Is this a good truck and trailer setup for a car carrier?

I did it with a dually and a wedge. Then bought a tandem axle 387 Pete and a new 6-7 car trailer. The guy has had started with went bust due to gambling and I was left to find my own freight. It didn't take long all the money to run out. Unless you have the freight your most likely making a huge mistake. I still own a dually I paid 50k for a wedge I put over 14k into and a Pete that I haul sand with. So in the course of the first year I lost a ######$load of money. I would have been much better off to have never entered this car hauling field . I wish you all the luck I needed it and it never came. But I still have a ###### daully that I pay $1000 a month on and drive about 3 days a month. With insurance I pay around $400 a day to drive that truck. Yes it hurts. As a college grad. I never though I would have Ben so stupid. But the lure of easy money sucked me in........then spit me out and sent me to hauling dirt......what a ride.

 

I have this trailer Sun Country (single axle) 4 car with a Freightliner M2 Business Class (single axle) with an 84" high rise sleeper. 80 gal dual tanks, 260 up, 7.5 mpg is pretty much normal. It is surely possible to exceed the 50k gvwr, but it rarely ever happens. Twin axle on the trailer is over kill on a 4 car trailer, just like a twin scew on the truck is the same. I'm moving up in truck and trailer size so my rig is for sale. If you're interested drop me an email and I will provide you my phone number and we can talk. Jeff

 

Alot of blind leading the blind info from non- carhaulers on here. You want C-A-P-A-C-I-T-Y in your equipment. The FTL Business class rig posted originally was a poor piece of equipment... what you don't understand is that MOST of the time you're going to be using your flip outs to gain maximum length on 3car/4cars. If the front of your trailer is too close to the back of your cab so that your cars can't encroach off the front.. you're toast.
A FTL Business class with a short frame restricts your ability to use your front flip outs.. I've seen short Biz-class trucks unable to haul as much as duallys. Flippers out with a dually... the trailer/car on it is free to swing over and above the cab of the dually. You can't use a B-class unless it's got a long enough frame,
When it's all said and done.. Duallys and B-class trucks don't make much money. Their Capacity to MPG/Cost per mile is weak compared to Semi 9/10 car units. If you're just shuttling cars from a local auction regionally, haulling Sprinters or Duallys.. fine. But for OTR.. no way on the Dually or B-class... uncompetitive equipment.

 

It seems like there is a lot of luck in this industry

 

Old thread, but JPWynn you still have that setup for sale? Post some pics I may be interested. I think I may have already found a truck, but may be interested in the trailer or both. You can PM me a price too if you still have it. Thanks

 

I run a dually otr , enclosed high end cars been doing it 9 months the truck brings home on avg month 16,700 .... I get mid 9 to high 8 mpg in the mountains and high 10 low 11 flat , there's money in it and lots of bs to go with it , just my 2 cent , 3500 gmc hd drw

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Thanks! I end up reading a lot of these post and learning while I'm on the road , there's a lot of Knowledge And experience on here

 

Hello,
is Freightliner Argosy enclosed car carrier any good for getting into car hauling business?
Can you accept loads that demand open carrier with this truck? As long as you can fit them in?
As a understand, this straight truck can hold 4 cars. I am considering this over a pick-up truck with trailer combination since I only have class "B" drivers licence and backing up with a trailer is like learning to drive first the first time.
I'd rather go with the easy way than take the chance of getting myself stuck with trailer in an alley in who knows where.
Thanks for any advise.