Vetting is a necessary process, regardless of the industry. Pretty much all employers vet their workers before hiring them, and so should yours. In the auto transport industry, having a reliable car hauler is absolutely necessary in order to achieve success, therefore, you must make sure that your drivers are verified through some sort of vetting process.
Vetting your car haulers is important, but not everyone understands how to do this; finding vetted drivers is actually much easier than it seems. Here’s how to properly vet auto transport carriers for your business.
Use a Load Board with Verified Drivers
Before the internet, finding trustworthy auto transporters used to be a far more difficult task as there was no straightforward way to go about it; there was an interview process, as well as a screening process and double-checking references, like any other sort of job hiring process. Overall, it was time consuming and expensive.
But in recent years, modern load boards have allowed businesses to hire auto transport workers much faster than before, with dealers and brokers having the ability to assign loads digitally, saving plenty of time and resources. The only issue, however, is that many load boards don’t have a secure screening process.
The oldest load board in the industry – Central Dispatch – doesn’t actively make sure that drivers have up-to-date paperwork and other legal documents, and doesn’t penalize drivers that have poor track records.
As a result, you should avoid using older load boards like Central Dispatch, and try sticking to modern load boards that actually vet and monitor their car haulers thoroughly and frequently. Super Dispatch’s load board, Super Loadboard, is arguably a better alternative because it vets its drivers.
In order to book loads on the Super Loadboard, carriers must have all of their necessary paperwork and pass a screening test, so drivers that use this service have a better chance of being trustworthy and can be better protected from regulatory fines.
You can easily check to see if a carrier is verified by checking their profile – they should have a green check mark with the word “verified,” which means that they have all of their paperwork up to date, and are ready to book loads immediately. This feature is completely absent in other load boards like Central Dispatch.
Check Their Experience
Another tip when looking for a car hauler is to look at their rating – by simply viewing a carrier’s profile on Super Loadboard, users can see what their overall rating is on a percentage scale. It’s wise to only do business with car haulers that have high ratings.
Additionally, you should check to see how many orders the carrier has dispatched, and how many ratings they have received. If a carrier has delivered less than 100 orders, then they may not be the most experienced. On the other hand, if all of their orders have been rated positively, then less experience may not be a deal-breaker.
Read Reviews
Of course, you should also read the reviews from a carrier’s past jobs. Central Dispatch lacks many important features including in-depth user reviews, and anyone is capable of leaving reviews (not just those who have proven transactions) which makes reviews on the platform far less trustworthy. Thus, it’s advisable to use Super Loadboard instead.
On the Super Loadboard, you can navigate to the rating section on a carrier’s profile to see more details regarding their ratings. Users give either a positive or negative rating, along with additional comments. Additionally, only users with proven transactions are able of leaving reviews – which gives them more weight and significance.
Read the comments left by users, as it will give you a better understanding of why they got either a positive or negative rating – this will give you a better idea of whether you want to do business with this carrier, and help you be more informed.
Try Super Loadboard
Overall, looking for a car hauler for your business is now easier than ever thanks to advanced load boards like Super Loadboard. If you need to find verified and trustworthy auto transport workers for your business, then consider trying it today.
Super Dispatch is an advanced end-to-end platform for delivering cars and features both an advanced load board and a transportation management system for communicating with drivers, tracking loads via GPS tracking, managing inventory, and much more. Request a free demo today!
