[TowerTalk] WSJ article on U-SHIP

[Scott Johns]

I read the same article and decided to try UShip to bring a tower and
Yagis from Texas to PA.

If you need to ship from Texas I highly recommend the driver I used.

I was very pleased with the cost effectiveness and personal service.

I have no interest in Uship.  Just a happy customer.

73, Scott W3TX

On 7/6/15 10:57 PM, "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
wrote:

>The Wall Street Journal had an interesting write up
>that discussed U-SHIP and related trucking issues.
>(See:  WSJ, May 13, 2015, Page B7)
>
>You might get the impression from reading TT that
>U-SHIP is something like U-HAUL, being for individual
>small shippers.  Actually, U-SHIP mainly replaces
>traditional freight brokers with business to business
>full loads hauled by professional owner operators.
>It turns out that you don't have to be a freight
>broker to offer a job on U-SHIP.  That's where
>ham towers come in.  The article discusses the
>"backhaul" problem.  I knew a truck driver who
>told me that car haulers delivering cars from
>Detroit to Florida would put plywood on the bottom
>of the car haulers and pull oranges back up north
>so the back haul wasn't a total waste.  These
>wildcat loads were the origin of the U-SHIP concept,
>where it is "let's make a deal".  Excellent reading.
>
>Rick N6RK
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