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Have you tried calling Dan? He's based in New Jersey. After all, I did find you the Calvin!
Sorry, I didn't. I guess I just thought he was expensive by the looks of his site. I know that's not a good reason. I will try him today. Is he your brother ;)
did the "trucker" take advantage of the wood floor and block the golf cart and bike?
No interest in it for me. He shipped my Stornello from CA for a very reasonable price.
Before you use USHIP you might want to read this. :ohttp://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1030226Marc
So I assume a deal has been struck?I've used these guys not too long ago. Dan has a vintage snow mobile and motorcycle museum in NJ.http://snowmobilebarn.com/d-k-service/He's on the road a lot, and moves Billy Joel's bikes for him. ;-T[/quoteHey Cam, I finally got in touch with Dan. Sounds like a nice guy. He's at a car auction in Colorado but is going to let me know next week if he can help me. However it looks doubtful :(
haulbikes.comno crating, no draining fluids, keep you updated with pick up, route & delivery dates & times.
The thread is informative for sure, but it's hard to blame U-Ship. All they do is set up the auction. When I used them I understood that it was up to me to choose which carrier to trust my cargo with.
U-Ship is aiding illegal trucking- The feds and every state require that anyone hauling stuff or people for profit meet safety standards and have insurance adequate to cover any damage they could do. U-Ship never checks to see if any of their truckers are legal, and thus most of their truckers meet no safety standards and only have the minimum required liability insurance for a light truck in private use. Thus if they crash and destroy your bike, their insurance will refuse to pay for any damage to your bike and you'll probably have to pay towing and storage charges just to get it back. To sort the "wheat" of responsible haulers from U-Ship's "chaff", make sure they have a DOT number and motor carrier authority, then run those numbers to make sure they're not stealing somebody else's DOT number and authority- U-Ship truckers have been known to do that.
Again, you can't really hold U-Ship accountable in the way you would an individual company so to speak; they are mainly and only a kind of website devoted to connecting people with individual contractors who each have their own differering levels of insurance and that kind of thing.
I am in the process of having a bike shipped from Texas over here to Florida. Tried to do as much research as reasonably possible, seven different companies, and spoke with Paul at Shipping Masters who appear to be a clearing house for other companies. He advised my bike will be shipped using Keyboard Motorcycle Shipping out of Kentucky who have been transporting bikes for over ten years. So far they have been very helpful and advise the bikes are tied down on pallets and transported in enclosed trailers which several companies do not. They also insure the bikes for up to $20,000.00 with more available if necessary. I have found their price to be very competitive. Keeping my fingers crossed!I also have experience with a privately owned transport company that transported a bike I sold in western New York down to Indialantic, Fl. This same company was used by a relative to transport a bike from North Carolina up to western New York. Both times with great results and good rates. I contacted them about the bike in Texas but they wont be available till March or April. Hope this helps and good luck.Jerry
I'm trying to get a bike from Sioux City, Ia to Arizona.I've had several good experiences with U-Ship and one bad one.So I called haulbikes. An ok price until they tell you they are charging a 22% fuel surcharge!Ouch. At todays gas prices?Mike
>What was the shipping rate? If they are quoting linehaul + fuel, that is normal in the industry.I think the quote was $640 Iowa to Arizona plus the 22% fuel surcharge.Mike
Keyboard is also another good shipper that I've used but they do not service western states.http://keyboardmotorcycleshipping.com/
I disagree. U-Ship takes a good sized fee for their service ( on top of the transport bid, and it is something you have to look through their finest print to find in advance). They are profiting from each transaction and are a company, so there should be some accountability.If it was an enthusiast website I could see some latitude. But they are a business. $500 million dollars in revenue since 2004.
A feedback system is useless when the "trucker" damages your load and has no insurance to cover it.Consider this scenario: Guy with a pickup loses his job and needs money to make the payments. So he buys an old trailer and gets listed on U-Ship. With your bike and who knows what else on board he has a blowout and the whole rig ends up on it's side in the ditch. Guy's in the hospital with no health insurance so he's broke for life, and his car insurance refuses to pay for even his vehicle because he was using it commercially and didn't tell them, and no way will they pay for your crushed bike. Consider yourself lucky this was a single vehicle accident- If he'd hit another party they could sue you for allowing him to carry your freight when he wasn't insured to do so.
A feedback system is useless when the "trucker" damages your load and has no insurance to cover it.