JTFormula Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I am sitting in my man chair watching Shipping Wars and as I ponder the show for its entertainment value I can't help think that people are watching this show saying "hey I can do that too" and a load of new wannabes are popping on UShip posing as legit trucking companies without a DOT or MC #. So a guy with an 86 Checy c30 and a homemade trailer competing with a guy with a tractor trailer with full insurance and a real business now going head to head with each other. I can't see how this is good for the industry. Now I like the show just for the stupidity factor but you know it's all staged BS and the girl they have on the show is just a model hired for the show. What are your thoughts? Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 that show is a joke don't think I finished the first episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Its a tipical TV show where money aint for nothing and get your chicks for freelet me put it to you this wayI had an empty trailer heading From Chicago to Long island NY. this was a company truck and we were just looking to pay for the fuel to NY becasuse we just haul our own stuff...... I went on U ship to look for a load. Found a few people shipping bob cats from Chicagoland to a ports in NJ and NY.Figured I could haul 3 or 4 bob cats easy. I put in a starting bid of $2000 and within 2 days that bid was under cut to about $700. Now my math tells me it would cost about that much in fuel never mind the toll roads? I guess there are lots of people looking to run for beer money? Best part was I get a call 5 hrs after I had left for NY. the Shipper said He wanted to use me as the winning bidder did not know he had to haul more than 1 bob cat. The "trucker" showed up with a pickup truck and u haul trailer. thought he was bidding on moving one machine.I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Like slpwlkr I watched one episode last year while I was in a motel and that show is effing retarded. Like that bimbo (albeit a cute bimbo) that couldnt figure out that if you turn the steering wheel to get you key to turn in her pickup. From what little I watched it makes me happy those morons arent driving in my neck of the woods. Like all reality shows, a bunch of made up drama and danger to a relatively simple job i.e. Axmen, American Loggers, Ice Road Truckers etc etc etc. 1 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Lamarck - its funny you said that. Our driver for our shop was in Iowa delivering one of the cars we sold, already dropped another one in Missouri. We had one car coming back to NJ so I was trying to get one on Central Dispatch. Our driver thought he would try UShip. Now our dealership sells classic cars so we have the right equipment and knowledge to properly do classics. There was a 68 Jaguar XKE coming to Bayonne for export. Our driver sent the guy a message with a price. The guy declined and said he had someone else to do it. A day later he contacted bobby and said the dude came with an Isuzu flatbed landscaping truck with a folddown tailgate. Good for lawn mowers, not $40,000 Jaguars. He told him he is SOL because he was already in Ohio and I found him another car to bring back. Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staxx Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Have had same problem with u sh#t better to stick with central dispatch as far as shipping wars I think it makes for good tv I like watching idiots try to ship stuf and they have no clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Shipping wars rates up there with storage and parking wars. Freaking stupid!!!! To be honest with ya I think most if not all of those reality shows could go off the air and I could care less . Just my rant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 i watch it for the laughs....Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 The only TV I watch is the Weather Channel and I can't remember when I watched it last. There are a few hot dogs on TWC (Jim Cantore for one) and a few good lookin' babes. I just wish they would drop the special interest shows like How Weather Changed History, Ice Pilots, and other such CRAP!!!! Just give me the fricken weather!The only other channel of interest is the one that has the old shows (Andy Griffith, Leave it to Beaver, Beverly Hillbillys, etc.). Now that was GOOD TV! 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEL ADDICTION Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 That show sucks! One of my customers said that they watched that show and wa going to start going on u ship for lowboy service told him to do what he had to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Im not a big fan. That one girl is kinda cute though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I gotta agree with farmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I agree,i for one don't really watch much tv,but these "reality" shows are really getting out of hand! whats next? 'tollbooth attendants"? "crossing guards"? "babysitter wars"? holy shit! enoughs enough! already. I watched this progarm one time,and i actually talked to the guy who drives the KW in a truckstop a few months ago,what a douche this guy is! thinks he's some kind of moviestar i guess!..............if these hollywood morons want reality,maybe they should go to Kentucky,find a guy that works in a coalmine at night,drives a truck during the day does odd jobs,to make ends meet and feed his family! but i guess theres no "entertainment" or" drama" envolved with real people!..................................Mark 1 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 it made me realize how good i was at my job, same problems that evryone else listed, thought ide look for partials to go with loads they say im not quallified enough and dont have a high enough customer satisfaction rating, and that kills me when i watch the show, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 The only TV I watch is the Weather Channel and I can't remember when I watched it last. There are a few hot dogs on TWC (Jim Cantore for one) and a few good lookin' babes. I just wish they would drop the special interest shows like How Weather Changed History, Ice Pilots, and other such CRAP!!!! Just give me the fricken weather!The only other channel of interest is the one that has the old shows (Andy Griffith, Leave it to Beaver, Beverly Hillbillys, etc.). Now that was GOOD TV! Idk I kinda like that show when weather changed history. It's interesting. Other then that I think the rest of there shows got to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I like it, it makes me laugh. As for dumbing people down, they have to be pretty dumb to start with to think that this is how things really are in the world.Ben Quote 1962 B733 L cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Im not a big fan. That one girl is kinda cute though.Hmmm, if they have to use a good looking female as hostess...what does that tell you about the quality of the show? Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Aint seen the show.NEED pics of said woman Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple dog Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I seen the show for about 5 minutes one time. The idiots were bidding on a load from New Orleans to Chicago. Some guy with a pickup and a goose neck got the load for $1.00/mile. I told the little woman he cant do it for a dollar a mile. I said how stupid and never watched it again. I rank it with that stupid Ice Road Truckers. I can only watch about 2 minutes at a time. Quote This is Mack country. On a quiet night you can hear a peterbilt rust away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Aint seen the show.NEED pics of said womanhttp://www.uship.com/popups/profilePic.aspx?path=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.uship.com%2Fstatic%2Fusers%2Ff3d4310d-1c0d-4d2c-b.jpg Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 http://www.uship.com...1c0d-4d2c-b.jpgHmmm, I'd hit it Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Hmmm, I'd hit itThe show, the girl, or both? Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Aint seen the show.NEED pics of said woman Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Looks good from this angle, too... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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