Juicebox, another veteran just joined a Texas based car hauler I believe it was. Maybe in a few weeks he'll be able to update us. But you are right about one thing I hear it can be demanding. There is a guy on YouTube who did an interesting series on it. Name ricecake ftw.
Good to know , I'd sure like to see a section on this niche added to the site , Hope a Mod sees this as a suggestion .
SJ, just as an FYI, pretty much all of the information available on this site is provided courtesy of first-hand knowledge and experience (which makes it so great)... I don’t recall anyone posting anything about hauling cars, so I wouldn’t expect a section about car haulers to be added without first-hand knowledge or experience. Brett’s a one-man show with regard to content, so unless he employs someone(s) to perform research, your best bet is to ask Google about the car-hauling experience.
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Hi TT , I was just curious if any here are auto carrier drivers ? I enjoy reading about the different experiences from all you drivers and the lines of freight hauled . I read Brett's book twice and the categories of trucking jobs but didn't happen to see anything on this particular niche . Is this one of the more challenging and labour intensive jobs I've seen that it tends to be quite high paying , some in the 90k range plus they tend to run some beautiful equipment , love those Pete 379s . Anyway any thoughts or opinions would be appreciated . I'm just curious obviously not going to start with a job like that .
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