U-Ship. Anyone ever do this?

I figured it to be like that.

I have watched the loads on USHIP and cannot see them being a profit at the cost of maintaining proper insurance and such. Never see any "good" loads like they get to pull.

 

I had one that I was bidding on, finally called the pickup location, when he said what he wanted to pay for it, I laughed at him, hung up and haven't been back on that site since. If I wanted to do it for free, I'd stay home.

 

The amazing part is that people pull for those rates. Not even break even and no way running legal.

 

I got on there for about an hour and the rates that I saw are absolutely ridiculous. How someone can haul anything for less than $1/mile is beyond me. With a truck averaging 4-6/mpg and fuel being around $4/gallon, that means at the best case scenario, you are spending $0.66/mile in fuel. Then you have to figure in what you are paying for wages, insurance, truck maintenance, etc.

I wish others the best of luck on finding good paying loads there but I just don't think it's quite possible.

 

I doubt that Roy is as big a jerk in person as he is on TV, is he? That makes sense about the loads too. Did you see the one the other day with the Indy car? There is no way they send that car on anything less than Horseless Carriage or Reliable or someone like that. Or they transport it themselves. Or ABC pays them one Hades of a lot of money upfront to let Jared do it.

 

Would you risk something to those people on that show?

Was Jared the one running without signs, authority, log book?

Then, while on tv violated the out of service and no DOT called him about it?

 

No and they wouldn't either if they didn't have assurances from someone that if something goes wrong that it will be made right plus some.

 

The boy girl team got popped for no logbook in Arizona.

 

U-ship, no. But I got good freight from Movex when I was in the biz. Truckload and LTL. http://www.movex.com

 

I need laughter in my life. Love the U Ship show.