Car Haulers MERGED

Hello everyone, This my first time posting so here it goes, How does the carhauling bussiness work?. I know with regular frieght there are owner op who lease to a carrier and those who are a carrier( they have their own US DOT#) which makes business sense, i have previous business experience in automotive repair and construction. In auto hauling do you have to be leased to a carrier? what are the requirements( exp and cdl, ins.) and which companies are good to contract with. I off course would start of as a leased O/O.
Is there an advantage to having your own US DOT# and Being a Broker
ALSO? Can you be both?
What is the pay per car?
Equipment: from carhauler are pretty pricey for a good used one ,and new is out of the question. Fuel milage most people don't think about this cause they aren;t good business men, They just want that shiney pete 379 with alot chrome. I pretty sure carhaulers are among the worst in aerodynamics and hence fuel economy. BTW peterbilt has pretty much been in the forfront in carhaulers(frieghtliner classic also) I kind of like the WESTERNSTAR hauler with a detroit for better fuel economy and not to mention cheaper parts than a pete. Thanks

ANY info that you guys can share is welcome.

 

Pete, resale is the best on it or KW, Car hauling is brutal work too. Do u know how to weld?? Better learn. Only thing pulls harder is a bullwagon.

 

that might be possible if you own the truck
I'm a local driver on comp truck so i get a 1 dollar a mile
about 1200 a week
one of our drivers went to alabama and i asked him what they get there and he wasn't sure but thought it was 3 to 5 hundred a car
not bad for 9 units turned in a day. He was making 350 aday there on company truck with no cost to him. xxxxxxxxxxxxx We work for allied but they are all under the same contract jack cooper cassins and others
Carhaulers get a 2.5 percent raise on the June 1 contract anniversary '50¢ per hour and 2.5¢ per loaded mile (1.25¢ per running mile).

 

Hi All, I want to get into hauling cars with a heavy-duty dulee. How can I get started and are there any companies in or around the Charlotte,N.C. area that I can contract with? Thanks.

 

Try looking in your local phone book under Auto Transporter. Better yet, GOOGLE the phrase.

 

how much should a driver get (avergae) per car or load ?

 

I was given a rate of 400$ per unit on car hauling from NY to FL does this seem like a good rate ? I've done 300$ per unit on MA to NJ runs is something wrong here or is it me ? Im just asking around if any of you guys could help me on what should I expect on per mile/unit value thanks.

 

Multiple number of "units" by $400 and divide by number of miles. You don't mention if you have a 9 or 10 car hauler, you also don't mention starting and ending cities.

With a 9Car hauler, start NYC end Miami, you would gross $2.79 per mile, which isn't bad. 10Car grosses $3.10 per mile which is better.
But what about "backhaul"? The more empty miles you run, the less you make.

 

thanks again roadkill, company mentioned that they would "occassionaly"
have backhaul, but I hauled cars from MA to NJ on 9er 300 each they were demo units but I think they should at least do 600 per unit on NY to FL or at least some cost refound :/ oh well, thanks again roadkill

 

Sometimes it is harder to find "short-haul" trucks for a load than it is to find trucks to haul a greater distance, so it is not unusual to see higher rates for hauls of a couple hundred miles vs. longer hauls.
Also, "LTL" loads pay more (comparatively speaking) than full loads as well, so finding several "individual" cars going back north might pay more than the full load originally paid.