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| When is this site and its serv. providers going to stop working for free? With an operating cost of 2.20 per mile.. how can anyone move a boat for 2.00 per mile including permits? It seems as if every load I bid someone gets matched for around 1.90 per mile. and then they have to buy permits. does anyone have insurance? Can someone direct me to a site that is dedicated to making a bit of money? jagmarinetrans DOT#1718994 MC# 630358
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Insurance Offered:
Full Value Protection – additional charge
Full Value Protection – no additional charge up to $1,000,000.00
For additional insurence information, contact us.
Ok... I'm contacting you... Is it an additional charge to have my item fully insured? Or is it already insured up to $1million? Are you sure that that $1m is your cargo insurance? Or is that your BIPD? By the way, Safersys shows that you only have $750,000 BIPD. You got something wrong somewhere, you might want to check into it.
And another thing that is throwing me a little bit is the $2.20/mile operating cost. That seems a little bit high. How much fuel does that Pete drink? I understand that everybody's cost is a little different and I'm certainly not going to dispute that the rates on this site are extremely low (you'll figure out real quick why that is...) but I'd venture to say that most are operating at about $1.10-1.50/mi for fuel, maintenance, insurance, and payment. (and, yes that goes for big trucks too... I just got out of a Pete and even though I don't personally own any 'big' trucks anymore, I am still directly involved with operating a few!)
Other than that, Welcome to the forum! I see that you are a 'compliant' carrier so you will meet some really good folks here real soon!
Laterz,
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| Jag, welcome to uship. Its nice to see new compliant carriers signing on. The more we get on here hopefully will help the rates go up. Welcome aboard Ron Marine Express
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| now Ron you know that will not happen on here.jack
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| Gater, Thank you for your feedback. I'm checking in to the insurance you spoke about. We do have 1 million dollars of cargo insurance. I dont know why it would show up that way. However.. I dont understand 1.50 per mile cost. when fuel is 5.00 per gallon, this pete gets 5 mi to the gallon. that is 1.00 per mile in its own. you factor in tires, shocks, maint, repairs, ins. @ 15,000. per year, and authority. what do you come up with? Don't get me wrong. there are smaller loads that shouldnt pay as well as larger ones. However.. if the load is oversize by any margin, the permits cost the same unless its a superload. so how can these transporters leagally move a load under cost.? Jack JAG Marine Transport LLC DOT# 1718994 MC#630358
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| Jack, Your key word there is legally. Most here do things illegally. Thats how they can do it for less. Add to that the fact uship boasts "save up to 80% on shipping" and you see the legal carriers are already up against the wall. That is why most of us here do not rely on this place for a major portion of our work, and some of us have even quit pulling from here till some issues are addressed.
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| Eric, Thanks for your reply. I'm sure i'm beating a dead horse with this topic.. However I think the more we bit** the faster we can fix these issues. I dont use this site for my primary work load, hell I havent been able to book the first load out of 100 plus bids . On another note... as a bike transporter.. do you ever run across deals on bikes for sale? I'm looking for a couple of specific makes and models.
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Jag, I hope that you didn't take my post offensively in any way, it certainly was not meant that way!
If you are carrying $1mil in CARGO then yeah, your insurance is definitely a bigger expense then mine! And I am sure that you are certainly more than capable of doing your own CPM calculations. My number also does not have any permits calculated into it as I do not consider that bart of my base operating cost and I charge that separately. (I don't run oversize requiring a permit very often). For base maintenance (Tires, PM's, etc) I calculate about $0.30/mi and for Ins and Pmnt I calculate about $0.20/mi (Based on $2k/mo and 2500 mi/wk) then add your fuel (in your case $1/mi I'm not paying $5/gal and I'm getting 6-7mpg outta the big trucks and 8.5 outta mine and 10-17 outta the little trucks...) and you are at $1.50/mile BASE operating cost. Add another $0.36/mi for driver and for $1.86 you break even. Thats where my math came from...
Welcome to the group, I see in my inbox that Tim has welcomed/introduced you already!
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| Gater, No offence was taken on any level. I'm sorry if I seemed a little rude it wasnt meant that way either. I book loads daily that pay 4.50 per mile or better. but not on this site. there has to be a way to bring up the rates. I know that the illegal providers is a big problem. but i dont see how this is going to help on a more immediate level. Please under stand.. a big portion of the boat hauling industry is taken by uship's advertising of up to 80% off. Nearly 1000 boat owners have chossen to use this site. Thats Huge!
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