how to get contracts with dealerships?

Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by volvo1026, Mar 23, 2012.

  1. volvo1026

    volvo1026 Light Load Member

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    Hi guys and gals, i have my own truck (volvo 780) and am thinking about getting a car carrier. I was wondering how i get loads or contracts from dealerships or plants? (like ford,chevy,dodge etc.)
     
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  3. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    Dealerships want it done cheap and the big manufacturers have contracts with big companies, they won't work with a 1 truck deal. Some brokers post loads from rail yards and such.....
     
  4. Pullin2

    Pullin2 Crusty Canuck

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    Generally, it takes months for the manufactures, not the plants, to work out contracts, complete with penalties, with the carriers. They deal with large companies, not singal brokers. Companies that have 100's of company trucks and possibly brokers. Companies like Allied, Cassens, Jack Cooper, LaBerge (Canada), Hansesn, Searail, etc etc.

    If you want to be a car haul broker, then do your research, then spend a few years with a large carrier as a broker and learn the ropes.

    Don't be lazy. Read the other posts in this sub-forum. Read other forums. Don't ask questions that were just asked a few weeks/threads ago. RESEARCH.

    The only thing I'll emphasize that has been said time and time again is get to know what your in for before you dive right in. Car haul brokers generally pay for their own damages. You're not hauling Kleenex here. One cargo unit damage can and has bankrupted brokers before.

    Luck

    SL
     
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