dodge guy
Bartlett IL
Senior Member
Joined: 03/23/2004
View Profile
 Offline
|
Just watched it last night. what a joke! bunch of idiots that have no clue about hauling anything. the only one that shows any brains is the girl...... and she`s good to look at too! 
Wife Kim 
Son Brandon 10yrs
Daughter Marissa 9yrs
Dog Shadow 
07 Cherokee 32B
02 Excursion 4X4 V-10 4.30 gear Hellwig sway bar
Reese HP dualcam,Prodigy brake controller.
A bad day of camping is
better than a good day at work!
|
dodge guy
Bartlett IL
Senior Member
Joined: 03/23/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
sc3283 wrote:It is a show for entertainment. They have producers just like all TV shows that make it interesting. I hope no one is taking the show serious
Not at all. it`s just too bad they take a good industry and make it look like it is an idiots world!
|
larry barnhart
wenatchee. wa usa
Senior Member
Joined: 03/30/2001
View Profile
Offline
|
To big boats on that trailer would scare me. Fun to watch but not learn any new tricks.
chevman
chevman
2001 35 ft avalon alpenlite RK
2005 3500 2wd duramax CC dually
prodigy
easyrider/reese airhitch
trailair center point suspension
JT Strong Arm Stabilizers
KSH 55 inbed fuel tank
Garmin 2720
scanguage II
TD-EOC
Induction Overhaul Kit
|
Umaxman
Nova Scotia Canada
Full Member
Joined: 06/17/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
The show would be a little boring with out the acting like idiots......just have to remember its only a show
I am sure things are more legal than not.......oh look at me I am doing this illegal and they are going to broadcast it on national tv but no one will notice..
|
Gunpilot77
Killeen, Tx
Senior Member
Joined: 10/06/2000
View Profile
Offline
|
Umaxman wrote:.........oh look at me I am doing this illegal and they are going to broadcast it on national tv but no one will notice..
I know legitimate haulers who have tried to get loads on u-ship. They are consistantly underbid by the fly-by-night drivers. After all, when you don't have the overhead of insurance, taxes and permits it is easy to make a profit while hauling for next to nothing per mile. What are the odds that an LEO will see the show, then spot one of those people? Next to none, so why not depict illegal hauling at it's worst? They give hot shotters and expediters a bad name.
Fifth wheel pulled with a pick-up
|
|
|
SoCalDesertRider
SanDiego, CA, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/14/2003
View Profile
|
I watched the show for the first time last night. I agree with all those here who said those people are idiots. The only one who may have his act together for real commercial hauling is the driver of the 18 wheeler, but I never saw him get any loads and all he did was rag the others from inside his sleeper cab.
As far as what truck and trailer would I have to do that kind of job, well, that would depend on what needed to be hauled. There is no one truck or one trailer that can do it all.
One truck and multiple trailers of different types would be needed to haul a wider variety of cargo types. A stock trailer for livestock, an enclosed cargo trailer for home furnishings etc, a car trailer for cars, a gooseneck flat deck for bigger equipment loads.
However, some cargos may need a bigger truck or different type of truck and some locales and cargos may need a smaller truck. So really, multiple trucks and multiple trailers would be needed to be able to haul everything that may come along.
Specializing in livestock, like the girl does, at least allows her to tailor her truck and trailer to her type of loads. I think her rig (one-ton pickup and a small gooseneck stock trailer) is perfect for what she does and she can still haul a small range of other types of cargo besides animals.
05E350 6.0PSD
97F350DRW 7.3PSD 4x4 4.10 11' flatbed
98Ranger
69Bronco ATC250R CR500
20' BigTex flatbed carhauler
Callen Camper
92F350 CrewCab 4x4 351/C6
B&W TurnoverBall, Curt Magnum V
HD Springs Bilsteins,
285/75-16E BFG AT on 16x8 Stocktons
4.56's & LockRite rear
|
jody h
Pride La.
Senior Member
Joined: 07/02/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
Gunpilot77 wrote:Umaxman wrote:.........oh look at me I am doing this illegal and they are going to broadcast it on national tv but no one will notice..
I know legitimate haulers who have tried to get loads on u-ship. They are consistantly underbid by the fly-by-night drivers. After all, when you don't have the overhead of insurance, taxes and permits it is easy to make a profit while hauling for next to nothing per mile. What are the odds that an LEO will see the show, then spot one of those people? Next to none, so why not depict illegal hauling at it's worst? They give hot shotters and expediters a bad name.
This is a show and thats all it is. These people you see on the show all have DOT# and MC# and all but the guy in the van and the girl show insruance of 1 mil or more. They seem to have more then 1 truck and more then one driver again all but the one in the van and the girl. Here is a link to there profiles.
profiles
2006 Dodge Ram 1500 Megacab
2004 Flagstaff 8524RK
|
RoyJ
Vancouver, BC
Senior Member
Joined: 10/19/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
dodge guy wrote:Not at all. it`s just too bad they take a good industry and make it look like it is an idiots world!
Don't think there's one "reality" show out there that doesn't insult the industry they're portraying!
If I were a hot shot hauler, I'd keep it practical. A Cummins Ram 3500 dually, with bed removed, hauling a flat deck or car hauler. Registered for about 36,000 GVW. I'd try to fit a DOT legal sleeper within the cab.
Most of these setups will put the rear axle close to overload, so if it means hauling a bigger load, then a cab and chassis is not out of the question.
I'd pick the Cummins because this is one engine that has proven itself in light-medium commercial service. Tens of thousands school buses around the nation runs around daily, up to 36,000 GVW, on Cummins ISBs. I will do a EGR and DPF delete though...
|
Gunpilot77
Killeen, Tx
Senior Member
Joined: 10/06/2000
View Profile
Offline
|
jody h wrote:
Here is a link to there profiles.
profiles
I have to admit, I am totally surprised that there are legit haulers for u-ship. I wonder how hard they had to look to find them.
|
deltamaster
Middletown, New york
Senior Member
Joined: 04/23/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
RoyJ wrote:
Don't think there's one "reality" show out there that doesn't insult the industry they're portraying!
Awwwwww... I have to disagree.
Seems to me that Rick and the crew at Pawn Stars does a pretty good job portraying a positive light on their (the Pawn) industry.
They seem to be very fair with their dealings and have even offered more for an item than the customer asks when they know the item is worth MUCH more than the customer knows.
They seem to shed a positive light on the Pawn industry.
On the other hand HARDCORE Pawn... makes it seem like more than half the people in Detroit are freaking NUTS!
Then there is Rick's Restorations... Ie. "American Restoration". Here is another reality show that displays a positive portrayal of the restoration industry. These guys are FANTASTIC and there is generally no shenanigans on the show just for the cameras.
 I ride it like I stole it! 
.......and I just may have.......
I'm on "CB-13", are you?
2004 Fun Mover -- 2002 Sportster -- 1997 Road King
All being pushed down the road by a 1997 "Ram Tough" Dodge Dakota
TSgt(Ret.) USAF
|
|
|
