Team Car Hauling?

PM poster "LuvMyHubby". I think she may be able to point you in the right direction. Good Luck.

 

Have you found any answers to your questions?

DH and I have really been throwing around the idea of teams/car haulers.

Well, more so me wanting to get my CDLs. He says no way, he'd rather drive alone and just have me ride along.

Just wondering if you got any help or info since you last posted.

 

There is supposedly a company in TX that runs teams and hauls cars but I dont know of one myself.

I know where hubby works they dont do the team thingy (2 people one truck)

 

call either D.A.S. in mesquite,texas "dependable auto shippers" or try reliable auto transport. they have an office in orlando and they have large cars with the apartment sleepers.you may not have enough experience to get hired-on w/ them.

 

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I got so excited when I saw your post because your situation is exactly what DH and I have been throwing back and forth. I would definately go w/ DH but he doesn't want me to get my CDLs. Not really sure why? :smt102 I've not had any accidents in our 10 years of marriage and I think I could do it but when I ask him to teach me he just kind of gives me this sideway look. :smt042 But DH has been driving for 10 years, accident free. I wonder how much experience these car hauling places are looking for? I wish I knew someone personally who hauled for them I'd love to pick their brain. Basically, if DH and I did it we'd like to just make the truck our home and save pretty much all we made or the other idea we have been throwing around is perhaps buy a home and just throw all the money towards it to get it paid off quickly and invest the rest. We really don't like debt if you can tell. Anyway, from what we've heard there is good money to be made in car hauling and that's why we've really been kicking this around.

Good luck in your research and I'll try and post anything that I find that may be of some help to you and your DW.

 

I ran my own 10 car auto transport from 99-03 and then got out of driving and now I'm looking to get back into OTR and team with my son-in-law. We have been running a family business since 03' but now things are a little slower than we'd like and trucking might be the extra boost to catch things up and develope our families river front property. I liked hauling cars and ran mostly between southern Cal, Texas and the NW. At the time I hauled it was easy getting loaded runs out of Texas to the west coast but almost always dead head running from California to the east. That is the only problem I seen with car hauling, having dead head loads going in one direction. There was a big shortage of drivers at the time, especially O/O. Not sure how things are going in the business now. When the economy weakens, used auto transporting goes up and new auto hauls are more limited.

 

I have been following this thread to see where it would go and I hope that since Tomhaul99 has gotten some information on companies that do car hauling with teams that he would be kind enough to post it here for the benefit of all posters.....that is after all the goal of the board to help everyone.

As for discounting information provided by people who have never hauled cars, IMO that is not the best idea. There are LOTS of people on this board with all types of trucking industry experience, just because they haven't set behind the wheel of a rig hauling the type of loads your interested in does not in anyway mean they do not possibly have information that could help you out. I am NOT a driver (don't wanna be either) BUT I promise you this I know A LOT about the business, and since my husband is a NEW car hauler (BMW's, Mercedes etc) I do know a thing or three about that area of trucking.

Car haulers seem to be few and far between so any information you can share about companies would be really nice.