What can I really expect?

from what some of the guys that do it told me. you have to have a 9 to an 11 car carrier to make anything. so I don't know if you want to invest $120k plus into a specialty truck and trailer that can only hual on type product. other then that. I heard the same as you. the pay is great.

 

11k a week for how many miles and how many loads. Here is the scoop, the money isn't bad but its far from great. We haul cars now for rates close to what they were in the 90's. Then you have to factor in the insurance costs equipment costs etc. Another example is you load a new car and on your journey to its location a rock flies up and chips a new car. There goes any where from $300 to $600 out of your pocket for something out of your control. Then say if you yourself actually do damage that is worse,,,,dig deeper till you take $2500 out of your pocket. This isn't to be rude or directed towards you but there is too many that get into this business thinking they are going to get rich only to be let down. Too many people in this industry now plus brokers and the ones that "think" they are car haulers have ruined this industry. Sorry to turn it into a rant but it just came out.

 

...... Yeah, what he said ! ^

 

Most people who haul cars are not going to consistently make $11,000/week. $5-7,000 is more realistic. If you have enclosed equipment and are hauling specialized or high end cars, you might come closer to getting the higher rates. Hauling for most dealers and auctions, you are not going to get $11,000/week, for the most part. Rates are about the same or less than they were a decade ago.

 

With no carhaul experience, this is what you can expect...

 

Holy F! ^^

 

I always wondered what would happen if the top car hit a bridge. Now I know. Ouch!

 

was hauling a load of bio from salt lake to los angeles once. got 40 miles south when the freeway was stopped.

car hauler lost the last car on the freeway. a red porsche.

 

kind of the same thing as all the cdl newbies who want to immediately pull tankers or play in the oil fields.