How does an individual shipper find a good carrier?

U ship is the bottom feeder of any load board, it's all nickel and dime #### that wastes more time than it's worth.

 

I didn't get the impression that he's looking to get it done for a grand. He said he made the round trip in his f250 and it cost about a grand in fuel.

 

You were talking about NW Washington State correct? To Central Tennessee?

 

@defranks I sent you a PM

 

I'm not sure what those guys were talking about in previous posts about your cars disappearing. I think they just post stuff, and not actually have anything to do with trucking.
1. Find local car hauling company's and ask for qoute. Not all company's travel that way so they might try to rebroker the load.
2. Once driver comes he will need to give you his BOL and it's pretty much a contract. Check the MC and DOT on the bol, look it up online if they are active. If all good that means they are insured and anything happens you can claim their insurance.
3. If you think going thru a broker makes anything more secure, it's not. Brokers will dispatch to anyone with an active mc number.

 

Just a few months ago a ushipper booked 3 Honda S2000's and disappeared into Mexico with them. About a year ago there was a thread by a guy asking for advice because a ushipper disappeared with his Harley. There have been countless instances where Vehicles were damaged, dropped off and the carrier disappears. Maybe you should educate yourself before you decide to comment on things that you know nothing about.

What you say about a broker is partially true, a crap broker can be just as bad of a decision as an illegal carrier. But with a quality broker your vehicle will be covered under their insurance as well just in case the carrier pulls something shady