[hydroplane]

As the title states I am looking for training in the auto-hauling industry. I am located in Northern, NJ. I have 6 years of truck driving cdl class A under my belt. Never got into a at fault accident, no points on my license, no felonies I have my dot up to date It could even be a class B job I just need some need to gain some experience in this particular field any recommendation will be grateful. Thanks :thumbsup:

[Sealord]

Have you pulled open equipment (flatbed) in your six years? Are you nimble and unafraid of heights? Got CRS about a company out of Billings but they're national and pull enclosed trailers like Swift did a few years back. BOL

[hydroplane]

Yes I had my share with flatbed's, hauling from Jersey to Florida up to Cali, and no I am not afraid of height's. My last job before getting introduced to trucking was a drillers helper and we did lot's of heights activity. I also have a 1998 peter-built 2 bed sleeper with a overhauled engine as of now the odometer reads 375,000 so if needed I can bring my truck in not sure if the truck needs to be modified some what or maybe I can push a 3 car lowboy and make runs or I can just drive the company Tractor.

[ronjon619]

apply to the companies

[GMAN]

There are quite a few car haulers who have owner operators rather than company drivers. Some of the owner operators have more than one truck and may need a driver. You might even find one who would be willing to put you in as second chair and train you. I hesitate to recommend any at this point because I have been away from cars for several years and the landscape has changed considerably. Fleetcar has owner operators but treat their people like crap (or did). Waggoneer's has owner operators and some lease operators who pull cars. At one time they would train drivers who had a few years driving experience. Then there are the enclosed car haulers like Reliable. I would expect that Reliable would want several years experience. There are quite a few around. Policies change. If you live close to one of the truck stops you could hang out and talk to some of the car haulers who come in. Like someone else suggested, your best bet would be to get on the phone and start calling. Do a search for car haulers and I am sure you will come up with some names. I don't know if you can get on Central Dispatch unless you are either a broker or carrier, but that is the main load board for car haulers. If you can access the site you may find some names.

[hydroplane]

I got a call from unitedroad anyone dealt with them before? If I accept there offer I might be flying out to Michigan for training.

[ronjon619]

Originally Posted by hydroplane

I got a call from unitedroad anyone dealt with them before? If I accept there offer I might be flying out to Michigan for training.

take it you got your foot in the door. 25% sucks though.

[GMAN]

Why do you say that 25% sucks?

[ronjon619]

because URS will work him from a port / railhead somewhere with new cars going to some dealership maybe 200-300 miles away. He will make good $ there but will usually have to DH back. The DH is $0. So 400-500 miles driven, 2 hours to load and 1 hour to unload. There's your day with maybe $300 in your pocket. When you start complaining about no backhauls, they will send you on shorter runs or have you go to an auction and work you at a rally cheap rate. The auction cars are very cheap and your getting 25% of that which is maybe $150 but you will spend 5 hours at an auction finding all 9-10 of your cars.

[ronjon619]

and another thing with those auction cars. Usually they are not being delivered to one place. So you will have 5-8 stops and you still only getting 25% of the load. Im not a fan of leaving the Vegas AA with 9 units and hitting every Tom, Dick and Harry Motors from Riverside to San Diego.

Your better off working for someone that will pay all miles driven or hourly, with load and unload pay and stop pay.