WARNING: USHIP has huge brokerage fees (hidden)

I never said or meant they would fail because of being illegal. I beleive they will get eventually get regulated by the government like the rest of us so the government can get their tax money. Our government looks for people finding ways around the rules, then steps in.
But hey, in the mean time, maybe we should sell our big rigs and buy toyhaulers. I'll admit, I've thought about it.

 

A brokerage company with huge fees....WHAT?!

 

Who ever said I failed?Because of folks like you who don't follow the rules and break laws we legal folks pay for it by higher insurance rates and tougher rules.People like you make it harder for folks who want to things the right way and legal way.This is why I don't waste my time with uship no more because of illegal transporters force legal transporters to go broke!

 

Wow-if only he wrote the book to a congressman.
Actually my Cargo insurance with my own authority was only 800 per month.
And I found uship fees to be a lot more reveiling than any brokers that I've dealt with.
And the low rates on uship isn't because of uship or the newbies but because of competing with guys with less commercialization like lack of insurance and DOT regs.
I don't care for uship either but please put the blame where it belongs.
And lack of insurance is more unfair for the unsuspecting customer than the carrier.
Really why so much hate for uship when I don't think they force you to use them. Their are so many load boards out there even some for straight trucks and power only.

 

I see illegals hauling boats

lay off boat haulers......... we run legit!

 

If people want the rates to go up, start turning in these illegal haulers, make it a level playing field. The DOT needs to start checking all these haulers registered to U-Ship.

 

##### is a private site would you want the dot to check iinside your house?
I don't use ##### never have registered there soem years ago and saw they had nothing to offer and never went back.

 

I have played around a bit on their site, and there are no hidden fees. You put in the rate you want and their site automatically adds in the fees. Nothing is coming out of the trucker's pocket. All users have the same fees added to their bid. There is nothing hidden about their process.

That being said, I have never booked a load through the site and doubt I ever will. For starters, the bid price is cumbersome because you can not ask questions directly to the shipper. Second, the shippers & receivers are not usually professionals. They don't know how trucking works. Most importantly, the rates did not seem very good.

 

If I'm doing something illegal, the DOT is gonna show up at my house, why not go into USHIP, the legal carriers have nothing to worry about. What does U-Ship care, the way they handle it, they aren't responsible if anything happens, same as Central Dispatch.