Honesty and Integrity shows, and it's worth every penny. This is long, and it's a bit of a ride, but I need to say something here.

I own two Greyhound Scenicruiser buses. pd-4501-864 and pd-4501-350.

They are rare, and there are very few left in any condition.

You move them with a big wrecker or a landoll if they don't drive.

350 has been sitting off Northwest rd in Ferndale, wa. for 16 years, and it was time to move her, with a deadline.

(She's a project for my students)

So I found a hauler (not Heston), made a deal, scheduled a pickup at his earliest convenience, which ended up being 3 days after my deadline.

Cleared the overstay with the property owner, good to go.

Drive 160 miles to meet up with the driver and load the bus.

He messages me at 8 am, day of, to tell me there's a minor issue, he'll be there soon.

Never heard from him again, in spite of numerous attempts to contact.

I drive home. I'm livid.

My word is important to me, and now I look incompetent, not to mention blew an entire day and 100 dollars worth of diesel on this. Thankfully, property owner was cool about it.

The next day, we hire another hauler (still not Heston). An extremely well known tow company out of Olympia, who has hauled this exact model of bus before.

Drive up to Ferndale again.

The guy that shows up (with an 18 wheeler landoll) decides that somehow 10' 8" is taller than 11' 0" and goes home empty.

He wasted a day and probably 200 bucks in diesel just to tell me they can't haul it, in spite of me showing him a picture of the exact same model of bus on the very landoll he brought, with the exact same truck?

So I'm on the phone calling everybody 'cause I'll be damned if I'm going to go home empty handed again.

Spoiler alert: I went home empty handed.

However... Three hours after that driver bailed on us, I'm on the phone with Chris Heston of Heston Hauling.

... and a few hours after that, a really big wrecker rolls in at dusk. ... and It's the boss man himself, coming to take a look.

He says he'll handle it, but he's busy, so the plan is to tow it from where it is to their yard, and then run it down here on Thursday early, when traffic is lighter.

You can tell a lot about a man by his handshake, and how he talks.

So I clear yet another overstay with the property owner, drove home, and the next day I slept in.

Then I drive up to Ferndale again.

Chris shows up, and a bit of wrecker wizardry later, off to his yard it goes.

(do I have to expound on how utterly happy the property owner is at this point?)

We bump the move to Friday to work better with his schedule.

Today is Friday, November 08, 2019. I have a rare, vintage bus in the driveway of my shop.

Delivered as promised.

Minor issue on the road handled in a quick, professional manner. (bus parking brakes decided they wanted to apply themselves, lol)

No nonsense, No BS. No upsell, No hidden charges.

Men with good communication seem to be rare these days. Men who you can count on seem to even more so.

I found one, and the next time I have to move something that needs a big truck, I'm calling Chris.

Thanks guys. --- end of line ---