Hauling cars with a wedge

On my last trip to Canada I saw a lot of Chrysler products coming into the U.S. on 2 or 3 car trailers . It was a Canadian carrier . Hooking up with an American RV transport carrier for loads both ways would be a good deal .
All my loads the rest of the month are going south . Maybe somebody running through MI can get the carrier name for you .

 

thing about CD its bottom of the barrel paying loads you will be bottom feeding you need good paying loads to make it with a wedge.
If i was going to buy the truck and trailer i would go ahead and get my own authority and ins then I would use brokered loads depending on where you live from auctions or rail yards keeping it short as possiable to save on fuel and make quick turns

 

You gotta surf the net and find all the auto transport brokers and companies, and see which ones have a sign in for CARRIERS- usually you can register directly with a broker or company, send over your info packet (insurance, DOT info) and then you can check with them directly for loads. I started with uship, then CD, and now I have a couple of other places I look at everyday. Do the leg work and it'll start coming in. As far as CD goes, I just set my search at no less than 50 cpm and pick what I like from that. If it's easy or close together I adjust my minimum accordingly, and the good thing about a wedge is you can do RV's and other goofy stuff a 9 car can't do. Hell I've put a 9' tall, 10' wide 1936 combine on my wedge before. Just make sure your insurance is rated for whatever you put on it- i.e.- do't haul couches and mattresses if you ain't cleared to haul HHG

 

Its not a bad business to get into but i will admit it is a bit scary when you first get started just knowing that you are the one responsible for every dime that you make. Give it some time and you will soon realize its the best thing you could have ever done at least for me that was the case.

 

No offense, but the trucks you are looking at are under powered turds, for the same money, you can look for a class 8 single axle and be futher ahead for the same money and get the same or better milage than those other trucks.

 

View attachment 47365 i have a 8.3 ISC FL70 freightliner and i get roughly 10mpg loaded. Medium duty trucks arent turds or POS. just make sure BEFORE YOU BUY IT CHECK THE GEARING AND THE ENGINE SPECS. I do see guys running with topkicks and lowpros scratching their heads at the pumps wondering why did they buy such a diesel sucking POS because they bought it on what the truck "could" carry and not on hp and what it was built to carry. But only reason i have a truck of this size is it doesnt suck fuel and im staying out of the 4-8 mpg mark. i can haul 4 cars with the current trailer so in reality one car paying $0.35 per mile will cover fuel ( never get a car that pays under 50 unless your jack legging around) then the other two cars i usually grab at $0.80 per mile and make out pretty good but i run in the 1k to 1.5k miles away when i run. Also when CD doesnt pay much, try dealers of all sizes, you'd be surprised how much business you'd get with the right insurance.

 

I second on the insurance- I get a lot of loads from a local classic car restorer only 10 miles from where I park my rig because I carry $250k in cargo insurance. I.E. this Sunday I'm taking 3 mint 60's Jags to a show for a millionaire. $600 for a total of 130 miles and I get to hang out at a kick ### car show for free.

 

Well said...I am amazed at some guys running around that are UNDER insured. Cargo & Liability.