Crime & Punishment

As much as you want if you know what your doin. Dont be asleep at the wheel.

Think about how much tank you have and how many ships it would take to bring you down. Resists are important here, use the lowest figure like in the EVE fitting window. Then, take into account whether you're autopiloting or actually warping gate-to-gate, your align time, your route, whether you're cloak/MWDing, what time of day it is, etc... Basically if you're not autopiloting you can safely carry a lot more. All depends on how much you're prepared to lose (that includes the laughs you're giving up on the KM, too).

Have you considered using one of the hauling firms like Red Frog or Push Industries? The 300mill you lost could have paid for 600 jumps at 500k per jump and as long as you set the collateral right you only have to wait.

I see little reason to consider hauling yourself when you can pay a useful idiot (the polite term is public courier contractor) to take all of the risk for a minute fraction of the reward.

These useful idiots are a valuable resource.

Prior to me being permanently under wardecs, I used to do only urgent hauling myself, and had a limit: 50 million in a T1 hauler, 200 million in a Gnosis (they actually can haul more than you think, with a decent shield tank and serious EWAR in the form of neuts), and 2 billion in an interceptor.

Anything that requires an Orca or a freighter is split into parcels of a billion or less (preferably much less) and placed up as a ridiculously low paying contract if it's not urgent, and a merely low paying one if it is.

Depends on your defenses and sec status. I haul through a few high-sec jumps with about 300mil ISK of PI in an Epithal, because I can fit the MWD+cloak trick (I still tend to avoid Uedama, of course). This trick makes you practically invulnerable in high-sec, if you actively use it. Same for the Badger. The Itty is a bit disappointing because it can hold a whopping 35k-40k m3 with a decent fit but the tank and align are just terrible.

Ive gone up to 150 in haulers and never had a problem, also since at that level you are most likely to be attacked by blaster catalysts stacking kinetic/therm resists will help your shield go farther

^^.......this guy.......anything worth that much can be moved in an interceptor......and if its worth more get some stabs.

even more so....if you are moving enough cargo for a hauler.....you need a t2.

really though......i wouldnt move more than the the hull cost in a t1 hauler.....more though.....dont afk....fit a tank....and dont afk.

you should be fine......on the other hand.....i wont pay for your mistakes......but experience is making them frequently(mistakes)....so feel free to just run t1 haulers through high sec to see how quickly you can do it.

ive moved BPO's and faction goodies through 0.0 without much problem.....your hauler in high-sec should be easy...

a couple runs through low-sec with nothing will build a little confidence. the more you practice....the better.

its no fun if you dont take chances

and it is supposed to be fun.

EDIT: ive moved hundreds of millions worth of goods in an inty and been good......if you need to move ships....find someone more financially stable.....because a hauler is a death trap.

Just move everything in one go.

Less time in space = less risk

I generally dislike having more than 50 mil in a t1 hauler.