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Re: [TowerTalk] Freight charges when shipping towers

To: Andre VanWyk <kr5dx@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Freight charges when shipping towers
From: john@kk9a.com
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:28:46 -0400
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That could be a huge benefit to using U-Ship. While many freight drivers
are helpful I have had a couple of instances when they would not help at
all. 

John KK9A 

On 2015-07-07 08:17, Andre VanWyk wrote: 

> Actually some of them do John. The times I used them, helping load up was no 
> problem for them. I actually had one pick up some mono band yagis once from 
> CA and the guy even marked parts and disassembled them for me before loading 
> them into his trailer. I paid him a little extra for it. Will you get this 
> service from the big guns? No chance. 
> 
> By the way, U-ship haulers are all insured so if your load gets damaged, you 
> are covered. 
> 
> 73
> NJ0F
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 7, 2015, at 6:16 AM, "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com> wrote: 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 h
 auler
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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