On the A&E U-Ship TV show the drivers were responsible for loading and
unloading. I guess it is not like that in real life.
John KK9A
To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Freight charges when shipping towers
From: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Bryan Swadener <bswadener@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 07:13:17 +0000 (UTC)
I've also used uship. For those not aware, it's like ebay except, the bids go
DOWN. Also, you're not required to accept any bids. I used it to connect
with a
semi-retired fellow with a light pickup and a small equipment trailer to haul
my UST TX472 about 1000 miles. The bill was about $1/mile.
As with any shipper, loading and unloading is done by someone else. In my
case,
the seller had access to a fork lift. I did not, and instead had a local auto
towing company setup to drop it in my front yard. I had the hauler inform me
when he was as far out as the towing company needed for lead time. As it
turned
out, the wait was only a few minutes. I then used a pair of homebrew
"trucks"
to move the tower into my back yard, and later, move the tower into place
when
the base was ready.
vy 73,Bryan WA7PRChttp://www.tinyurl.com/wa7prc-tower
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