Car position at the shipper

If car has straight wheels just roll off , otherwise i was asking broker whos delivery location and if they have forklift and if its big enough ...you can waste ton of time with customers like : " just bring it over , me and my brother will figure some out " ...if they shady or suspicious - secure cash payment before you even touch the car on the trailer .
Good luck

 

It depends on the location you are picking up from. Some of them..like CoPart, iaai will load them with a fork truck. On the delivery end it's more than likely going to have to roll off, unless they are prepared to unload..calling in a wrecker or if (maybe..?) they have thier own fork truck. Inops are sometimes risky and can cost hours of time. We have been transporting motor vehicles exclusively for the past 5 years, sometimes inops work out..and sometimes they are far more trouble than they are worth.

 

If I send a truck to pick up a vehicle and it's not loadable with just our equipment..sometimes a call to the Broker or Owner of the vehicle explaining the situation will get them to pay for the wrecker. I've had load charges from $50 to $400 for loading depending on the situation..but usually you can get an inoperable car or medium vehicle loaded for $150. $400 was for a boom truck loading a bus.

 

That one in the picture is a custom aluminum deck 4 car. It's earned me a good living the past few years. I also have two tandem axle 5 car Sun Countrys (best all around trailers imo), a custom Maxey Trailer low deck triple axle, and 87 DAC dovetail for standby. I'm actually looking to sell the Maxey, and the DAC. I have a few random pictures in my album.

 

The wrecker lifted the rear of the bus and I backed under the rear tires. Then he lifted the front..and I slowly backed the trailer under the bus letting it free roll on. It was about the only way to get it loaded. Did the same in reverse to drop it off.