What Is a Non-Running Vehicle?

For transport purposes, three questions define the condition: Does it roll? Does it steer? Does it brake? A vehicle that rolls and steers loads with a winch; one that does none may need a forklift. "Doesn’t start" and "doesn’t roll" are different problems with different equipment.

Declaring the condition up front is what matters: winch-equipped carriers are a smaller pool, and a standard carrier arriving to a dead vehicle is a failed pickup. Booked correctly, non-running transport is routine — auctions ship thousands of such vehicles weekly.