Auction pickups, straight to your lot.
Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart, IAA and ADESA. You buy the units and send us the release. One of our trucks picks them up, photographs every unit at the gate and delivers to your frontline, your reconditioning shop or your exporter's warehouse. Nobody posts your cars to a load board and waits for a bite.
Illustrative photography — not Prime Trans equipment.Can Prime Trans pick up my auction vehicles?
Yes. Prime Trans is a car hauler in Spartanburg, SC (MC 1575910). It picks up on its own trucks at Manheim, America's Auto Auction, Copart, IAA and ADESA sites across the Southeast. Send the release or gate PIN and the stock numbers. Every unit is photographed at pickup and delivered to your lot or your exporter's warehouse.
Closest first, from our Spartanburg yard.
| Auction | Nearest sites to Spartanburg | What we need from you |
|---|---|---|
| Copart | Copart Spartanburg, 1922 Nazareth Church Rd (about 5 mi); Fletcher and Gastonia, NC (about 55 mi) | Send to Transporter with our email. Copart issues the gate PIN and appointment |
| America's Auto Auction | Greenville site in Greer, 2415 SC-101 (about 13 mi); Monroe, NC (about 105 mi) | Payment cleared and the release. Greer releases Mon–Fri, 8–5 |
| IAA | IAA Greenville in Simpsonville (about 20 mi); Asheville branch in Fletcher (about 50 mi); Charlotte (about 80 mi) | Buyer ID and stock numbers. We check in on the IAA Tow App |
| Manheim | Manheim Charlotte in Concord (about 100 mi); Statesville (about 115 mi); Darlington (about 165 mi); Atlanta (about 180 mi) | The Vehicle Release (the old gate pass). Our driver shows photo ID |
| ADESA (Carvana) | ADESA Charlotte (about 80 mi); ADESA Atlanta in Fairburn (about 190 mi) | Gate pass or release. Pickup within 7 calendar days |
| OPENLANE and online sales | No physical U.S. auction site. The unit sits at the seller's lot | The seller's address, a contact and the release |
Mileage is approximate, by road from our Spartanburg yard. Manheim Greer, thirteen miles away, is a Manheim service center, not an auction. The nearest physical Manheim sales are in Concord and Statesville, North Carolina.
Four steps, and the photos come first.
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You buy and pay
An auction releases a unit only once it is paid for. At Manheim it also has to be clear of arbitration and post-sale inspection. Send us the release, the stock or lot numbers, runner or non-runner, and where each unit is going.
- 02
We book the pickup
Copart and IAA pickups are booked by appointment in the auction's own app. Manheim and America's Auto Auction work to each site's posted hours. We confirm the pickup day to you in writing.
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Photos at the gate
Every panel, the odometer and the VIN go on the eBOL before the unit is loaded. Damage the auction left on it is on record before it is on our truck.
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Delivered and signed
The same photo set at delivery, your signature on the eBOL, and the POD with both photo sets in your inbox the same day.
Why the pickup day matters.
Every auction starts charging when a unit sits. Copart holds a unit free for up to three days, counting sale day. Manheim expects removal by the sixth day after a unit becomes eligible, and after that storage can run up to $25 a day. ADESA wants pickup within seven calendar days. America's Auto Auction sets storage site by site. We schedule against those clocks. If a unit hasn't been released when the truck arrives, we tell you before we leave the gate.
Wherever the next step is.
- FrontlineAuction to your lot, same day for Upstate sales. See Dealerships.
- ReconStraight to your body shop, detailer or reconditioning center, so the unit is not handled twice.
- ExportTo your loading warehouse around Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, New Jersey or Houston. Never into the terminal. See Export vehicles.
- Auction to auctionWholesalers moving a unit to the sale where it will bring more. Checked in at the receiving auction with photos.
- De-fleetRental and fleet units from airport and branch lots to the sale, on a standing rate.
Honest scope: we run 8 car haulers with 8 drivers. On a heavy sale day we tell you how many units we can clear and when. We would rather say that than take the whole list and leave half of it on the lot.
Straight answers
Do you need the release before you dispatch?
Yes. Manheim calls it a Vehicle Release. Copart sends a gate PIN through Send to Transporter. IAA checks us in on its Tow App against your buyer ID, and ADESA issues a gate pass. Without it the auction will not release the unit, and a truck at the gate with no release is a dry run.
Can you pick up non-runners at the auction?
Yes, on a truck with a winch. Some of our trucks have winches, so tell us at booking which units do not run and we assign one of those. Copart does not allow vehicles to be driven off its lots, and IAA's loader operators can refuse a load, so the winch has to be on the truck that shows up.
Do you pick up OPENLANE purchases?
Yes. OPENLANE sells online and has no physical U.S. auction sites, so the unit is at the seller's lot. Send us the seller's address, a contact and the release, and we pick it up there like any other lot pickup.
Who pays storage if a pickup runs late?
The auction bills the buyer. If our truck misses a pickup we committed to in writing, talk to us about the storage. If the unit wasn't released, wasn't paid or was on hold, that is between you and the auction. That is why we confirm release status before the truck rolls.
Where to go next
Copart
Copart pickups on our own trucks. Copart Spartanburg is five miles from our yard. Gate PIN and appointment handled, non-runners on a winch truck, delivered to your shop or exporter.
Read onManheim
Manheim pickups at Charlotte (Concord), Statesville, Darlington and Atlanta by a Spartanburg car hauler: Vehicle Release and photo ID at the gate, photos on every unit.
Read onAmerica's Auto Auction
Pickups at America's Auto Auction Greenville in Greer, 13 miles from our Spartanburg yard, and at its Monroe, North Augusta, Moncks Corner, Cartersville, Savannah and Jacksonville sites.
Read onIAA
IAA pickups from IAA Greenville in Simpsonville, Asheville (Fletcher), Charlotte and the Atlanta branches: checked in on the IAA Tow App, non-runners on a winch truck, photos on every unit.
Read onExport vehicles
Auction units from Copart, IAA, Manheim and America's Auto Auction to exporters' loading warehouses around Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, New Jersey and Houston. Never into the terminal.
Read onDealerships
A standing dealer-vendor agreement: trades, auction-to-frontline, customer deliveries and recon shuttles, one call, photos at both ends, Net 15 for approved accounts.
Read onA 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.