total scrap value to fill out.
Scrap Value: $1,249
Towing Cost: $1,100
He said that this was because they needed to call in the other truck in order to load it. So despite the fact that they towed in 1/3 of the distance that they were supposed to and the fact that I was at fault for him not bringing the correct equipment the cost was higher than I had anticipated worst case scenerio. I was completely up front with pictures and weights of the frame at least a week prior to the pick up so I would think that a trained tow truck driver would make the decision to bring the correct equipment for the job. My bad I guess. So yeah, I know better for the next time this happens but you have to love getting the royal screw sometimes right? I may have more pictures and I'll get them up soon as I can.


GRRRRR.....