For a decked step mast it does seem a little high to just pull the mast. What exactly are you paying for? I trucked a 37 foot double ender with a 41 foot mast.
The
boat yard fee for helping me and a friend unstep the mast, pull the boat, and put it on the
bed of the truck was $475. This was in Sausalito,
California only 5 months ago. Sausalito is not known for being
cheap.
Sails and boom off yet? All
wiring from the boat to the mast disconnected and pulled out of the
cabin?
After the mast was down but before we pulled the boat I then had to remove all the standing rigging, spreaders,
electrical wiring, etc. and attach for
shipping myself. Mast was put on the truck in a special bracket that ran next to the
hull. One friend, me, and two boat yard staff picked up the mast and put in bracket. It was not light.
This was around 5-7 hours of my labor and another 2 hours of a friends help.
This boat hadn't been out of the
water in 28 years and all the
hardware was pretty corroded so it wasn't fun or quick.
I also had to remove all the
lifelines, stanchion posts,
dodger,
windvane, pulpit, and gallows per truck driver's request and that took a lot of time before I even got around to unstepping the mast.