My Take on Salvage Hauling for Companies like IAA and Copart

[@jessemartinez6781]

Im a dealer thats buys alot from IAA & Copart. IAA towing is cheap $100 a car (im 60 miles away) but it takes usually a week. My transport guy doesnt work for IAA or Copart. He gives me a set price of $450 a load (4 cars) but he delivers right then and their, no waiting. He's happy. Im happy. Work for IAA, make a connection with the dealers. We need these cars asap and will pay more...and then when you have your clients. Cutt the auction off.

[@towuniverse2443]

Thats good advice my friend.

[@mabast007]

You pay him $450 for 4 cars and you are 60 miles away from the IAA or copart, and he is happy?

[@bambambino23]

dealerships dont care about drivers because they get cars from all over the country and its way to easy to buy and pay the auction for them to workout logistics. unless you are targeting small mom and pop auto sales shops. those arent dealerships. I have worked at dealership in sales and service for over a decade and I know the operations, i have also got my CDL and hauled cars otr.

[@franco0474]

Copart is a hit or miss. In my case I use copart I don't let them use me. I have customers who own dealerships that often buy cars from copart that need towing which I charge them a base rate. This opens up an opportunity for me to request work from copart app, be loaded up bringing cars into copart and be loaded up taking cars from copart to my customers. Copart often gets upset if I dont haul "enough" for them. But ive told them multiple times I would if they uped their rates which I doubt they ever will.

[@nasirabdullatif]

Franco 0 what are there average rates ? If u dont mind my asking .

[@datdirtysawf7138]

Nice method!!

[@allsportshighlights7603]

I'm going to leave my email address please reach out I'm looking for a company to haul cars for me from coparts. [e-mail] thanks!

[@MRSOUXA]

ALL SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS hey man where are you located I’m willing to haul i own my own wrecker

[@3whatchamacallits]

We got an in with iaa 3 years ago running one truck got a second over a year ago running copart work and money are not an issue. Prove u will and are capable of doing work others turn down or is a pain and it all works out

[@towuniverse2443]

I know a few companies that have made it work. A lot of logistics goes into running salvage.

[@lickz5212]

I use them for back hauling and it works for me to make money in both directions when it’s available

[@JohnMartin-eb7jn]

Towed for IAA for over two years. They control how much money you make. You run the wheels off of your truck which causes high maintenance costs. If you have a four car hauler I believe you can do better than a two car flat bed. I day would consist of going 45 minute away from where I live to pick up the first set of cars which could be 15 miles apart. I would be closer to the yard than to my house. I would run them in and the next load they would give me would be right by my house a hour away. Or they would send me 60 miles away to an area that has no freeways. All county roads and state routes and the cars would be 25 to 30 miles apart. It would be a 5 hour round trip to get these cars because you have to go through every little town to get them. Hard to make money with them. Fuel is too expensive which eats into your profits. It seems that the only way you can make money with them is stay close to the yard and pick up the close ones. You can go snatch them up and get back for another one. They seem to have their favorites which they give the cherry runs to. You can make money doing return tows so you can make money both directions but I wasn't one of the guys getting those tows, maybe one a month. You wait for dispatch, you wait at the tow yards and body shops. Or they give you one car to start with in the morning and you have to call for the second one and wait a half hour for another car to be dispatched. Waiting is losing you money. If your truck is not rolling you are not making money. I had a conversation with the yard manager at my local IAA. I told her that you pay transport rates not towing rates. Transport rates you are being paid to give the car a ride. Towing rates are you get there and the front wheels are ripped off, or it has been stuck in the mud for the last six months. complete burns with stuff hanging off of the car on every corner. I know that no towing company would pick that car up for 55.00 and spend an hour getting one of those examples. Then of course you have to shake it off once you get to the yard, more time wasted. I had to stop towing for them. I could not figure out how to make it work with the runs I was getting. If you look at it on a daily basis the check looks good. But if you run an average on gross per mile driven the truck eats up more per mile out of that gross than you are making.

[@thedominicanway9682]

Man cant wait to have my towing company that is my destiny and desire to help people

[@thomasjefferson3398]

How did it go?

[@geovannirios7565]

Yeah hows it going so far

[@drdieselusa]

Hi Luis, thanks for making this video so promptly! Stay safe.

[@mppopt4rt]

I work for Copart and have worked for iaa. In the past. It’s not the greatest but they send me 60 cars a week.

[@luisclarosbarrera1433]

michael parnell What state do you live in?

[@MRSOUXA]

Where are you located bro?

[@tonylucio551]

michael parnell how did you apply bro send me a email [e-mail]

[@Fuckzionists]

Like he said They keep you busy but they give you peanuts. 60 cars a week Thats 10 cars a day Means 5 trips a day with a flatbed and a wheel lift. Truck will die before you finish them.

[@Dreambig62]

Copart and iaa pay around $60 a car

[@timeverett7828]

You're right on all accounts! This usually leads to the people at the auctions wanting their vehicle towed back to their shop so they can do a salvage reboot build. They don't want to pay nothing either. So you know what ... you do a ton of work but you make nothing and constant smashing your head against the wall trying to get any cooperation either from the salvage yard the salvage company or the retow to whoever buys it at the auction then nobody wants to pay the low fees even when they're due and you end up losing cuz you waste twice as much time try and collect for something that was way underpriced already. And a new truck is toast within about two years

[@drdieselusa]

Doing salvage hauling with a new truck is a losing proposition.

[@fredc8618]

Bro keep the info comming. You're gold

[@igorkrog730]

We negotiated a far better rate than what they were offering and it works out great for us. When i first saw what Copart was offering i laughed and said no f****n Way. We get relatively consistent work from them. If you negotiate a better rate you can make it work. Plus, we only accept runs from our area so we are not running the shit out of our trucks for no money. They pay by zones. If you are 100 miles away from copart and you pick up a vehicle 50 miles away from them you are still driving the same amount of miles but getting paid half because of the closer zone. The key is keeping the pickup locations close to you and not to far apart from one another.

[@Ant12234]

Would you mind sharing what rates you get from copart?

[@sandyvargas1998]

I went thru the whole setup and got signed up. After waiting so long to start hauling cars for them they turn around and tell me that they don’t have no work for me at the moment. I deleted the app and took them off my insurance. It was a sign from above for sure. Sandy ( god is love towing llc ) Chesterfield va

[@nuthagreat4720]

Same issue in white plains Md smh

[@thegoodenews007]

804

[@arseniyegorov2693]

I ran a copart. It could get busy. The vehicles are mostly difficult. Every time there is a surprise for you. It's good as learning curve to get your practice. The rates are 💩. Dispatching not great also. I guess it's OK to get you started. However not worth doing for a long time. It's decent atmosphere and all even direct copart drivers ready to help. As something temporary I guess it works to get you shoes wet in industry. That's all.

[@towuniverse2443]

Thanks for replying. I hope your opinion helps those who are interested in getting into the industry!!

[@candacecartwright]

We are in NC and would like to know if we can refuse them to come to our facility and pick the cars up, and just tow them directly

[@towuniverse2443]

I do it all the time. Now tow company comes into my yard for liability reasons unless i personally know them. I will not drop anything outside my gate either.

[@anthonyjenkins9869]

Can you do a video on how you got started, what you started with and how to do your metrics

[@acesalvage6718]

I’m in Canada doing it with an under bumper full time making lots of money. Just need to get the hang of it. Can tow any car throwing dollys.

[@lmjr66]

Trying to get on with my local Copart not expecting much just trying to fill in the gaps

[@cdells77]

I used to have a truck running for them but with a big company that had the contract. Only way it's profitable is if your doing deliveries and pick ups.

[@drdieselusa]

That's true. Out bound towing usually pays much better, but in order to get any out bound work you must do inbound towing for them.

[@michaelbarber9948]

I towed for both coparts and Iaa.Iaa doesn’t pay all the time,they pay what they want to pay.So sometimes you will get 50 put in your account and sometimes 100.Coparts pays every week,but they want you to go all over the place for cheap and most causes they don’t pay labor,dry runs,or anything like that.I stopped towing for both and have made more money in one month then I have the whole time towing for them

[@towuniverse2443]

Thanks for the input. Hope it helps others here

[@129dannytran]

How are you getting customers now?

[@N0NSTOPPl5]

Yes I pull for copart and yes it pays ,5 days a week 8 to 9 thousand a month with 2 car hauler and 12 to 18 thousand a month with 4 car hauler,with new trucks it'll take about 5 thousand a month to run 2 car hauler not counting labor cause I'm the owner and driver, and about 7 thousand to run 4 car hauler,that's note diesel and insurance that's what I mean when I say run them now you not on call 24 hours and Don't have a yard of cars waiting to get paid they pay me every Friday you can make more if you work weekends and after 5 by going to residence

[@freddurst7181]

Very interested in how u are operating been looking into salvage hauling in ky

[@chrisbayne3512]

How are you making that much. Are you going state to state

[@giovannycordova2613]

How

[@thesubzero61]

I bring in $22000 a month and I drive 3000 miles for the month. Thats one truck no yard all cash calls 97.5 on hook 6 dollars a mile i dont want to be busy i want to make money

[@ivanlopezlopez952]

@@thesubzero61 $97 to hook? You mean like insurance calls?

[@skagitbigz8084]

Company i work for runs 2 trucks hauling for copart. I run a rollback with a wheel lift so I run 2 a run. Just got to plan your trips out so everythings on path . my truck averages around 3k a week. The other truck is a single . so we make it work. Its steady work not always the funnest or safe picks but its steady.

[@towuniverse2443]

Logistics is key. Even though I do no do salvage I spend a lot of time planning logistics.

[@ricardoeaglertowing570]

If you have a way of doing cash calls or Roadside towing with Agero,swoop,AAA is much better as long as they are keeping you busy, copart and iaa will want you to run your truck to the ground and barely making it through.. if your truck breaks down you better have some money saved up because with the pay there it isn't enough. I've tried IAA aswell and also doing catastrophe response they dont pay enough anymore. I'm looking into doing a day by day video and uploading it just so yall can get an idea of the way how that works. If you can stay away from copart. I believe that if all the drivers came together and parked there trucks that would push copart and insurance companies to pay what's right. It's very unfair having to go to a storage yard and pay 1k to pull the car out and it's only been there a few days. And yet you are there doing the same work only getting payed 42 or 68 or 80 depending on the zone. And then have to drive to another yard to pick up another car 15 or 30miles away only to find out that it's not towable and now you have to wait for a dispatcher to be in a good mood to answer your text (because you can't call them directly) and then hope that they have something to give you.. I hope its working out for most people but as for my company it's not really making enough profit off copart. I'm looking into just going into doing something else since you are the one with the headache of paying insurance, diesel, maintenance and not making enough to make it.

[@banksboy6806]

I don’t understand why you have to set and wait for the. If you got your own truck central dispatch got cars everyday

[@lamborghini5510]

We have a main contract with iaa and we make very good money with them. We have 3 trucks 2 flatbeds and 1 wrecker. We get 8-12 jobs a day. Each flatbed take 2 cars zone 2 50 dollars and there being picked up from the same place and being dropped off at the same place that’s 100 in 1 trip. 100 times 5 trips times 2 flatbeds= 1,000$ a day. Then you have the wrecker usually 3-5 jobs 45 each. We usually try to keep the wrecker for cash calls. Our trucks 2 2018 flatbeds 1 2017 wrecker

[@lamborghini5510]

Average trip for one of ur flatbeds is 30-55 mins. Steady call volume

[@seth10261]

You better look what your spending I bet each trip takes 2 hrs and you prob already have 120k on that truck. They pay shit try roadside and set your rates way more cash flow

[@eddietrejo7947]

I used to do this job before 8 or 10 cars a day salvage cars pay it was 30% per car = peanuts

[@ashramdhan1582]

Is not worth right ?

[@lizbethsuarez7850]

Thank you for the information, I just started a towing company and started with Copart. Thank you for the ideas and knowledge from your KZbin videos. Something new I learn here that I didn't know is that the Coparts rate are negotiable. I just accepted the rate they gave me when offering the job.

[@towuniverse2443]

Most dont know that contracts are negotiable.

[@ricardoeaglertowing570]

It also depends on whether or not the supervisor in charge is willing to work with you, the one in new Braunfels/austin texas the rates are very low, no concrete and lots of maintenance and constantly getting flat tires because of the nails left on the ground from all the cars being brought in.

[@thepantherchannel2988]

I do copart. Zones 2 - 6. They send me about 20 cars a day, plus I get about 10 - 12 customer cars to pick up from them a day. The pay is not good, but it is a good Avenue to fall back on when other areas of work slow down.

[@Level_No_Curve]

Yea no way you move 20 cars a day unless you have a 4 car hauler or you are literally right down the street. Zone 6 at my copart is over 20 miles away

[@thepantherchannel2988]

@@Level_No_Curve i used to work from 6 am - 1 or 2 am.

[@Level_No_Curve]

@@thepantherchannel2988 yea slave driving copart. It was the same way for me. Its just not worth it in the end

[@randymack1782]

looking to get a rollback with wheel lift, but as I start out, I choose a weird truck, prefer a 1960's to late 1990's Chevrolet, I plan to install new wiring harness, preventative maintenance, a new clutch, pressure plate, only 4 speed granny gear transmission, with small block V8, my reason is, extremely cheap upkeep, I have 4 spare engines, 2 spare transmissions, plus 1 spare rear diff, I plan to do tuneup, and all belts and hoses on engine, then all new hoses on hydraulics, and rebuild all cylinders, so starting relatively fresh, I have done mechanic work all my life, as well as body work & professional welding, and worked on farm equipment, so I have the knowledge to rebuild and maintain, so for me, my choice is clear, to get started, also I have experience towing with wreckers and rollbacks, but from 1988-1995, nothing since. but need a little refreshing, modern new things, I used old belt lift more than wheel lift in my youth, including owning a belt lift 1977 Dodge wrecker,

[@brandon1979transam]

I had a bad experience with iaa. I will never do business with them again!

[@eurekatowing8722]

I completely agree. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Thank you!

[@Kentuckyvlogs]

Never thought of hauling for them , great video

[@raymondletts437]

Hiw do you choose your insurance company for your trucks, employees and shoo? Thanks in advance.

[@albertocastellanos5047]

So why do you like Allstate if they pay almost the same rate?

[@drdieselusa]

Although the rates are the same, the towing is completely different. With Allstate, you have the keys and the cars usually roll easily ( with the rare accident damage tow ). This makes them easy to load and unload. Salvage hauling, the cars are usually wrecked. This means a lot more work because you can winch the car up, but it is hard to get it off the truck with out tearing up your equipment and making you look very foolish and unprofessional in the process shaking a car off the truck. Copart can use the loader to get the car off the truck, but unless you have a great relationship with everyone at the yard because you are normally bribing them with coffee and doughnuts in the morning or pizza and soda in the afternoon, you have to wait your turn which could be up to 2 hours! Plus it is a lot more extra work to secure the damage so nothing blows off the truck while in transit. Also if you are using a wrecker more often than not you need to use the dollies and the damaged cars really tear up the deck on a flatbed.

[@candacecartwright]

I didn't know we could refuse them picking the cars up from our facility?

[@seth10261]

I personally do all roadside and some cash calls but I will say my rates are higher that most for roadside so I’m pretty much the back up when there main provider can’t keep up. I wil say Copart in Nebraska is a total joke. There pay is so cheap and with getting the papers and going to body shops looking for cars maybe 15 mins avg then getting to it getting the next car if you get there and you can actually wheel lift it??? They would always have to swap cars because Copart’s dispatch did not know all flats or smashed in back. I would say with talking to office girls at al locations 2 cars will take 2-3 hrs every trip for avg of What like 120gross. 30 in fuel 30-40 for a driver. Not much left.

[@felixruiz526]

When you work for IAA you usually work 5 or 7 days of the week ?

[@MrEzamora89]

Here in WA state do I just need an Auto transport to start hauling for iaai and copart? How do I go about starting? Who do I need to ask?

[@koolkeck88]

You commented that insurance as an auto hauler is usually cheaper. I'm actually finding it to be quite a bit more expensive with my insurance. Am I missing something?

[@drdieselusa]

No, you are correct this it is more expensive. Insurance companies hate insuring salvage haulers because many of them use very unsafe methods of towing cars and their trucks are usually in poor condition and barley DOT legal.

[@nickcox2568]

I agree with everything you said! Copart is a joke,the rates they want to pay are just a plain insult! I agree also with one of the comments about having favorites and the favoritism! My advice to anyone is stay clear and far away from copart! I’ve been running for them since November 2021,i negotiated better rates before I started. I thought I’ll give a shot for a few months and see how it works. It didn’t,it’s just like you and one of the other comments say,they are piss poor company period!

[@Typing.._]

Park large transport near by and yank as many cars as possible to minimize drop runs

[@glizzystixx5652]

How do you actually get started with them?

[@victorpavlovic4955]

Can you do a video on how to safely remove a driveshaft when towing a box truck or something that requires drive shaft removal. I understand that you shouldn't remove a loaded drive shaft. What is a loaded drive shaft anyway

[@andrewgoodreau3353]

Pick the front up so the truck isn't going anywhere, then put in neutral and remove driveshaft.

[@messianichebrewshawnkawcak1550]

A loaded driveshaft is one that has tension/pressure on it from a wreck or it’s locked in gear, especially on a hill. To remove it safely you have to release the pressure some how, probably by moving the truck or under lift back and forth

[@bigd194]

I do IAA and copart in Jersey.. just me and my brand new f550 and I do pretty good with it.. yea it's cheap as shit for the most part but I average 10 cars a day at around 50-60 bucks a car.. not ideal set up but guaranteed work..

[@MRSOUXA]

Where are you located and what type of liability do you have?

[@bigd194]

@@MRSOUXA Central Jersey.. I do both salvage and on hook police calls so I have million dollar full coverage . It ain't cheap . But it works out ok for the most part

[@xmo552]

Are you in a wrecker or flatbed

[@bigd194]

@@xmo552 flatbed

[@xmo552]

@@bigd194 You're towing 2 all day long, right?

[@Towlifefowlife]

I use to work for iaa they are not to good unless u have 6 to 12 trucks then u might make alot of money becuse you could be the main contract

[@lilcedy511]

Hi Louis. Like your videos. Have you evern of Swoop roadside? If so can you do a video on them. They are a dispatch software that also sends their own job to you.

[@clarivellimon3857]

hello , am new in the business , I though work with insures was the key but looks like not, is that the club car ? what about if the give you10 cars at day if that make work ? thanks Roy

[@ronneglia9956]

How do I get signed up , I’m new and looking to do anything I can within reason in the nyc area

[@towuniverse2443]

Go to the Motorclub site. Most of them have online applications.

[@tonymaldooo3429]

Make a video about your opinion on AAA

[@Level_No_Curve]

Triple a is garbage i drove contract for them for years. 35 dollar base tow. An absolute joke its insulting to the profession

[@anthonylopez3116]

the worst coparto to sub haul for is san diego low rates and the manager is not fair

[@chadberst7955]

I currently transport for Copart, and it is a very tight profit margin, however, I have this down to a science, and make good profits weekly.

[@towuniverse2443]

What are your profit margins?

[@acetomatocompany]

They reach out to you then offer $46 per car, what a joke. I did work for Copart one day about twelve years ago, I forgot what they paid me, they wouldn’t budge on the price so I told them don’t call tonight, I’m not doing any loads for them tomorrow.

[@PeteLamb]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@seth10261]

Copart try’s to offer me the same rates sheet from 2016 that I had gotten then and still wants to pay the same now, what a joke. I’ve said if you need help I can send a few trucks to knock it out but they don’t wanna pay 911 rates or anymore when they need help so know they quit sending me anything. We were doing lots of there heavy that they sub thru transit pros but that has stopped too

[@stanleyhorne6781]

Can I return a leased rollback. I entered into loan for $35,000 pay back 74,000 in 4 years 2012 dodge 5500

[@mcguire4162]

Where can I message you directly? I'm looking to get started, I'd like to send you an email with questions. Thanks!

[@rayjonperry5404]

Thank U so much

[@thesubzero61]

I would never ever do motor clubs,coparts,iaa If you do you are guaranteed to go out of business. You see the way I look at it I don't want to be busy I want to make money so I'm not moving my truck for less than a $100 And that's for one mile. When your truck goes down it starts at $2000 to $10000 for repair so what so why Spin your wheels for free

[@albertocastellanos5047]

I fuckin hate swoop, what are going rate over there? I'm in the oc area california

[@Towlifefowlife]

There on some bs with iaa or copart unless u have a insider for contract plus 10 miles 34$ 20miles $44 30 miles $54 40 miles $64

[@carirosa5151]

SHYNELOS CERTIFIED TOWING #1 TOWING how much is copart is paying subhauler contactor towers now is it the same rate in all states I was wondering for Chicago

[@tx6084]

The only good thing i see about copart is that you aint picking up cars on the side of the freeway Not as dangerous as cash calls cause with those cash calls ypu never know where you gonna go

[@towuniverse2443]

100% on that!!!!!!!!!

[@smokege123]

Its fine for us owner opps but of you have employees its a no no

[@leerobinson3840]

yes sign up for swoop i be taxing they ass

[@fmj-j2327]

Its not worth it im hauling un towble cars my tow truck went from new to junk

[@jayd87]

This dude bashes on every thing , he only wants the big bucks doing general labor, maybe you’re in it for the wrong reasons. Humble your self

[@towuniverse2443]

You are right. Im all about quality over quantity. Hit like and subscribe.

[@jack_2-0-7]

Swoop is trash agero is trash all day all night that is a curse word around our yard

[@twowheelterry]

It's par with motor clubs and your not dealing with the public