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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Bro keep the info comming. You're gold

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Never thought of hauling for them , great video

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

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

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.

Thank you for the information, I just started a towing company and started with Copart. Thank you for the ideas and knowledge from your KZfaq 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.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

Excellent. Thanks.

Good video brother! Well said.

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

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

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?

Thank U so much

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.

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..

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

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

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.

Make a video about your opinion on AAA

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

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

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?

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

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

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

How do you actually get started with them?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

yes sign up for swoop i be taxing they ass

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

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

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