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Oversized Loads 101: Permits, Escorts and What Over Dimensional Freight Really Takes

A load becomes oversize the moment it exceeds a state’s limits for width, height, length or weight. Here is what changes after that: permits in every state, escort vehicles, daylight only travel, surveyed routes, and the five things that set the price.

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What Is The Cheapest Way to Ship a Motorcycle?

Whether you just got a new motorcycle from an online dealer or moving a long distance across the state, you don’t have to shell out an obscene amount of money to ship it. There are several cheap options to consider. You’ll find what you need in this guide.

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Owner Operator or Company Driver: The Economics of Each

Whether to run your own truck or drive someone else’s is a question about who carries the risk, and the answer changes with the freight market. Here is how each side works and the cycle that moves drivers between them.

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How to Ship a GMC Sierra

A Sierra costs more to ship than a sedan for one reason, and it is not the badge. It is deck space and payload.

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Intermodal vs OTR Freight Shipping

Intermodal puts the container on a train for the long middle of the trip. Over the road keeps it on one truck. Distance and time sensitivity decide which wins.

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How Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) is Changing the Automobile Industry

Where AR and VR actually earn their keep in the auto industry: digital-twin design, AR assembly guidance, virtual showrooms, smarter safety features, and simulator training.

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Freight Shipping From the US to Canada

Shipping into Canada is ordinary trucking wrapped in a customs process, and the paperwork is what decides whether the load arrives on time.

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How to Protect Your Car From Catalytic Converter Theft

A catalytic converter comes off in under two minutes with a cordless saw, and the scrap value is a fraction of what replacing it costs you.

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Tips for Transporting a Vertical Air Compressor

Oil-lubricated compressors ride upright; here is why, plus the drain-first rule, palletizing standard, and when to hand it to a freight pro.

Top 10 Cars That Have the Best Resale Value
Top 10 Cars That Have the Best Resale Value

The cars with the best resale value and the logic behind them: scarcity, durability, and reputations buyers trust, plus what it means when buying out of state.

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Can You Negotiate With Car Shippers?

Yes, but not in the way most people try. What you can negotiate is the terms around the number, and those are worth real money.

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How to ship Aerospace Equipment and Aviation Parts?

How aerospace equipment ships: custom cradles, air-ride and enclosed trailers, documentation, and the carrier experience that protects high-value parts.

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Taking a New Job in a New State

A 20 percent raise into a market where housing costs 60 percent more is a pay cut. Do that arithmetic before anything else.

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How to Ship a Toyota RAV4

Bare crossbars usually stay. A roof box or tent adds a foot, and past about 7 feet the vehicle moves off the upper deck.

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