Would this truck be good for hauling 3/4 cars?

Certainly a lot better for the job than the 1 tons most people use.

I'd suggest a lot of current research into that segment. The number of people working that market skyrocketed a handful of years ago, and I doubt the amount of cars needing shipped increased to match the supply of new operators. That combination always leads to rates dropping fast and hard.

 

I live in Sarasota, just across the state from you, and have seen the rates for over ten years. maybe you got contacts with better paying stuff than I ever saw, but from what they have fallen to I wouldn't put them on my truck.

If you don't mind saying so, what kind of rate are you expecting to get?

 

Spyder speaks the truth.

People started seeing what car haulers were making at the time and saw dollar signs; nowadays every Tom, Dick, and Harry thinks he can get a underpowered dualie and a rickety 3-car wedge and strike it rich. The reality is that you'll have to hustle your butt off just to have enough money to be broke. And maybe less than half these guys are even doing it right.

 

No. I run a full sized semi with a flat. A decade ago i would get cars going north as my"get out of Florida load". They never paid great, but wasn't bad for Florida. But then everyone and their brother went and bought a one ton with a wedge trailer and drive the rates down so bad i actually made more money just deadheading 400 miles to savannah to get a normal load.

 

Assuming that truck is mechanically sound, the only thing it NEEDS is a bed and a fifth wheel. I would put a normal work truck flat deck on it with a fifth wheel. Some angle iron, and a weekend spent fabricating, add a fifth wheel and your good to go.