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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1699256" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>Someone who hasn't worked in some type of industrial facility might not realize this, but companies will spend thousands of dollars to have a $100 part hot shotted in. The company I work for has a couple 20-30 day shut downs a year and during the shut downs there will be several hotshot loads brought in a day. We are in a town of about 35,000 so there's not a ton of options when it comes to parts. I've seen them hot shot in welding rods. Sounded crazy to me at the time but I guess it's better than having a 20 man crew sitting around for a day. These are generally expedited runs too, I wouldn't doubt if they pay double the normal rate.</p><p> The first time I used Uship was to have a dozer delivered from Tennessee to Texas. I bought and paid for it sight unseen and thought I'd just go get it over the next couple weeks. I got to thinking about it after the purchase and got nervous about what could happen over a 2 week period so got on Uship and within 45 minutes had it set up to be here for $1,050. I couldn't have hauled it myself for that. We got lucky and a guy was up in the area looking for a load to make it home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1699256, member: 32659"] Someone who hasn’t worked in some type of industrial facility might not realize this, but companies will spend thousands of dollars to have a $100 part hot shotted in. The company I work for has a couple 20-30 day shut downs a year and during the shut downs there will be several hotshot loads brought in a day. We are in a town of about 35,000 so there’s not a ton of options when it comes to parts. I’ve seen them hot shot in welding rods. Sounded crazy to me at the time but I guess it’s better than having a 20 man crew sitting around for a day. These are generally expedited runs too, I wouldn’t doubt if they pay double the normal rate. The first time I used Uship was to have a dozer delivered from Tennessee to Texas. I bought and paid for it sight unseen and thought I’d just go get it over the next couple weeks. I got to thinking about it after the purchase and got nervous about what could happen over a 2 week period so got on Uship and within 45 minutes had it set up to be here for $1,050. I couldn’t have hauled it myself for that. We got lucky and a guy was up in the area looking for a load to make it home. [/QUOTE]
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