Well - Here is my ameture take on U-Ship. I ended up using it for the load that I started this thread for in the first place. In the end, I didn't think that I would be able to find a shipper "quickly" to get the item out of the GL lot in the 10 days allotted and at a decent price. The GL rep at the remote site was nice enough to recommend a local wrecker company that I was able to have tow the rig to their place and store it until pickup. The nice thing about this was that (as the rig was a trailer and therefore not loadable on its own power - but the same thing applies to a truck that one might know is not runnable or has not been checked out so as not to do any damage) being as it was already stored at a wrecker yard, it was a no brainer for the wrecker guys to tug it up onto the OTR Rig's Trailer. This was a fairly heavy trailer (not a 105 or such) and so draging it 1200 miles with my 1-ton pickup was just not going to happen. But this way I was able to let my U-Ship request remain posted for a little while and I was able to get a fair price from a reputable carrier. And the Trucker and Rig were great. And if the pickup was a little late or whatever, no big deal to the wrecker company. They even moved it when they heard that he was on his way so that it would be easier for him to load. Relatively painless operation. I think that the difference between the original shipping quotes and what I was able to get it done for at least offset the costs for the various things with the wrecker company (remember - no matter what, I still would have needed the wrecker to drag up my trailer onto the OTR trailer). I did try a bit to locate someone with a loading winch, but in the end I think this worked out better. U-Ship is OK - I guess you just can't be in too much of a rush (to get a good price) and you have to accept that you are going to pay a little bit for the "assistance" of the U-Ship folks. But I don't do this stuff all of the time, so a little bit for some "help" is understandable. I can sit here and cry about the small stuff here and there - or I can just chalk it up to the cost of PLAYING with big toys! (If it was more than playing it would be more like working and that might be a little cheaper due to greater knowledge on my part, but would probably get old really fast so not as much fun). Just my 2 cents, gang. Take care, Dave.
What type of trailer is that anyways ? Can't tell alot from the pic ?