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Heavy haul shipping tips: the size and weight thresholds that trigger permits, federal axle limits, escort vehicle rules, and why early planning is the whole game.
The trailer decides the price and the vehicle decides the trailer. Knowing which one your load needs is the fastest way to understand a quote.
Ask whether they are the carrier or arranging one. The answer changes what you should expect more than the size of the company does.
Golf cart transportation works like car shipping and usually costs less than moving a compact car: how seasonal snowbird pricing works, what transit takes, and how to prep one cart or a fleet.
Auction cars are cheaper than dealership cars for one reason: the risk sits with the buyer. That trade is a good one if you go in prepared. Here is what to understand about titles, fees, inspection limits and collection deadlines before you register.
Review sites in this industry vary enormously in reliability, and several that look independent rank companies by what those companies pay.
Searching for a transporter returns millions of results and almost no way to tell them apart. Seven checks that separate a real operation from a website.
A shorter move can cost more than a longer one. The reason is corridors, and understanding it is how you get a rural move priced like a city one.
Most motorcycle transit damage happens in the first ten feet and the last ten feet. How the bike is tied down is the question that matters.
An ocean booking with a road move attached. Sailing schedules, the paperwork that cannot be a photocopy, and what gets a car refused at the terminal.
Is this you? You purchased the car of your dreams recently or a few years ago. You worked hard in your career for several years, moving up the ladder until you realized that your dream car, one you promised yourself you’d get when you “made it” was within your reach. You researched different makes and models over several months and you test drove quite a few.
Entitlements generally cover one vehicle on overseas orders, with stateside shipment the exception. Every additional car is your own arrangement.
The cheapest quote and the best price are different things. A rate below what a carrier will run for does not get accepted, so the vehicle sits and the price is revised later. Here is what genuinely reduces the number.
Your first permanent change of station is mostly a paperwork exercise with a truck at the end of it. What goes wrong for first timers is the entitlements nobody explained, the weight allowance nobody checked, and the vehicle decision left until three weeks out.
Should you ship a car or drive it? On cash, drive under about 2,000 miles and ship beyond; count your workdays and shipping wins from about 550 miles.
