@@Joebleaux hey brother thanks for all your info. What you think about hauling a 3 car wedge trailer with a f350 single wheel drive ? It is possible and save ? Thank you
Hey bro I think you hit the nail right over the head when it comes down to the difference between hauling freight and hauling cars and what you see as far as and on the highway more you definitely see more car haulers then freight that's just me I'm from Jacksonville North Carolina and I travel up and down 95 a lot going back between VA and sometimes even down south as far as South Carolina I see a lot of car hauling and I'm thinking that I'm very convinced from your video that that's what I want to jump into thanks brother by the way is your car hauler non cdl set up
I’ve been in both games.... and cars aren’t that easy and it can be time consuming too... especially when you picking up from a big lot auction...plus it can be a headache babysitting car trying to make sure rocks hit them... and a lot of people don’t wanna be bother with factoring car and so if it not cod or 2day pay it can become another headache... to me freight is easier and be better bc with a flatbed you can haul both a 3or 5 car hauler can’t haul freight
Damnnnnn I never thought about having to wait for them to load/unload us. Im the type where I like to schedule and plan my days. I hate being late or having my time wasted waiting for others. Might have to look into car hauling
Yeah I’m a schedule person myself most of the time if you’re early it goes well but every once in a while i was early not too long ago on a load and didn’t get unloaded til after 1pm got there at 8
Commercial Auto Insurance for hauling is way more than freight. If you haul freight only and haul 1 car, your considered a car hauler in the Insurance world. DOT stops you hauling freight and Auto is not listed on your Fed Filling, its a wrap! Big fine. Freight has more deadhead than cars. Car hauling is cheaper for securement than freight. They do have factoring for car hauling. I know of atleast 2 companies that offer it. There is plenty of car dispatch service for car haulers. It maybe best to just get a 53 foot hotshot step deck and haul both car and freight. But remember to remove that pick up truck bed and register the truck as a tractor. Can't be 65 feet or longer with pick up and trailer.
I am running freight and hotshot but I have a buddy that has a 3 car hauler. He works the Orlando auto auction. He has a dozen or so used car dealers that buy at the auction and need the cars delivered to southern Alabama or south Georgia. He has contacts at car dealerships that want trade-ins to go to auction for the back haul. He stays busy and has thrown some loads out of Florida my way but I can only handle two vehicles on the trailer. I do have an enclosed car hauler that gets big $$ when it is put to work. I have had one freight load since Thanksgiving but he is running daily. There are very few loads that pay more than fuel out there right now in the southeast. I am going to clear about $50k this year and I cleared six figures 2 and 3 years ago doing about the same amount of work/miles.
Also, especially if you run cars private to private, you meet some cool people. And car hauling gets me home every weekend alot easier. Used to be commercial flatbed and switched to hotshot car hauling and love it, worth the small pay cut in every way
Let me start off by saying I'm just happy it's somebody from around my area. I have hauled both and I tend to like Freight better than cars even though you have to wait on your money a lot of time because once you get loaded you drive to where you going and that's it. Even if you have to wait an hour to get unloaded and loaded to me it was still better than the Three Pick 3 drop off which even if you're in the same general area takes most of the day. Right now where I'm at personally is I carry a specialized trailer with car tow dollies right now. They pay for return trips and we go everywhere except for Mexico and California. But I'm still greedy and I think I'm going to get a wedge trailer and work up some way to get the car tow dollies on a wedge trailer
great video Bro, what i heard is cars hauling got a lot of claims cus cars owners private or dealers are a little picky of condition of cars when they get delivered, scratches or dings on body so my friends say insurance will be a little higher, secondly the weight of trucks hauling cars will be most likely maxed out so your MPG goes down vs freight you are not always maxed out so your MPG is better, let me know what do you think?, keep on trucking Bro!
Cars mpg is way better from what I’ve experienced and you do have to be very careful with cars i do feel there’s more liability I’m kinda stepping away from them
That’s why you do a thorough inspection, because they look for any reason not to pay. My more higher in cars I’ll wrap them just to give that added protection. Them brokers will try to getcha tho.
Good looking out Homeboy on the content. At the moment I'm running RV Trailers, drove Semis for awhile. Honestly I'm researching car hauling. Do you have a beginners consulting fee? A video for beginners? Or the top 5 things I need to start my business? I'm good with whatever. Anyway thanks man.
I'm in fayettville, where did/do you buy your trailer? I'm doing freight now, lots of money in freight, but you'll wait and work for it but cars, they don't pay well but you always moving them. Volume I guess is the name of the game with cars!
We got the trailers from Big Tex in cordele Ga as for Rocky and Kaufman in Lexington, NC for the car hauler cars have their times and right now they’re paying good gotta go while they’re payin it’s tapers off at times
Hey guy, new subscriber here. I like your content good videos and it looks like you have nice equipment and look like your trying to do it right! My opinion, being an old school guy, I think like your trucks and trailers you should look the part as well. Your Cuz should loose the gym attire and slippers, its not safe or a good look. Certain job sites would make him stay in the truck. “Just saying “
@@Joebleaux Sir not trying to be in your business but I watched your video and I saw the enclosed trailers. Are they str8 and if so would you mind sending me their website. Thanks
Hi I need some advice ! 2 car Quality trailer for $5000 it's a 2008 in decent condition should I pull the trigger on it??? I want to use it for cars and/or freight! Anybody else have any advice on this?
My brother working at a dispatch for car haulers he says they're always trying stay above 2$/mi with 3 cars and they're not happy if it's always 2.00$ they're getting .7-.8 $ a car average. I'm wondering if i can get close to 2$ a mile with a 48ft gooseneck if i have a CDL
I mean with a gooseneck flat bed doing freight. That'd give me the option to either haul 2 cars and get 1.5$ or a car and some freight or just freight. It'd give me options. But i don't know if i should commit to 3 car trailer and just keep hauling cars. And i wanted to ask how much would they pay you if you waited 3 hours at a pick up for flat bed, or at the drop off. Great video btw really appreciated
There are pros and cons to both and gettin a set amount is hard to do all the time especially certain times of year key i think is to get as close to your goal as you can and going back to my video on expenses keeping them low is the way to win plan it out and you’ll be great!!!!!
Great videos. Been watching a ton of them since June about this Hotshot business and yours are some of the best!! Are you out of North or South Carolina? Do you have a email address or IG you give out?? Thanks and stay safe. 👍✌️
@@Joebleaux who does your dispatching? we just started car hauling buisness and have had the worst luck with diapatchers. any advice? thank you for your time!
I like Kaufman 43’ flat but there will be times where 3 large vehicles won’t fit in that case the wedge is more practical but if u have a truck with no bed you can get a lower profile trailer and i like those best
Thanks for your video! I just got in the game(2 months old Authority). I live in Elgin, SC and got a 40' Flat with ramps... What do you think of freight and Cars as a partial load or additional? and will mega rams work? Thanks for your help and videos (subscribed) (If you like fishing in SC - check my channel out)
@Omar Reynoso Well, sir your rate wouldn't be worth it. You won't be able to get 4$ per mile. Especially not at this time since the business is slpw rn
Good video
Thanks, good job explaining.
I was thinking the same thing.
I appreciate you clarifying the difference.
Excellent video.
Well explained. You expanded my toughts pros and cons on both hauling branches. Thank you so much. Appreciate every bit of information.👏👍
Glad i could help I’m learning this thing myself
@@Joebleaux hey brother thanks for all your info. What you think about hauling a 3 car wedge trailer with a f350 single wheel drive ? It is possible and save ? Thank you
You right. I’m down south and for every freight load, you’ll see five car haulers…… Dope video tho bro….. you got my sub……💯💯💯
Great video. Very informative.
I like the explaining, i appreciate that, thanks man. Just now subbed 👍👍
Thanks man thanks for watching
Thanks for making this video!
Hey bro I think you hit the nail right over the head when it comes down to the difference between hauling freight and hauling cars and what you see as far as and on the highway more you definitely see more car haulers then freight that's just me I'm from Jacksonville North Carolina and I travel up and down 95 a lot going back between VA and sometimes even down south as far as South Carolina I see a lot of car hauling and I'm thinking that I'm very convinced from your video that that's what I want to jump into thanks brother by the way is your car hauler non cdl set up
Thank you for this video I appreciate it.
I’ve been in both games.... and cars aren’t that easy and it can be time consuming too... especially when you picking up from a big lot auction...plus it can be a headache babysitting car trying to make sure rocks hit them... and a lot of people don’t wanna be bother with factoring car and so if it not cod or 2day pay it can become another headache... to me freight is easier and be better bc with a flatbed you can haul both a 3or 5 car hauler can’t haul freight
Damnnnnn I never thought about having to wait for them to load/unload us. Im the type where I like to schedule and plan my days. I hate being late or having my time wasted waiting for others. Might have to look into car hauling
Yeah I’m a schedule person myself most of the time if you’re early it goes well but every once in a while i was early not too long ago on a load and didn’t get unloaded til after 1pm got there at 8
Just subscribed, great advice and content !
Thanks for watchin watching more to come!!!!
Commercial Auto Insurance for hauling is way more than freight.
If you haul freight only and haul 1 car, your considered a car hauler in the Insurance world. DOT stops you hauling freight and Auto is not listed on your Fed Filling, its a wrap! Big fine. Freight has more deadhead than cars. Car hauling is cheaper for securement than freight. They do have factoring for car hauling. I know of atleast 2 companies that offer it. There is plenty of car dispatch service for car haulers. It maybe best to just get a 53 foot hotshot step deck and haul both car and freight. But remember to remove that pick up truck bed and register the truck as a tractor. Can't be 65 feet or longer with pick up and trailer.
What are the 2 companies you were talking about? Also what are the dispatch services you’re referring to?
A Mans WORD and His Handshake 🤝!!! Is All DATTTT..Matters!!!! Quality or quantity 🤔!!!!???? Just Dropping Breadcrumbs!!!!
Great video! I am car hauling dispatcher and accepting new carrier
i appreciate the video because I'm still trying to decide if i want to start with cars or freight
very informative
Shout out *from* Grand Forks, ND!
I am running freight and hotshot but I have a buddy that has a 3 car hauler. He works the Orlando auto auction. He has a dozen or so used car dealers that buy at the auction and need the cars delivered to southern Alabama or south Georgia. He has contacts at car dealerships that want trade-ins to go to auction for the back haul. He stays busy and has thrown some loads out of Florida my way but I can only handle two vehicles on the trailer. I do have an enclosed car hauler that gets big $$ when it is put to work. I have had one freight load since Thanksgiving but he is running daily. There are very few loads that pay more than fuel out there right now in the southeast. I am going to clear about $50k this year and I cleared six figures 2 and 3 years ago doing about the same amount of work/miles.
Thank you Bro I'm just getting back from up north working in the oil sands safety and hotshot
Also, especially if you run cars private to private, you meet some cool people. And car hauling gets me home every weekend alot easier. Used to be commercial flatbed and switched to hotshot car hauling and love it, worth the small pay cut in every way
There’s a lot more control in cars and they’re paying great right now
Let me start off by saying I'm just happy it's somebody from around my area. I have hauled both and I tend to like Freight better than cars even though you have to wait on your money a lot of time because once you get loaded you drive to where you going and that's it. Even if you have to wait an hour to get unloaded and loaded to me it was still better than the Three Pick 3 drop off which even if you're in the same general area takes most of the day. Right now where I'm at personally is I carry a specialized trailer with car tow dollies right now. They pay for return trips and we go everywhere except for Mexico and California. But I'm still greedy and I think I'm going to get a wedge trailer and work up some way to get the car tow dollies on a wedge trailer
The best thing is you have a plan thought it out and that’s why you’re going to do great a lot of us don’t think ahead and properly plan I’m learning
great video Bro, what i heard is cars hauling got a lot of claims cus cars owners private or dealers are a little picky of condition of cars when they get delivered, scratches or dings on body so my friends say insurance will be a little higher, secondly the weight of trucks hauling cars will be most likely maxed out so your MPG goes down vs freight you are not always maxed out so your MPG is better, let me know what do you think?, keep on trucking Bro!
Cars mpg is way better from what I’ve experienced and you do have to be very careful with cars i do feel there’s more liability I’m kinda stepping away from them
That’s why you do a thorough inspection, because they look for any reason not to pay. My more higher in cars I’ll wrap them just to give that added protection. Them brokers will try to getcha tho.
Good looking out Homeboy on the content. At the moment I'm running RV Trailers, drove Semis for awhile. Honestly I'm researching car hauling.
Do you have a beginners consulting fee?
A video for beginners?
Or the top 5 things I need to start my business? I'm good with whatever. Anyway thanks man.
DM me on Instagram
Thank you sir.
Good info.
I'm in fayettville, where did/do you buy your trailer? I'm doing freight now, lots of money in freight, but you'll wait and work for it but cars, they don't pay well but you always moving them. Volume I guess is the name of the game with cars!
We got the trailers from Big Tex in cordele Ga as for Rocky and Kaufman in Lexington, NC for the car hauler cars have their times and right now they’re paying good gotta go while they’re payin it’s tapers off at times
Cars👍
Hey guy, new subscriber here. I like your content good videos and it looks like you have nice equipment and look like your trying to do it right! My opinion, being an old school guy, I think like your trucks and trailers you should look the part as well. Your Cuz should loose the gym attire and slippers, its not safe or a good look. Certain job sites would make him stay in the truck. “Just saying “
Thanks for watchin i got him together on that he was just supposed to be ridin along but ended up helpin
Yeah but you are not necessarily having to be worried about dealing with tarping when you are dealing with cars.
Which load boards do you guy’s use for the car’s?
That 3 car hauler setup can be ran Non-Cdl??
What’s your GVWR on the freight trailer? You have 8k axles? Trying to figure what kind of set up I need
depends on if you're cdl or non-cdl. I think the max they'll do on derated trailers is 7K axles IIRC
16,000 had it derated I’m non cdl so that puts me right at 26k will u be CDL or non cdl is the determining factor
@@Joebleaux Sir not trying to be in your business but I watched your video and I saw the enclosed trailers. Are they str8 and if so would you mind sending me their website. Thanks
Hi I need some advice ! 2 car Quality trailer for $5000 it's a 2008 in decent condition should I pull the trigger on it??? I want to use it for cars and/or freight! Anybody else have any advice on this?
Good vid I’m thinking bout starting off car hauling first get my feet wet
Not a bad way to go that’s how i started
Is your car hauling setup non cdl?
👂✍💯
With cars when you hear "we have forklift to unload" just say no 🙊
whats the avg per mile per car hauling cars or is there somewhere that shows an average going rate
There is no average really so many variables
My brother working at a dispatch for car haulers he says they're always trying stay above 2$/mi with 3 cars and they're not happy if it's always 2.00$ they're getting .7-.8 $ a car average. I'm wondering if i can get close to 2$ a mile with a 48ft gooseneck if i have a CDL
I mean with a gooseneck flat bed doing freight. That'd give me the option to either haul 2 cars and get 1.5$ or a car and some freight or just freight. It'd give me options. But i don't know if i should commit to 3 car trailer and just keep hauling cars. And i wanted to ask how much would they pay you if you waited 3 hours at a pick up for flat bed, or at the drop off. Great video btw really appreciated
There are pros and cons to both and gettin a set amount is hard to do all the time especially certain times of year key i think is to get as close to your goal as you can and going back to my video on expenses keeping them low is the way to win plan it out and you’ll be great!!!!!
Quick question do you need a cdl for a 5 car hauling trailer ?????
Yes
@@Joebleaux thanks I appreciate your answer if your doing a car hauling business how may cars could you tow that is not require a cdl ???
I could buy a new truck and car hauler trailer with cash. But I’m afraid after expenses I’d end up making minimum wage 🤦
Did u end up doing it?
@@luisalcala7909 is this current world?? Hell no I didn’t.
Great videos. Been watching a ton of them since June about this Hotshot business and yours are some of the best!! Are you out of North or South Carolina? Do you have a email address or IG you give out?? Thanks and stay safe. 👍✌️
North and yeah IG @carolinahotshot
@@Joebleaux who does your dispatching? we just started car hauling buisness and have had the worst luck with diapatchers. any advice? thank you for your time!
Running around or sit for 3 to 4 hours.what best for you
That is a major point I’m seeing the difference now sometimes the wait doesn’t seem so bad lol
How/Where do u find your loads when car hauling?
Load boards
What load board are you using
Dispatcher for freight i use Central for cars
Who doesn't have patience to wait long time should go to car hauling than freight.
Can you call me bro, in trying to start hauling cars ASAP.
Send me A DM on Instagram
What 3 car trailer do you recommend to start off
I'm a dispatcher , hmu if you need one
Send me a dm on Instagram
I like Kaufman 43’ flat but there will be times where 3 large vehicles won’t fit in that case the wedge is more practical but if u have a truck with no bed you can get a lower profile trailer and i like those best
@@muhammedyasinkalender6576 what do you charge. we just statted new car hauling buisness. letmanshaulingllc@yahoo.com please respond
@@tesapacolli6958 I sent you an email. Thank you
I'm thinking about getting into this ..
Were would you usually pick your cars up in north Carolina
Different places their are auctions all around i don’t haul cars much though and get a TWIC card it’ll come on handy
I want to start this company. Are you into teaching how to start one?
Anything i know that’ll help DM me in IG
Can I run cars on the freight bed?
How do you get contracts with dealerships
I don’t have any so far lookin to get sum
What you think about non cdl hotshot
I do it i just made a video about it too lol if u can get the cdl get it and u have time I’m non cdl but in the video i explain reasoning
Ok I seen the video . I have my cdl I just thought non cdl is cheaper
Thanks for your video! I just got in the game(2 months old Authority). I live in Elgin, SC and got a 40' Flat with ramps... What do you think of freight and Cars as a partial load or additional? and will mega rams work?
Thanks for your help and videos (subscribed) (If you like fishing in SC - check my channel out)
I’ll subscribe thanks bro and yeah freight/cars you gotta get it how you can sometimes i haul both
4 hour wait time!!! Try waiting 36 hours
🤦🏽♂️
That’s tough damn
How many cars can you have in California with a non-CDL
Not sure on California
In California you are required to have a cdl if you haul anything for hire.
I'm a dispatcher, and I'll tell you that getting a trailer bigger than 3-4 cars doesn't make sense
what do you charge for dispatch?
@Omar Reynoso Well, sir your rate wouldn't be worth it. You won't be able to get 4$ per mile. Especially not at this time since the business is slpw rn
@@muhammedyasinkalender6576 u got an email
How to connect with you directly?
IG @carolinahotshot I’ll respond soon as i can on there
Man dats bullshit 😂
If you don't mind me asking what load board do you use for the freight
Dispatcher