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How to Transport a Car by Train

Shipping a car by train in the US means one route: Amtrak Auto Train between Lorton, VA and Sanford, FL, and you ride along. How it works, what it costs, and the door-to-door alternative for every other route.

Big 18 wheeler
Power Only Freight: When You Have the Trailer and Need the Truck

Power only is the arrangement where the carrier supplies a tractor and driver, and the trailer is yours. It exists because trailers and tractors age, cost and schedule differently. Here is how it works.

Motocross rider mid jump over a dirt berm at sunset
How to Ship a Yamaha Motorcycle

Motorcycles ship on the same trucks as cars, but almost nothing else is the same, and the differences are where damage happens.

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Municipal plow truck clearing a highway in a snowstorm
How to Ship a Snow Removal Plow

Mounted, a plow is usually wider than the 8 foot 6 inch legal limit. Detached, it is just freight beside an ordinary vehicle move.

Honda sign at a car dealership
How to Ship a Honda Civic

Shipping a Honda Civic: why compact sedans price low, when enclosed transport makes sense, and how to prepare the car.

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Affordable Cities to Move To and What It Costs to Ship a Car There

Most affordable-city lists stop at rent and groceries. The cities that look cheapest are often away from the busiest freight corridors.

Cars parked on a snowy street
Seasonal Car Shipping: How the Four Seasons Actually Differ

Season affects car shipping more than distance does on most lanes, and the four are not simply hot and cold versions of each other.

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Semi truck car carrier on a highway carrying trucks
How to Ship a Ford F-Series Truck

Shipping a Ford F-Series: how truck size and modifications affect the quote, what to measure, and the steps from quote to delivery.

Nissan Altima sedan parked
How to Ship a Nissan Altima

An Altima is one of the easiest cars in America to ship. The only detail worth raising is whether it runs, because a CVT car should be winched rather than rolled.

Emergency Transport
How to Ship an Ambulance

An ambulance is a commercial vehicle on a truck chassis and it ships as one: taller, heavier and carrying equipment that has to come out first. Here is what determines how it travels and what a carrier needs to know.

Albuquerque freeway interchange with the Sandia Mountains beyond
Moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque sits at 5,300 feet, and most of what surprises new arrivals traces back to that: intense sun on your paint and thinner air under the hood.

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Car hauler loaded with pickup trucks on a highway
How to Ship a Chevrolet Silverado

A Silverado is a big vehicle by car hauler standards. Get the configuration and the modifications right when you book and the move is routine.

Dump Trucks transporting Platinum ore for processing
How to Ship a Dump Truck

Flatbed for standard dump trucks, lowboy or RGN for oversized models. The five steps to ship a dump truck, permit rules, and what determines the cost.

Different make and models big rig semi trucks with semi trailers standing on the truck stop parking lot under the lighted shelter in night
How to Ship a Car from Michigan to Texas

Michigan to Texas car shipping, answered: about 1,200 miles Detroit to Dallas, 2 to 4 transit days, and roughly $1,000 to $1,300 by open carrier as a general estimate. Options, timing, and the step-by-step process.

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