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I wouldn't worry about having your evaluation done within 24 hours. GP is pretty good about making things right after a sale. At least that has been my experience.The hard part of this is not the patience, but the time that I have to respond to any GP if it does not match the inspection report. GP says that you have to contact them with in one business day of receiving the FLU to resolve disputes. If it is delivered on Friday and I have the weekend to work, I may be able to get enough done to have it ready, but ready or not I need to verify that the engine starts and the transmission is minimally functional. Unless it is all just an outright lie, they have already done those things, and me repeating the process should not do additional damage.
Of course, I don't start the conversation with ragging on them, or demanding anything. Maybe that helps?
What I would worry about is starting/driving an unknown machine, even if it is only for a few feet. As I recall, the front hydraulic tank on yours is low. We don't know how low, but suppose it's too low. Yeah, GP drove it and it didn't break. But at what point will the pump give up? Or at least suffer damage? Could be 50 hours of running time, could be 5 seconds.
So do I follow my own advice? Of course not! Runners get driven a 1/4 mile down the driveway. But I check as much as I can while the FLU is still on the trailer.
In one case it was obvious that the front hydraulic tank was low from the photos, so I asked the driver to bring some THF and fill the tank before loading the SEE. To me, that was well worth the few dollars it cost, even if the fluid was coming out (replaced with AW-32) as soon as the SEE got down to the garage.