Please Help

Hello,
Upfront, I am not a broker or truck driver and don't know anything about the industry or who to ask. I'm just a poor guy looking for help to get quotes on a shipment.
I now have my eve on a short wheelbase Loadstar for sale in Tremont, Illinois. No bed on the truck. Cab's rusted out but the drivetrain is claimed to be in good running condition.

My question - how do I get quotes and find someone to transport the truck?

I only know how to use U-Ship and I have been very disappointed in their service. It seems they use brokers that pay the actual truck transporters a less-than-fair part of what the actual client pays. I remember when my firetruck was delivered a few years ago I was so shocked at how little the truck driver got from what I paid U-Ship, I gave him a big cash tip.
Another time the axle assembly I bought was delivered by U-Ship to the wrong address. It was delivered to a near-by recycling yard. I would not have known except I saw it sitting in the street a week later. The office worker signed for it but had no idea how to reach whoever it was for, or if it was just given to them to crush/recycle. And despite my request to U-Ship to be informed of delivery so I could tell the driver where on my property to drop it off, they never called me. Fortunately the recyclers were kind enough, using their forklift, to bring it the few blocks to my house.

My question is how do I, other than through U-Ship, let independent and big companies know I have a pending shipment? I don't care if it takes them weeks or even a couple months to put together a full load so they don't have a partially empty trailer going either way, I'm just looking for something economical and fair to both me and the truck driver and his broker.

I remember years ago when I had my first Loadstar delivered, it was not through U-Ship. It was through an independent carrier. It came from Nebraska at a very reasonable price. In addition to my truck, there were a couple pallets of big boxes and a big load of steel bars on that flat bed. Ideally I'm looking for a similar situation - where my truck is only part of the load so I'm not paying the full shipping costs. Is there something similar but different than U-Ship? How do I go about getting quotes from other sources? Perhaps other web sites active truckers look at?
Thanks.
This is my first post here so please excuse me if I did something wrong. And I apologize, especially if you work for U-Ship, if anyone feels insulted. I'm just relating my two experiences with them and looking for help to learn how to find shippers to get quotes.

 

It's coming from a commercial business in Tremont, Illinois and going to the Northeastern corner of California, city of Alturas, 96101. I was just told the wheelbase is about 150" and weight is about 9000 pounds. I'm in no hurry for it, but prefer it delivered sometime in the next couple months, depending when you can put together a whole shipment so I'm not paying the entire shipping charge. If allowed, and I can figure out how, I'll post a picture of the truck here this evening.
Thank you everyone for your help. And I'll also check out Flatloads.com. Thank you.

 

Ok, here's the truck I'm trying to ship. And I was told it will start, but the brakes are spongy. Regardless I'll give you the full contact information so you can make whatever arrangements you want for the pickup of the truck. I am totally flexible and can be here in Alturas any day at any time it works out for you to deliver it. Please just let me know ahead of time.
Thank you.