Do flats mind hauling crushed cars?

Cheap crap freight. But it gets moved daily

 

I have hauled crushed cars, but only when I couldn't find any other load or was stuck in a no freight area. They are a pain in the but, and leave a greasy, oily mess on the deck which usually requires a truck wash.

 

I hate seeing certain types of cars crushed. Even though I know it's only a load, I find myself mad at the driver. Haha

F.U. for hauling that crushed muscle car, man. Lol

 

Only on days that end with a "Y"

 

The worst part is seeing what they are loading into the crusher. Makes you want to cry.
I hauled for a local auto salvage guy for a few years on and off. He had a couple of trailers set up for it. The crush car trailer had a heavy kind of webbing curtain side. Nothing could get away. He had a home made crusher that didn't squash them down very good. They would load the stacks on the other end right off me into their crusher and make em half the size.
He always contracted some right during spring break up. I'm sure he got a better price. So I got to sneak out in the dark every morning 2 miles to the highway. I was renting cropland from the township patrolman so I finally said the heck with it.
His other trailer was a 13' gondola on a flatbed. Used it for tin scrap. Load it up and pound it down with a row of refrigerators on top. Big barn door in the back. That is the only trailer I have ever pulled that pulls harder empty. In a good wind a 550 cat could only hit 60 mph wide open.

 

Not true at all. My family has been in the salvage industry for three generations. I loaded over a thousand loads of cars before I was even 16. If prepped properly, loaded properly, and secured properly, they are as safe as anything else shipped on a flat. But like everything, if you cut corners you create an opportunity for a dice roll to bite your ###.

 

Have the regs changed since you were 16??

 

Yes, but last I knew it was still legal to ship them on flats. Just need them wrapped in netting. And it specifies exactly how many chains to use.

also, when did regs actually change how safe something is? If regs equals safety, then why all the fuss about elogs and the 14 hour limit?

Edit: just followed the posted link to the regs. In black and white it clearly states it's legal to haul them on a regular old flat or step. Just need four points of securement on each bundle, and it has to be chains or cable. No straps allowed. so same regs as it's been since they added the netting law about 15 years ago.

 

They haul them into the steel mill in Jackson , TN every day on flatbeds/step decks.

 

Looks like the new regs require:

- Chains wherever contact is made with vehicles
- FOUR tiedowns per stack if you have no cage/wall built up
- Means to prevent liquid from spilling AND loose parts extending the full height of the cargo

Reading this thread, I can see violations! Violations everywhere!