Jdboats

Joe, just a pointer here, I read the accident report and it stated that the hydraulic pump that had less than two hours on it since overhaul, had been sent to the NTSB for examination. An overhauled pump is $3500.00 with a core charge of $2000.00 as of last week. One COG member has a freshly overhauled on for sale for $6500.00. Be sure to try and get the old pump back, defective or not. It can be fixed.

Second crazy thing. U-Haul and Ryder have a big problem with one way rental trucks, the demand for one way into Florida is tremendous as folks are moving there, They get stuck with all the trucks and trailers that they are trying to get back North. You will see rates of thousands of dollars going into Florida and almost nothing if you take one North. I have heard of customer getting a free truck if they will pull a trailer back North, just paying for fuel used.

Where is the plane stored now, the gear can be locked down if you need to move it to a cheaper FBO for storage until you can transport it.

You are going to be shocked at the prices on certain Commander parts as with all aircraft, I am sure that you are aware that the parts catalogs and maint. manuals can be downloaded from the COG site.

Good luck on your endeavor.

Life is a barrel of fun.

Ken Andrew
cell 229 407-0200

Welcome aboard Joe.
Congrats on choosing Commander!
You will not be disappointed.
Two things for you.

I am doing an upgrade to Full Glass panel on "96B" and will have a complete set of "Legacy" avionics including the steam powered "6 pack" (full IFR) and two GNS430 WAAS GPS Nav/Comms (One which was redone by Garmin a little over a year ago) and King KFC225 AutoPilot.
I also have spare NOS Tach & MP / Fuel Flow Gauges

Secondly I have a friend in the car business that has a "hauler" by the name of Joni.
She can ship anything anywhere. (right now he has a 63 Corvette front clip coming in from Texas)
Let me know the zip codes from & to and approx. dimensions of the load.

From personal experience.. airplane repair at a foreign field is a huge PIA!
You will be far better off to get it home to your field!
I put an engine in my grandsons 150 Aerobat only 3 hours from home and it took twice as long as it should have.

If you have not committed yet you may want to reach out to Judi on the site here about finding one that is together.
If it had a prop strike you will need to tear the motor down to be legal.
Potential crankshaft damage can result form those encounters.

Janderson is her group ID I believe.
She was in sales at Commander and knows all the ships out there.
Best of luck and keep us up to date.
Clear Skies,
Bill