Is The Internet Good or Bad For Auto Transport As I begin my 10th year in the auto transport industry I received a call the other day from a broker who has been in business 30 years and he was putting on a driver to help with his snowbirds. In talking with him he mention […]
As we head into the snowbird season watch out for the following. It is called a Bait and Switch and this is how it works. Brokers all fight to get customers. They usually buy leads as customers put their information into a website site and you get about 8-10 different brokers calling/e-mailing texting you they […]
As the summer comes to end the snowbirds will be heading south again. The season looks to be very interesting as prices will likely be higher due to the elog that is starting to show after about 8 months. Actually as I write this today August 10th the price have started to climb. I was guessing […]
Dropped off the last of my snowbirds today. The spring season was a crazy one as there was way too many cars for carriers to handle which is good if you are a carrier. With the new ELD elog coming on board in December 2017 it has caused alot of problems for everyone. Brokers are […]
This is a question that you can only answer. Broker- Is the middlemen don’t own trucks just puts the customer and carrier together. Has very little contact with customer after customer books order. During good times they are great but during heavy travel season like snowbirds they can run into trouble. Carrier- Companies usually have between […]
The 2017/2018 wave of snowbird is just about over. I saw alot take place during the last couple of months. The major one was the ELD for truck drivers read below happen Dec 18th A new rule starting Dec 18th 2017 all commerical trucks must have electronic logs which means drivers can only drive 11 hours a day and driver must stop driving. […]
Here is the first week of Nov and the Oct rush of snowbirds is over. Please do not give your credit card number to any broker until the vehicle is picked up. These brokers play the game 24/7 and know how to work customers. If you read the fine print in their contract they can charge a […]
Looks like the snowbird season is here. There is one major problem there is way too many cars and no carriers why? It is called Houston Tx with over 1 million cars that need to be taken away i.e flood damage etc guess what they have to be replaced. Therefore, carriers are all over that […]
It has been a tough fall so far in Florida. The hurricane has caused a lot of problems for everyone. I guess it could have been a lot worse in southwest Florida. A lot of my customer just lost power and minor damage. The hurricane has caused a lot of companies to pull out of […]
I have not posted for awhile as I have been enjoying my summer with the family. Took a nice trip to Macro Island, Fl to relax but told myself once i get back to stat posting again as customer need as much info as possible to pick the best car shipper. As we start the […]