It helps greatly to have a good operator. My first experience was after having my car 3 days. Clutch master went out. I was the one without experience and the operator babied me and the car through it. Flat bed with the front of the car loaded first. He used a 4x4 across the front end under the frame to shim the strap well enough below the front cowel of the
oil cooler to clear, and just inched the car up onto the bed. There may have been some 2x6 involved to ramp the front tires too. As soon as we hit the road he was on his radio to his fellow drivers saying "I wish I had my camera today, You won't believe what I have on the back of my truck". He was my hero that day. The guy who came to tow me to the tranny shop wasn't so good. I had to instruct him how to get it up on the truck without damage. Same tow company, different operator.
John