Transport Company Recommendations????

[jr1000yarder]

Any have a good experience or BAD experience with transportation company? ?

May have to get my new one shipped. Having trouble finding the time to fetch it!

Thanks, Rich

[Rod Run]

The one thing to be careful with, is to know how they are insured.

Two of my friends have been burned by shipping companies (sorry that I don't know the names).

One had shipping damage on a 1969 Camaro and another had the rarer parts "stolen" off of their 1971 Challenger while it was being shipped.

Both companies legally had "insurance", but they were both self-insured, so the both denied the claims.

I know people have had great experiences with Reliable and Intercity lines transport, but I have never used them myself

[gable74]

Direct Dispatch
https://direct-dispatch.com/
.....was an absolute nightmare to work with. Ended up cancelling the order after a week of lies and no communication. DO NOT USE!

Coast to coast Auto
www.Coasttocoastauto.com
......was a great company to deal with. Great communication, great driver, and very professional.

Also heard good things about United Road, but they did not transport from Oregon so I had to look else where.

Good luck!

[67GMCDUDE]

Make sure to use a company with their own trucks and not a broker. Many of them are just brokers who post their "loads" out for the cheapest bid.

[66clow]

Had a good experience with ideal motor trans Inc. Shipped from Atlanta to Los Angeles an expedition for $875.

[Grumpy old man]

You get what you pay for

Low cost - Uship

Premium service =$$$

Shipping an old unrestored 67 long bed use Uship

[jr1000yarder]

ok thanks guys!

I just put it on uship....we will see

[Grumpy old man]

The first price quotes will be high hoping you'll bite wait until you get the price you want .

[TwoFiftyShifter]

Have you used uship grumpy? A lot of bad stuff on here about them just curious.

[66clow]

You can play them against each other to get a good deal. If you decide on one company let them know you have a cheaper estimate.

[jr1000yarder]

Originally Posted by 66clow

You can play them against each other to get a good deal. If you decide on one company let them know you have a cheaper estimate.

will do!

[gigamanx]

I'm currently going through this now. So far my uShip quotes have been $1 per mile for the trip. I am less concerned about theft and such because the truck basically looks like it isn't worth anything...it just is to me I'm not even that strict on the drop off date and its not winter yet. Trying to get a non-running '49 from Texas to Pennsylvania. I'm hoping the price comes down the closer I get to the end of the auction.

[mrtoni]

I'm having trouble getting this done also. I'm trying for open transport fron Glassport, PA to Nevada. Uship was about 1400 and tried carshipper.com. Had a million responses but went with allied logistics for 950. There's a charge to cancel and they said it would ship by today. Talked to agent today, they are merely a broker and can't find a driver for that cheap so they are offering more money to get it done (this is out of their cut, I don't know what they are offering the driver.)

[gigamanx]

Originally Posted by mrtoni

I'm having trouble getting this done also. I'm trying for open transport fron Glassport, PA to Nevada. Uship was about 1400 and tried carshipper.com. Had a million responses but went with allied logistics for 950. There's a charge to cancel and they said it would ship by today. Talked to agent today, they are merely a broker and can't find a driver for that cheap so they are offering more money to get it done (this is out of their cut, I don't know what they are offering the driver.)

So Allied Logistics asked for more money or are they sticking with the $950 for you? How'd you find them?

Wow so you're about 2200 miles to my 1300 mile trip and my quotes are $1400 too! :-/

[mrtoni]

They haven't asked for more money. But if I'm paying 950 how much do they get to broker the deal? They said they will offer more to drivers to snag one. It's 99 bucks to cancel so we will see if it works out. I found them when they responded to my request on carship.com

[jocko]

Asking for more money is a common ploy. Normally in a brokerage arrangement, the amount you pay up front is the broker's cut and the amount to the trucker upon delivery is his. The trucker is usually the one trying to jack up the price at the last second based on some last minute whatever. But I have had a broker screw with price at the last second when they knew I was up against a hard deadline. In that case I had to rent a trailer and take it myself MD to CA.

If you want dependability - ask if they own their own trucks or if they are a broker. If it HAS to be shipped in a certain window, I'd avoid a broker. I got totally hosed by Angels Moving Autos. Never never no never again. If time not an issue, then a broker may be ok if insured. Keep in mind that with any broker, you can still be hosed by the dorks they contract with. Case in point - my last shipping experience was with a reputable broker - but they could not help when the folks they contracted for my delivery were buffoons. They were late again and again on both pickup and delivery. They actually said they didn't realize Colorado had so many mountains. Not kidding. I missed work, they threatened to raise the price or leave it on the side of the road why I couldn't be present for their THIRD delayed delivery attempt. Anyway, it finally worked out, but it was extremely painful. For what it's worth, that was Swamp Fox shipping out of SC. Unfortunately, my favorite shipper, Bill Demoise Trucking, is no longer in business. I think! Might be worth checking.

[gable74]

Originally Posted by gable74

Direct Dispatch
https://direct-dispatch.com/
.....was an absolute nightmare to work with. Ended up cancelling the order after a week of lies and no communication. DO NOT USE!

Coast to coast Auto
www.Coasttocoastauto.com
......was a great company to deal with. Great communication, great driver, and very professional.

Also heard good things about United Road, but they did not transport from Oregon so I had to look else where.

Good luck!

Coast to Coast was great. They own their own trucks and you can talk to the driver whenever you want. I called my driver several times during transit to get updates. He told me that someone offered him $1000 to drop the keys to my truck on the ground and walk away for 15 minutes....LOL

[gigamanx]

Interesting...I'll keep you guys posted on how it all goes. Reached out to Coast to Coast. uShip is now down to $1,192 for 1300mi trip.

[52napco]

Uship charges the drivers 20%. They all use central.dispatch.i just got 3 K20's shipped
Oregon was.1200 and. California was 1200 and i got one picked up in san diego for 1000
I have a good guys number at.work ill get it tmrw

[Jeff's bowtie's]

I'm going through the same thing I bought a truck in gold hill Oregon 3 weeks ago and it's still there went through 3 brokers and all have lied to me I even tried a hot shot driver he took the time to give me a price from Oregon to West Virginia for 1500 only to never hear back from him I can't seem to win at this

[52napco]

I know a russian that's out of vancouver washington that will bring it for you.360 949 5446
Is the number .not the best at comunication but if you call them you wont have to pay
A broker.

[Dave K.]

For what it's worth if someone is moving a vehicle or large parts from CA/Oregon I have a cab I'm needing to move for a friend from near Oroville to Milwaukee. Perhaps we could combine the load with a shipper and save some money.... Let me know.

Thanks, Dave

[gigamanx]

My uShip ended and there is a delay in buying the vehicle so I had to cancel. I got a quote down to $975. There were two cheaper ones, but they were both brokers and I felt for the few dollars in savings, I didn't want to add a third party to this mess. I'll try again in a few days when the truck is finally sold. I'm assuming the quotes will be about the same for the 1300mi trip.

[Dave K.]

Moving a car from Portland to Milwaukee for 795$. Went through a broker. We'll see how it goes.

[mrtoni]

Dave, was that the quoted price and/or has it been picked up? Matt