[TowerTalk] Freight charges when shipping towers

[john at kk9a.com]

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 at kk9a.com" <john at 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 at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Freight charges when shipping towers From: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> Reply-to: Bryan Swadener <bswadener at 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 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk at contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk [1]

 

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