Man, you don't know how many times I risked crashing on the highway trying to stare and figure out how this entire assembly worked. Thank you for taking the time out to make this video. 🙏
That's what brought me to this video....I did exactly what you just commented earlier today on the highway and immediately put a voice note in my smartwatch to look up how these worked when I got home.....mission complete!
I appreciate you making this video. I work the midnight to 8:00 AM shift at a safety rest area in Texas where I saw an auto transport last night and wondered how you load and unload those things. I've been taking care of you guys for the past ten years since my stroke took away my ability to do what I spent twelve years training to do. I tell people, "I use my degree to make sure you have a nice place to pee." Thank you for being kind to your rest area attendants. And thank you for teaching me how you do what you do. Safe journeys ~Jeff
I just bought a tractor and a 7 car hauler. Been hauling reefer for 5 years,Time for a switch. Please Pray for me so that everything goes good in the name of God.
I loaded my first 9-car around 1989/90. Safe, damage free transport never changes does! Great job pointing out some of the "No-no"'s. I've seen "pros" going down the road with chains just a-swing in the wind......
You don't have much clearance below that trailer, you may bottom out going over train tracks. I've seen that happened down here in Houston. As like many others I very appreciate you making this video for us. 🇨🇱🤠
Thank you. Me and my 3 year old grand son had a lot of fun learning this as he also is the proud owner of a slightly small version of a car carrier named Mac! Mr. Liam almost 3 said to tell you thank you! He was wondering what the name of your truck was!? 😂
Hello, You are welcome. I hope to make another video some day here soon. This trucks name was Amber Rose. She got it because that is the name of the paint.
Thank you for this video. I have always wondered how it was done. However, I used to see this alot when I was younger. I dont see many of these anymore.
We take pride in transporting vehicles that are in prestige condition and in crashed condition the same way with care making sure the way we load up and unload is the same way we got the vehicle.
I've only been driving two months and I know this what I want to do when I get some time under my belt. This is the first time I've watched a video of the cars being loaded. Yup, still want to do this.
They are actually on the bottom because they are so low they tend to scrape if driven up the top deck ramp. But keeping the oil leakers on the bottom is a bonus.
Back in the 1980’s, we always had a height stick to check the height after we finished loading. Ran a 8-9 Car “Little Mac” & a B-7 Bankhead and the Truck was a 359 Pete. Chicago was the worst place to go, if we were not sure of a bridge height we’d stop & use the height stick just to make sure. The town was a dump back then & a lot of bridges were not marked or the graffiti on them covered up the height marking if there even was one.
Rates depend on distance and size of vehicle. Weight is our biggest consideration. Vehicles that are heavier will cause us to go over our allowed weight so we can carry less. We may only be able to haul 4 full size pick up trucks for example.
Wonder what the rate is per vehicle.. thinking goin O/O and haulin cars. Would either be an open trailer like this with conventional 5th wheel (not the low rear 5th wheel), or enclosed trailer, and a super sleeper (basically a camper for a sleeper)
I’ve had a car slip off a deck while loading because of snow and ice. Unless you are super careless they only drop one axle off and stop on the frame. Loading takes about 2hrs and unloading about an hour on average.
It looks very dangerous! I been driving for many years, but never driven an auto transport. do you ever get scared loading and loading? do people get hurt doing this kind of job? I am considering this type of work.
you get nervous from time to time if your foot slips or you misstep. There aren't a lot of injuries most people are very careful. Probably less than any other type of self load truck driving honestly.
The first car is usually backed on due to height. Backing it on allows us to lower it down and the roof line becomes lower to avoid hitting bridges. Sometimes you'll see a car drove on but never an SUV or Pick up truck.
I'm curious, let's say I wanted to ship a Ford Focus RS hatchback, would it be positioned on the top & in the front or bottom? What's the best position on that carrier to insure that the car gets 1,000+ miles w/o any rock chips or scratches?
The safest position is usually on top in the 2nd or 3rd spot. However on an open car carrier your vehicle will be exposed to a lot of the same elements as driving it down the road. Unfortunately we can not be responsible for random rock chips on an open carrier. We can not control the elements or wind. That is when we recommend enclosed carriers but the cost is usually two or three times of an open.
some out of shape guys use a ladder but most of the time we load and unload on uneven surfaces such as the side of the street or parking lots and a ladder is even less safe.
Vehicles loaded onto and unloaded off of the car carrier were a Mazda 3 3 BMWs a Toyota 4 Runner a Toyota Corolla a Ford Mustang and a Honda Civic I think.
depending on the type of vehicle or shape is how we position them. Also the over all weight. Engine weight really doesn't factor in as much as one may think. since the entire vehicle is on it's own platform or deck all that weight pretty much applies the same forward or backwards. There are exceptions.
Same as a dry van, refer, flatbed… we have the same regulations them 7,8 car haulers always on weight but the 9 and 10 car carriers most of the time they over
This video was made to show an 8 car high mount. I also have several 10 car haulers and used to run a Boydstun 12 car. 4 on the rack and 8 on the trailer. With the size of vehicles today that is a unicorn load now. Plus with soft ties and no chains. The risk is not worth the reward. We run 10 car stingers and 8 car High mounts. I'd rather load a stinger all day long they are way easier.
It depends on the location but usually right out of the drivers door. If loaded properly there are areas of the trailer wide enough or openings for the doors to open so the driver can safely exit.
Everything was good until you put that 4Runner in the middle, maybe the high is good but should’ve swapped with the blue mustang… top tale always big cars since we always put sedans in the bottom it’ll give you the high you need you wont pass 13’6 .✌🏼
4 runner is in #2 because of weight. These high mount trailers can only load 14,000lbs on the back 4 spots or you end up over 34,000 on the trailer axle. If the 4runner was back there the trailer would be about 1,200lbs over weight.
