Land of the Rising Sun, Here I Come

[NAKID]

So, Guam is out, USS George Washington is in. I will leave sometime early Feb, check into the ship sometime early Mar. I know we have a local board for Japan, but do any regular NMC posters live near Yokosuka?

[ZLTFUL]

Just send me some Shoju and chopsticks since Slowpoke forgot about me. 

[ducpainter]

Poke was the only person I know that lived there.

[Airborne]

Well if CVN 73 needs its cats recertified or has a major problem with its arresting gear then I'll be paying you a visit. In the meantime I'll be hanging out at NAES Lakehurst.

[NAKID]

Well if CVN 73 needs its cats recertified or has a major problem with its arresting gear then I'll be paying you a visit. In the meantime I'll be hanging out at NAES Lakehurst.

They'd fly you out to Japan for that? Wouldn't they have a support structure in place in Yokosuka?

[Airborne]

Yeh, they will fly us to meet the boat anywhere. We are the only ALRE support structure I know of, they will COD us on and off if necessary. I think the last time there was a yokosuka trip was three years ago (before I worked here). Who knows, maybe another one soon.

[IZ]

Cool but d*mn you Chris!  I should be in Yokosuka right now!   
 

[NAKID]

Make up your damn mind then....

[NAKID]

So, in preparation for the upcoming move, I was looking at rates for an auto transporter. I want to tow the VW to Cali with my truck to store at my sister in law's house. The Touareg is too heavy for the UHaul trailer, Penske and Budget don't rent trailers without a truck rental. WTF??

[herm]

good luck.
i tried to haul an 02 4runner with my F250......no one would rent me a trailer.

[NAKID]

The Touareg is listed as 5300lbs. The maximum weight on the trailer is 5290lbs. 10 freaking pounds! Even so, they say that the vehicle towing the trailer must weight at least 80% of the combined trailer and towed vehicle weight. Trailer is 2210, max vehicle 5290 = 7500lbs. So, even though the truck is rated to tow over 11,000lbs, it would have to weigh 6000lbs in order for them to rent me the trailer.
Freaking UHaul and their damn rules. The Truck is more than capable for the job and the VW is a measly 10lbs over their max...

Agggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

[slowpoke13]

Umm... The GW? Well shit. I got lots of info for you. What do you want to know? Riding conditions? Living conditions? On or Off Base? Weather? Routine? Schedule?

What happened to being a bubblehead?

[NAKID]

Missed bubblehead by 2%. They don't have a lot of wiggle room in the sub community...

[geoffduc]

OK Nakid what the f**ks a bubblehead, you know I'm an olde limey guy 

Just remember that when you get to japan that theres always Riding-House to visit for thier wonderful carbon fibre accessories 

[NAKID]

Bubblehead = submariner