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Pro tip: watched 3 carriers load cars at a lot near the Port of Baltimore and the tie down trick they all used
I was killing time near the port in Baltimore last month waiting on a friend and ended up watching a car hauler load for about an hour. What caught my eye was that every single driver did the same thing with the soft straps over the tires, they looped them so the hook never touches the wheel face. One guy told me he sees paint damage claims all the time from cheap rigging, like $400 average per claim, and it comes straight out of the driver's pocket. Also noticed nobody ran the straps straight down, they always crossed them so the car can't slide side to side on the deck. The whole load of 9 cars was strapped and checked in under 40 minutes. If you're shipping your car, ask the dispatcher if the carrier uses soft loop straps or just chains, makes a huge difference. Has anyone here ever gotten a car delivered with strap marks on the rims?
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hugo_ellis3d ago
Did that guy happen to mention if the marks show up more on certain wheel finishes? I bought a used set of alloys off a guy who swore the curb rash was from the dealer, but now I'm wondering if it was a hauler the whole time. My brother had a WRX shipped from Texas and the rims came back with these faint gray scuffs on the spokes, like something rubbed them in transit. He didn't notice till weeks later so he never filed anything, just ate it. That $400 average the driver quoted seems low honestly, a decent wheel can run way more than that. Makes you think about how many cars get delivered with small stuff nobody catches at the drop.
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