Car hauling for dealers, auction buyers and exporters.
Our own trucks and drivers, based where I-85 and I-26 cross. Dealer trades, pickups at Manheim, America’s Auto Auction, Copart and IAA, and auction units to your export warehouse, booked with the carrier and no broker in between. The Carolinas every day, Texas three to four times a week, the Upper Midwest twice a week.
Written quote the same business day · Dispatch Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET
DealershipsManheimAmerica’s Auto AuctionCopartIAAExport warehouses
Illustrative photography — not Prime Trans equipment.We’re hiring CDL-A drivers.
Car hauler drivers at 30% of gross, flatbed and step deck drivers with two years and a clean record, and owner operators with a semi and 5-car hauler. Apply in about five minutes, or call or text (864) ···-····.
What are you moving?
Pick the job. Each card goes to the page with the auctions, the terms and the honest limits, and the quote form arrives already knowing what you picked.
Auction pickups
Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart, IAA and ADESA. Release handled, photos at the gate, delivered to your lot.
See how we run it
Dealer trades & deliveries
Store-to-store trades, auction buys to the frontline, customer deliveries, recon shuttles.
See how we run it
Export units
Auction to your loading warehouse around Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, New Jersey or Houston.
See how we run it
OEM & haulaway overflow
Plant-to-dealer and overflow runs for haulaway programs, on high-mount rigs.
See how we run it
Non-runners & salvage
No-start and salvage units on a winch truck. Tell us at booking and we send the right one.
See how we run it
Dedicated vehicle lanes
Weekly units on the same lane? Assigned trucks, a 12-month rate and a stated service standard.
See how we run itFour kinds of customer, one standard of proof.
Whichever door you come through, the move runs the same way.
Dealerships
Store-to-store trades, auction buys to the frontline, customer deliveries and recon shuttles on a standing dealer-vendor agreement.
Open 02Auction buyers
Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart, IAA and ADESA pickups. Release handled, non-runners on a winch truck, photos at the gate.
Open 03Exporters
Auction units to your loading warehouse around Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, New Jersey or Houston. Never into the terminal.
Open 04OEM & haulaway
Plant-to-dealer and overflow capacity for the haulaway carriers that hold OEM programs, eleven miles from BMW Plant Spartanburg.
Open- 01Photo inspectionEvery panel, the VIN, odometer and interior on the eBOL at pickup and again at delivery.
- 02Live trackingELD-linked location on every load; daily status email on dedicated lanes.
- 03Same-day PODReceiver signature and the photo record, sent the day we deliver.
- 04Written claims processReport in 24 hours, acknowledged in 48, resolved on a target. Carmack liability, cargo cover.
You are talking to the carrier.
When a broker takes your units, it posts them to a load board and hands them to whichever truck bites, then keeps the difference. When you call us, the dispatcher who quotes the run knows which driver will load your cars. The company on the bill of lading is the company that had them, and the price covers the truck, not a layer on top of it.
Check us in two minutes: open USDOT 4120654 on FMCSA’s SAFER Company Snapshot . The entity type reads CARRIER.
What direct means here
- Your units
- On our trucks, under our authority and our insurance
- Dispatch
- One phone number, Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET
- The record
- Photos of every unit at pickup and delivery, both sets to you
- Claims
- To the company that loaded the car, under Carmack
The gates we run most.
Mileage is approximate, by road from our Spartanburg yard. Full lists, with addresses, are on each auction's page.
- AuctionCopart SpartanburgNazareth Church Rd, 5 miSalvage and insurance units; non-runners on a winch truck
- AuctionAmerica's Auto Auction GreenvilleGreer, SC-101, 13 miThe Upstate dealer sale; same-day turns to the frontline
- AuctionIAA GreenvilleSimpsonville, 20 miBuyer pickups checked in on the IAA Tow App
- AuctionCopart Fletcher & GastoniaI-26 / I-85, about 55 miSalvage buys for Upstate rebuilders and exporters
- AuctionADESA Charlotte (Carvana)I-85, about 80 miDealer buys to the frontline
- AuctionManheim CharlotteConcord NC, about 100 miBuyer pickups and consignment, Vehicle Release handled
The trucks behind the promise.
8 open car haulers under our own authority, driven by our own drivers: high-mount rigs for the auction loads and the long lanes, 3-car low pros for the tight lots, winches on some trucks.
Illustrative photography — not Prime Trans equipment.| Equipment | Capacity | Capability | What it carries |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-mount car hauler | 7 to 9 units | Headrack plus trailer; winch on some units | Auction runs, full dealer loads, export-warehouse runs and both scheduled long lanes. |
| 3-car low pro | 3 units | Short, maneuverable; winch on some units | Tight dealer lots, a single urgent unit, customer home delivery, recon shuttles. |
8 open car haulers and 8 drivers, all running under our own authority. We don’t re-broker open car hauling. Equipment and capabilities.
Density at home, long lanes on a schedule.
Spartanburg sits where I-85 and I-26 cross, so the Carolinas run is dense. Beyond it we hold two long car-hauling lanes that we run whether or not you tender, and anywhere else in the lower 48 is quoted on request.
Carolinas to Texas
Southbound and northbound are both sold, so the return leg is capacity you can buy rather than an empty we eat.
- Spartanburghome
- Atlanta
- Birmingham
- Dallas
- Houston
Carolinas to the Upper Midwest
Two departures a week each way. Tell us the day before and you are on the truck.
- Spartanburghome
- Louisville
- Indianapolis
- Chicago
- Minneapolis
Or put us on one of your own.
Two or more loads a week on one origin and destination is a lane. It gets assigned trucks, a backup unit, a twelve-month rate with a fuel-surcharge table and a quarterly review — the same terms as the two above.
From a first load to a standing lane in three steps.
- 01
Send the units
Where they are, where they're going, how many, and when. A written quote comes back the same business day, with accessorials and the fuel basis stated up front.
- 02
Run a trial
A few weeks of real loads on your terms. Score us on pickup times, communication, the photo record, claims and invoice accuracy.
- 03
Put us on the lane
A dealer-vendor agreement or a transportation agreement, assigned trucks with a backup, a rate reviewed every quarter, and terms of Net 15 for approved accounts.
Everything your vendor file needs, in one email.
Our carrier packet has the W-9, a sample certificate of insurance, the authority letter, the BOC-3, the equipment list, references and our accessorial schedule. The COI naming you as certificate holder comes from our agent, usually within a business day.
At a glance
- Legal name
- Prime Trans LLC
- Authority
- MC 1575910 · USDOT 4120654 · Verify
- Insurance
- Auto liability $1,000,000 · Cargo $1,000,000 per load, $350,000 per vehicle · General liability $1,000,000
- Safety
- Not rated (FMCSA New Entrant; no rating assigned as of 2026-09-20)
- Tracking
- ELD on every truck · eBOL with timestamped photos at both ends
- Terms
- Net 15 for approved accounts, COD (check, ACH or Zelle on delivery), or prepaid by card, ACH or wire
What does Prime Trans do?
Prime Trans LLC is an asset-based car hauler in Spartanburg, South Carolina (MC 1575910, USDOT 4120654). It hauls vehicles on its own open car haulers for dealerships, for auction buyers at Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart and IAA, and for exporters, delivering auction units to export warehouses and never into port terminals. Customers book the carrier directly, with no broker in between.
Twenty markets, and the drive time to each.
Not a map of everywhere we might go. These are the places a Prime Trans truck actually reaches, with how often, which auctions are there, and who we haul for. Anywhere else in the lower 48 is quoted on request.
Home base
Upstate South Carolina
The Carolinas
Regional — Georgia and north Florida
Scheduled long lanes
How this actually works.
Written to be useful whether or not you ever hire us. If one of these talks you out of the service you were about to buy, it has done its job.
Car hauler or broker?
How an auto transport broker listing works, what changes when a dealer books the car hauler directly, when a broker makes sense, and how to tell them apart.
Read the guideAuction vehicle transport
How auction pickup works at Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart, IAA and ADESA: releases, Gate PINs, storage clocks, and salvage versus wholesale.
Read the guideWhat does it cost to ship a car?
The real cost of car shipping in 2026: per-mile ranges by distance, the seven things that actually change the price, and how to read a quote that looks too cheap.
Read the guideDealer trade checklist
What a dealership should have ready before a car hauler arrives: keys, paperwork, condition photos, lot access, and the three causes of most failed pickups.
Read the guideStraight answers
Are you a carrier or a broker?
A carrier. Prime Trans LLC is an FMCSA-authorized motor carrier, MC 1575910 / USDOT 4120654, running 8 open car haulers with 8 drivers. When you book with us, your units ride on our trucks. Nobody in the middle posts them to a load board.
Do you pick up at Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart and IAA?
Yes, every week. Copart Spartanburg is five miles from our yard, America's Auto Auction Greenville (in Greer) is thirteen, and IAA Greenville (in Simpsonville) is twenty. Manheim's Charlotte sale in Concord and its Statesville sale are about two hours away. Send the release or gate PIN. Non-runners go on a winch truck, so tell us at booking.
Do you deliver auction cars to export warehouses?
Yes, to exporters' loading warehouses around Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, New Jersey and Houston. We photograph and VIN-check every unit and carry the title if it rides with the car. We never deliver into a port terminal, and the exporter or forwarder handles CBP.
Do you do dealer trades?
Dealer trades are our core direct work: store-to-store transfers, auction-to-frontline runs, customer home deliveries and body-shop or PDI shuttles. They run under a standing dealer-vendor agreement, so nobody signs paperwork per move.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. MC 1575910 / USDOT 4120654, with auto liability of $1,000,000, cargo of $1,000,000 per load and $350,000 per vehicle, and general liability of $1,000,000. A certificate of insurance naming you as certificate holder is one request away.
How do you bill?
Net 15 for approved accounts, COD (check, ACH or Zelle on delivery), or prepaid by card, ACH or wire. Repeat lanes are priced per unit with fuel stated separately; one-time moves are quoted flat.
Where do you run?
Every day in the Upstate and across the Carolinas. Carolinas to Dallas and Houston runs three to four times a week, and Carolinas to Minneapolis twice a week. Anywhere else in the lower 48 is quoted on request, per load.
How fast do you quote?
Same business day for a written quote. Dedicated-lane proposals with a rate sheet and fuel-surcharge table take two to three business days.
A unit on the lot costs you every day it sits there.
Tell us where the units are, where they are going, how many and when. A written quote comes back the same business day, from the carrier that will haul them.