4/22/2018 7:04 PM
I am in Ohio, and we have bought several pieces of equipment from the south. I have used a local company for some of our shipments, I have used logistic company recommended by dealer, and I have used UShip.com. I have found that it is best use local companies. It depends a lot on what you are shipping. Call around to local logistic companies, but have all the dimensions and weight for the items being shipped so that they can give you an accurate estimate. I have used UShip before and it worked out good a couple times, and was worthless a couple other times. This past time I used it I posted all the equipment along with dimensions and had several companies bid on the job and I accepted their offer, then when they were going to pick up load they asked me for all the items or got there and said everything would not fit on their trailer. After finding out items would not fit on trailer, they wanted more money even after they already agreed on what was listed. Local logistic company worked out best and was cheaper. If you do not need the item tomorrow, most logistic companies have loads going all over the place and looking for other items to fill their trailers going in specific direction.
What are you looking to haul and approximately where in the north is the pickup and where in the south is delivery? I could give you the number of some of the companies I use from Ohio, but they are travelling down south quite often.