The Car Haul Damage Thread:

These damage codes, are they standard industry-wide?

 

Yes, they are.

 

Like Hammer said, yes they are. And if you are hauling anything new you had better know them and know how to work them. if you don't, prepare to be paying on improperly coded Delivery Docs.

 

Do the bigger companies train you in how to do this? What each type of damage can be coded as? As I've said I'm considering going into carhaul from ltl, and will be going with a sizable company if I do.

 

Somebody on here can probably post up a sheet, I would but for some reason,,,, I'm not sure were it is at the moment.

 

http://www.trucking.org/itemcontent.aspx?uid=089d62ac-d34c-4b11-97fc-9e8d31ebee4c


Everyone has them shrunk down to fit on an index card, but that's easiest way for me get them on here.

 

If you are starting with a carrier that moves new product, they will probably spend a little time during your training.
There are dealers out there that become known as high exception writing dealers. There are dealers that play the transport claims system and keep a steady stream of new units with transport claims filing thru their body shop.
Working new vehicles out of a rail ramp, the carhaul company is the last one in line to touch the vehicle and is on the hook for any damage on the vehicle. Vehicles moved by rail are handled maybe 4 or 5 times from plant to dealer. Leaves the plant door and goes to a lot. Then either onto a shuttle truck to the railyard or loaded up on the train there. Then if it's a Ford, to one of the rail mixing centers, off and on, then unloaded at the destination rail ramp, then loaded up to the dealer. And make no mistake about it, from the plant to the final unload before transport, none of the companies that handle the vehicle are very concerned if they do any damage...cuz they aint the last one to handle it.
So make sure you have any damage noted and signed off BEFORE you move the unit out of bay at the rail yard. Move it 1 inch and you own it (damage I mean)

 

Over $500 in paint time, or replacement of a welded panel and that baby is Cat F and going to auction. Then they bill the responsible party...For the cost of the repair, and you pay the difference between the price it sells for at auction and the loss of sale price (not the wholesale price of the vehicle). It gets costly. Most of our Hadley company vehicles were ones that were damaged and they just bought them outright skipping all the bull$hit

 

It's a $1000 in disclosable now, @SLANT6 . And that's a shady number. Paintless hail repairs are only disclosed @40%..