Do flats mind hauling crushed cars?

It really all depends on how they are crushed. If they are just flattened then there are issues but if they are cubed then they are easier to handle and not as much stuff comes off of them. I hauled a lot over the winter months and never once got pulled in for a look see!

 

My Friend, I see... 1,2,3,4 axles on your trailer! I guess you are from one of those regions where .... there are not many people on the roads! (No offence) Crushed cars are in my opinion cheap freight.... and probably I would do them if they were as in the picture!.... They are lower on the trailer, nut 8 cars just crushed from up to down..... that is just like small balls of hay! And they say that if you put a tarp you are ok.....

 

I see them crushed on flats coming out of ND quite a bit. Junk flailing in the wind off of them. Crushing outfits around home have cage trailers.

Not a whole lot of cars around to crush after the scrap bonanza and the cash for clunkers flop.

 

there are 11 million cars scrapped every year in the US alone most are shredded.

 

I used to haul those 37 years ago on a flat deck,I cant imagine doing it with todays regulations,not to mention what it does to the deck,and tires.

 

I've hauled several loads out of SD, NE, ND and MN back to Kansas City or Jackson, Tn. Never liked it but was better than coming back empty.

Also never had any issues with DOT. Went through several scales.

Hauled the flattened and the cubed. Cubed was better. The shippers put the plastic netting on them. Usually took eight 25' chains.

I hauled them on practically new Benson and Reitnouer aluminum flats but was very particular about putting the 4x4's under them where the sharp parts would not be on the aluminum floor.

What I was most concerned about was the unloading. They used a cherry picker and picked the cars up way in the air then swung them away from the trailer. I was concerned they would drop one on the trailer from 10-15' in the air. Never happened but if it did it would definitely do some damage to the trailer.

I'm pretty sure there was a clause in the contract that they were not liable for damage.

Well I had to quit flatbed due to my health so I won't have to worry about hauling them. I Do hauled baled aluminum in the van sometimes though.

 

Just don't be like the broker hauling loads out of sacramento. Wanting them tarped. The rate wasn't bad at all. But not for the price of tarps.

As for chains not being long enough. One side of chain gets looped and pulled down with a strap to the winch. I've got 12 short straps for that purpose. Easier then using binders. We haul cars about 3 times a year.

 

Personally I drive a company truck, pull company owned trailers and there's no ####### way in hell I'll haul crushed cars. I'd hand over the keys and walk.

Back when I was flying helicopters for Vegas Copters doing sightseeing flights at night I drove a day cab during the day bringing crushed cars into the shredder up by where the speedway is now, you can see it right off the southeast side of I-15. That was miserable work but killer pay (union then). Every morning wasn't spent checking tires, it was spent fixing all the flats on your truck and trailer. I became an expert at plugging tires and I know that we had tires with more rubber plugs in them than actual tire rubber.

The up side, if I needed a tire or wheel for my vehicle they were free for the taking. Got some nice wheels and new tires off drug seizure cars.

But like but-wholes everybody has one and nobody wants to hear it. So that's my but-whole of an opinion on crushed cars cubed or flat.

 

[QUOTE="FLATBED, post: 4756341, member: 20] constantly loose junk falling off the cars ( Wires , trim , glass ) [/QUOTE]

I've seen entire windshields laying on rhe curb for a year, until they get run over enough to pebble sized