i have two semi local guys here in GA...both are boneheads.
i ended up ordering the parts i needed through a dealer in CA and picking them up at branson's headquarters in Rome, GA. the distribution center in Rome is not open to the public. while there, i decided to pick up some hydraulic filters and oil filters that i had not previously paid for. they had to call the dealer in CA, get him to order the parts, and then gave them to me. I got the bill from the guys in CA a few days later.
pretty smooth considering parties were 3000 miles apart.