TopperHarley

I wouldn't be surprised if the ones we're contracting for aren't refurbished models that come from one of the buyback programs. In which case we'll be paying higher than brand new retail price for refurbs.

I'm in the middle of packing up my stuff for the long haul from McChord to Dover. I have done several full DITY's in the past. This time I am doing half and half (estimated 5000 lbs each for me and them to move). In regards to trailers, the new rules went into effect sometime around 2007 or 2008, I can't remember exactly. I just remember that my last PCS was in the summer of '08 and I bought a 7x16 tandem axle enclosed trailer and the rules were fairly new then. I still did alright, but I lost the 2200 lbs of trailer weight. I do use it to move my motorcycle. I have a motorcycle wheel chock and tie downs permanently installed. But at what point does that constitute a "motorcycle trailer" considering the vast majority of my weight is other house hold goods (tool boxes, gun safe/guns, etc...)? Who makes that determination? BIGFREDDIE: I'm estimating 5000 lbs from McChord to Dover (2793 miles) and it came in at $5400, so barely over a dollar per pound. You have about half the distance, so the 55 cents per pound is probably right.

Appreciate the info Toasty. I was hearing 2 to a room. But it don't matter. Two... three... it's all the same. Plan on spending all my free time at the gym anyways. The room is just a place to sleep. Bummer on the food though. Though I guess crappy food will keep me from eating too much of it. Maybe it's the AF's way of getting us all down to that 32 inch waste measurement. ~Topper

Yeah, I don't like it either. But if that's the rule, then that's the rule. As nice as it would be to get the 2100 lbs of trailer weight, it was still worth my buying my 7x16 based on the 5000 lbs I can put in it. It'll pay for itself plus some in one move, and all profit in the next. Plus, there are certain items that I just wouldn't trust with movers that I can now move myself (gun safe, motorcycle, etc.). The part that pisses me off about this though is that TMO does such a poor job explaining the reg. This is a fairly new rule and they don't tell you anything about it in your TMO brief. Like I mentioned earlier, my buddy down at Columbus didn't find out about it 'till he tried to turn his weight ticket in. You'd think they'd tell you what you can claim as weight when you say you're doing a DITY with your own trailer.

From what I've seen, they are starting to get anal about paying for the weight of personally owned trailers. They really don't do a good job of briefing what they'll pay for in the TMO brief. My buddy bought a 6X12 enclosed tandem axle thinking he would get paid the full weight. Upon reaching Columbus for UPT, he found out he could not claim trailer weight due to rules mentioned above. Yet no one briefs any of this beforehand. I would personally love it if someone found a reg stating otherwise since I've got a 7X16 tandem axle trailer that weighs about 2100 lbs I would LOVE to get paid to pull when I move to Dover in June.

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