[knightwolf71477]

I usually get them to pull my cars because at the auctions down here if you don't get the cars the day of the sale, the auctions moves the cars to the back lots. It can get to being a real pain in the backside trying to find cars that are not where they are suppose to be.

Then the other problem I have at the auctions is that it seems to me that some of the drivers that go to the auctions just jump in the first car that they find to go and find their cars and then just leave the car where ever they feel like it. That just burns me up, we are all there trying to find cars why make it hard on another driver to find his. The way I do it is I get the car puller or customer service to find my first car and then I go around and find the rest of mine with a car that I am going to be hauling anyway.

[Aviator]

How Long does/can it take to load your rig? It sounds to me that if you have to find them all plus load them, it could take several hours. And that's not counting any dead batteries, or other vehicle problems huh? :?

Unloading must be a little easier right?

[knightwolf71477]

On the average if you are getting a full truckload at the auctions, then it can take about 3-4 hours. That is if you don't have any real problem children as I like to call them. As in you go around for 45 minutes looking for one car, but you will learn little tricks and secrets as time goes by. I can usually have my cars found and on the truck in about 2.5.

[Aviator]

Originally Posted by knightwolf71477

On the average if you are getting a full truckload at the auctions, then it can take about 3-4 hours. That is if you don't have any real problem children as I like to call them. As in you go around for 45 minutes looking for one car, but you will learn little tricks and secrets as time goes by. I can usually have my cars found and on the truck in about 2.5.

Wow, I see my first solo months to be crazy. I wonder if guys cheat on the logbooks for loading time? Like putting down 3 hours to load, when it really took six. And how long have you been car hauling? What's your recommendations for a long career in it? It sounds overwhelming right now though. The main thing is I never want to get in a hurry and overlook a chain or something.

[GMAN]

Originally Posted by knightwolf71477

I usually get them to pull my cars because at the auctions down here if you don't get the cars the day of the sale, the auctions moves the cars to the back lots. It can get to being a real pain in the backside trying to find cars that are not where they are suppose to be.

Then the other problem I have at the auctions is that it seems to me that some of the drivers that go to the auctions just jump in the first car that they find to go and find their cars and then just leave the car where ever they feel like it. That just burns me up, we are all there trying to find cars why make it hard on another driver to find his. The way I do it is I get the car puller or customer service to find my first car and then I go around and find the rest of mine with a car that I am going to be hauling anyway.

That reminds me of an auction where I picked up. I don't recall exactly where it was, but it was a large auction. I found all my vehicles but two. I finally found one and after a lot of looking found it hidden beside a truck way in back. Apparently, both vehicles were used by others to find their cars. You can waste a lot of time looking for these cars. I love it when they are where they are supposed to be.

[Aviator]

Wow, i didn't realize it would be such a hassle to find cars. So, you find your first car, then you drive around to find all the rest? Is that just to make sure you got all of your cars? Do you get guys to drive them up to the truck for you, or do you do that?

[Aviator]

Are Auto Haulers at risk more from robbers and such?

And is there a name for auto haulers, slang I guess? :lol:

[knightwolf71477]

Yea I use my first car to find my others, so I know where they are and then I will use customer service to take me back to my other cars. I will use the car pullers if I am feeling lazy or if I am in a hurry. The car pullers tend to know how the auctions move the cars around, and some of them also write down a list of cars and where they are.

Now I can not say that we are at anymore risk than other drivers to robbers. Now what I do to help prevent people from stealing my cars or anything out of them I tend to lock them up and take the keys in the truck with me.

Now the slang for us car haulers rolling down the road is portable parking lots.

[Aviator]

All right, thanks knightwolf.

So, car pullers are like lumpers?

[Bigmon]

I've never seen car pullers in S. Cal. Maybe that's why the auctions in S. Cal never win service awards.

Don't forget about when a car goes to arbitration and has to be sent out of the auction to a 3rd party and the auction still shows the car on the lot.