Thank you,, yes it was a long run, it took 2 1/2 days going n 3 days towing,, stopped in new orleans to check out bourbon st., ,sure liked florida, the salesman had a house on the water, had a dock in the backyard, i good get used to that, he invited me and my son to stay the night then take the sea trial in the morning, very good people!, he offered to take us fishing for grouper the following sunday but i wanted to get home, i got about 14 mpg going and about 7mpg towing! was wishing i had a diesel, i have a f250 with the 5.4,,the trip cost me $1500, the cheapest i found for shipping was $4,500,,hope to be installing a bait tank this weekend,, :mrgreen: