[dvnr] Looking for motorcycle transport company

[bob Katz]

I concur. Phoenix Denver  twice Seattle   And Reno from clemmers in Telford first class drop off there. Fly to city pick up at distribution center or they will drop at a bike dealer if u like.  AMA discount.  Good luck  bob 

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 On Thursday, February 27, 2020, Richard Colahan via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com> wrote:

Joe,
I've shipped more bikes then I can count...here's my take...

1. Uship
Uship is not a carrier. They are a broker...a clearing house.
Shipper pays Uship. Uship takes their cut...then posts the shipment on their 
web site.
Carriers that belong to their group can 'pick-up" the shipment if they want 
it.
I've never hired them, but used them 3 times for buyers that did.
> 1st was a Tiger Cub to Fla. Rough sounding guy, I would not let him come 
> to the house. I met him at the Turkey Hill parking lot. Beat up truck and 
> trailer. Hope it got there ok.
> 2nd was a Can Am to Ill. Took 2 weeks and many phone calls from me and 
> buyer (aka "shipper") for Uship to have someone take the shipment. 
> Sprinter van showed up at 11 pm on a freezing night. I think Driver was in 
> the Russian mafia...or one of those bad guys from the "Taken" movie. Never 
> spoke except to say "Pick up fee 50 dolla..." He was trying to shake me 
> down. 3 times he said it, 3 times I said no...I was not the Paying 
> shipper. He opened the doors to his van. A V-Strom was laying on it's side 
> against a wall. He rolled the C/A up and leaned it against the V-Strom. No 
> tie downs...and off he went. I called the buyer to warn him...it got there 
> OK but the thug tried to get a delivery fee from him also!
> 3rd was just a few months ago, KTM to Fla. Driver was a good guy! Took 
> extra parts boxes. I think it went well...did not hear from buyer. My only 
> concern was his truck...newer and clean, but an open bed pick up.

2. Haulbikes
https://haulbikes.com/
A carrier with it's own trucks, at least it was last time I used them about 
8 years ago.
3 times..twice with multiple bikes from Las Vegas, once with a BMW from MO. 
They have big 45' moving vans that won't get up my drive-way, so all 3 times 
I arranged to meet the driver at a local large parking lot.
Once I saved some $ by having the bikes delivered to a HD sidecar warehouse 
in York where I picked them up. Never a problem.

3. Federal
  https://www.funtransport.com/
This is who I use the most, although they have gotten a bit expensive. I 
would chose no one else for valuable restored bikes. Our "Old Farts" riding 
group also uses them to ship our ADV or road bikes out/back to the Rockies 
or West Coast for our trips. Last sept was out to Billings MT, and back from 
Spokane WA. I can drop/pick up at the Clemmer warehouse in Telford and 
drop/pick up at "bike friendly" warehouses close to our start/end 
destinations. AMA discount. Never a problem.

So...if shipping a dirt bike, project bike, parts bike? I guess I'd consider 
Uship.
Anything valuable or time sensitive like for a vacation? Nope. I'll pay the 
price and stick with Federal.

As they say, your results may vary...

-Richard Colahan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Matkowski via DVNR" <dvnr at casano.com>
To: "Del Val Norton Riders" <dvnr at casano.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:41 PM
Subject: [dvnr] Looking for motorcycle transport company


> Hi all,
> Anyone have recommendations for a transport company ?
> Need to get a bike from Tampa Florida area to my house in Warminster.
> Any recommendations are appreciated.
> Joe
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