I asked my broker Bill Allgaier to oversee the loading of my boat onto a flat bed for transportation from Traverse City, Mi. The travel lift charged me $897.00 to load the boat onto the flat bed. This was purely an opportunist charge. I am located in Pensacola, FL. Here a boat yard would charge me a flat $500 for what is called and in and out, lifting the boat onto the hard and then launching it into the water again. I think I was ripped off, so make sure you have the price quoted up front before you give them your credit card information.