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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