So you wanna be a carhauler? Hope you like walking!

I never thought the things I did in my 20’s would effect me in my 50’s. I had a 20 something load next to me a couple months ago. When I saw him jump off his top deck to the ground I remembered why my knees and back hurt today. Manhandling 55 gallon drums at CF and then jumping out of the trailer. I can still hang with the young ones most of the time when loading if they are inspecting them.

 

Hammer this is as close as I now get to working in the snow! I remember when I wasn’t a fair weather driver.

 

You folks in the carhauling world obviously do some really hard work.

My hat's off to you...!!!

--Lual

 

How do you load in the snow …?

 

You should see all the overflow lots around here for everything on cars, trucks and Vans. It is crazy as can be, I got kicked off the lot I parked my truck and trailer for them to put more cars and trucks on two years ago.,

 

New to the business. Just got my CDL and trying to develop goals. I am interested in car hauling. Not scared of hard ### work! Sounds awesome actually. But first and foremost... how's the pay?

 

Some jobs can suck at first, but the money and the flexible schedule are why I do it. There are some really good paying carhaul jobs and some that suck bad. Even some locations with otherwise good companies suck. Biggest reason is that a new driver or some company drivers that are not compensated properly can’t make good money with short haul. The short haul drivers I know who make $2,000-$2,400 every week are paid a premium for the short haul, usually are paid $90-$100 extra to return to that terminal empty. Union companies pay company drivers roughly 15 minutes per unit to load and then will pay all time in excess of 15 minutes per car for legitimate delays. They pay about $7 drop pay with it going up slightly with each stop. I think their hourly pay is roughly $26 now and $1.41 loaded mileage pay which is paid to the last drop. Some non union companies like USAL for example pay a very good loading fee and 70 something cents for all miles. I believe their load pay was $10 a car at the home terminal and $22 a car to load a Backhaul. Some companies strictly pay a percentage which can be very lucrative or it can really suck. Depends on the drivers skill, load revenue and how hard the driver works. If a company/terminal can’t promise you $2,000+ a week every week on average once you are skilled, stay away from them.