Crushed car hauling, how are you bidding these loads?

Why do you need to know this, a bit confused. But for those that will be by as the week starts to burn down. What type of set up are you running?

 

What lanes? Crushed cars in the Northeast are a different animal than crushed cars in Texas.

 

Are you an actual trucking company? Are you bidding on a potential contract or is this a single load type deal with no commitment?

 

The answer is easy, NO. Just NO.
The headaches are just not worth it.

 

There’s a reason they can’t get anyone else to do it.

Just imagine how many flat tires you will get from driving around on the scrapyards and the neglected garbage the trailers are.
Unless it’s your trailer, and then you’re gonna need dozens of chains and binders and nets .
You can’t haul them now without a net covering the entire load .
And they will bounce and settle and your chains will be getting loose constantly.

 

Figure out what you want per mile for the load then divide that by whatever you think you can put on to get a per ton. Don’t forget to allow for a couple of hours worth of time rigging it. I don’t know about SC but here there are load security requirements specific to pressed cars. Min 3/8 chain and the load has to be netted. Shipper may or may not supply plastic netting. We used landscape mesh. Someone mentioned tires in another post. We used offshore tires on the scrap trucks. Michelin or Goodyear are not the tires to take into a scrapyard. They expose too much sidewall to things on the ground when they’re loaded. Pretty easy to destroy 3 loads worth of profit in tires in one trip into a scrapyard.

 

How many miles will you be hauling? Will you get a back haul or have to bounce home empty? If you can't make at least eight hundred a day for the truck you're hauling too cheap.
One thing to watch out for-----the cops watch scrap loads and crushed car loads like a hawk. If you have any loose chains or straps or if any of your cargo is shedding oil or parts they'll nail you to the wall. Oil or antifreeze spills are considered hazardous material incidents and you'll be fined accordingly.
Are the cars truly crushed? like in a real car crusher, or did somebody just beat the crap out of them with a forklift or a front end loader? Cars crushed in a real crusher will ride a lot better than cars smashed with a loader.
One of our competitors tried it a few years and I don't think he made a dime once he paid all the fines, rental on a forklift to fix a shifted load, trailer clean-off, and running home empty.
Unless you're desperate, Leave hauling crushed cars to somebody else.