CSA Rankings: Are They Accurate?

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There are still questions about how accurate the CSA rankings are. The article in question indicts the program as being inaccurate. In non legal terms, companies are getting punished wrongly IF this is true..time will tell

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Cottrell Carhauler Trailer Feature: The Drop Belly

One feature of your Cottrell Carhauler Trailer that is going to be of value is the Drop Belly. To the carhauler faithful the drop belly allows the autotransport to squeeze in an extra vehicle by shifting the lower deck, or the belly, down. Not just does it help the car carrier get an extra vehicle on the trailer, it can often times be a place to put a larger vehicle. A larger vehicle of course means more money and that is important when you factor in the risk and costs that todays autohauler takes to do his or her job.

Cottrell Feature: The Drop Belly

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Carhauer Beats 2nd Degree Murder Charge...but still gets manslaughter

Costa convicted of involuntary manslaughter

The carhauler (truck) driver is found not guilty of second-degree murder

2011 By Jason Wells and Daniel Siegal, LA Times


The truck driver involved in the fatal 2009 collision off the Angeles Crest Highway was convicted today of two counts of vehicular manslaughter, but the jury found him not guilty of the more serious murder charges.
 carhauler gets manslaughter conviction
Marcos Costa, whose big rig slammed into Palmdale resident Angel Posca, 58, and his 12-year-old daughter, Angelina, after his truck lost its brakes, sending the car-hauler through the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge and into a bookstore.

Several other cars were hit, and the jury also convicted Costa on three counts of reckless driving causing an injury.

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