Flatbed question. It's a long shot but...

On a flat you will need some pretty long ramps to get a vehicle on the deck with out tearing it up

You could do copart stuff that they usually just fork on

 

The problem isn't simply rates it's that volumes of everything is way way down.

To give you an example back when times were good I had a step deck.

Find a tractor 20 feet for $2 a mile, machinery 18 feet $2 a mile and then some 10 foot partial for $1.50 a mile to go on the upper deck.

I would have trips of $5-$8 a mile often.

Then all the volume went away and it become extremely difficult to find partials in or close to route.
It got bad enough that eventually doing full loads with a flatbed I could earn more than trying with partials and having a stepdeck.
So I switched.

 

8 foot ramps barely get a small SUV onto a little utility trailer. I bet you'd need at least 16 foot ramps, maybe even longer to get an SUV onto that deck.

 

Best way to load cars on a flatbed is using a local tow service rollback on each end of the trip .

 

Get a lift and install on the back of trailer. Like those
enclosed car haulers use.

 

Your ramps would need to be 55’ long for a 4’ 7” rise..

 

I do utv’s all the time and just hire a flatbed tow truck to unload.

 

Wow. I usually pay $65-85