Flatbed / Moffett carriers

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by Looking 4 flatbed/moffett, Feb 13, 2012.

  1. Looking 4 flatbed/moffett

    Looking 4 flatbed/moffett Bobtail Member

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    Anyone Know how that uship site works out? it has been a thought in my mind. i saw it on the tv show shipping wars, i must admit though seeing some of the people on there make me scared to try it out. on the other hand I am aware the things they are having people ship are out of the norm.
     
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  3. Old Salt

    Old Salt Bobtail Member

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    i have moffett and princeton. I think you may want to dry run with one before you do it at someones house. I think we have 16 of them I used one two months out of the year for sod delivery
     
  4. Old Salt

    Old Salt Bobtail Member

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    uship is the flea market of trucking. if you use it we all lose
     
  5. Looking 4 flatbed/moffett

    Looking 4 flatbed/moffett Bobtail Member

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    I operated one for 4 years. yeah at first it was difficult, but once you use it day in and day out it becomes second nature. I'm sure going from a forklift to a moffett is like a trucker going from his dry box to a gas tanker. it just takes getting used to.
     
  6. Looking 4 flatbed/moffett

    Looking 4 flatbed/moffett Bobtail Member

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    ahh, I haven't had serious thought on it, just saw it on tv one night and kind of laughed at it. But was curious about it. i fiddled with the website a little bit and was going to post a bogus ad just to see how it worked but they wanted to much information just to post ad and i only wanted to give a test run... but... I knew if i put on there this is just a test ad no one would respond to it or people would get upset thinking they had a load and found out it was bogus.
     
  7. Looking 4 flatbed/moffett

    Looking 4 flatbed/moffett Bobtail Member

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    Yay! I found a company that has flatbeds already, and there willing to buy a moffett and have it mounted to there truck (well its just a bracket mounted on the back of trailer that enables the moffett to mount onto it when need be). and there rates are really good 10-15 deliveries a week 25 mile radius of my location for $125/week, $3 a mile over the 25 mile range. The company found me on here and PM'd. I want to thank all those who have provided me with good advice on here, and apologize to those that I may have upset or offended.
     
  8. jbatmick

    jbatmick Road Train Member

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    Make sure somebody's insurance covers both the machine from damage and liability.
    Also there is more than a single bracket that holds the machine back there. Lots of weight hanging back there.
    Good luck.
     
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