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I know some of you are kicking around buying one of these 931/932/936's coming up, so I thought I would tell you how things went for me. My last GL purchase of a 931A2 at Polk was a disaster in every way, so I was especially gun-shy about another fiasco. I will have to say this time I came out smelling like a rose. The videos that GL are posting tell the story. I picked one that was advertised to run and stop, because I knew I needed to be able to have a trucker drive it on a step deck trailer ("Buyer Load"). Next I looked carefully for signs of a rebuild. GL has mentioned this in a few listings, but not all by any means. In the videos, you will see "CARC 200X" on the dashboard, this indicates that the truck was overhauled around that date. Lastly, the sealed bid amount. I knew the scrappers were placing blanket bids of roughly $2200 on the tractors, so I would have to exceed that to score. I bid right over $3000 and was successful. MS Tax and GL fees put me at $3500. Next, the haul. It is a 500 mile recovery for me, so driving it home was not an option. My trusted transportation broker, Walker, (truckingdeals@yahoo.com) was able to get me a $1.50 a mile rate. The trucker showed, the RSMS boys slaved my truck off, and he was able to load up using Shelby's loading ramp. The next morning he was waiting to be unloaded here at my yard. In a nutshell, this truck is the nicest, best operating unit I have ever seen come from DRMO. You guys need to jump in and save these from the scrappers!!!
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