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How to Vet a Heavy Haul Transport Company Before You Hire One

Heavy haul is where hiring badly costs the most. The loads are expensive, the permits unforgiving, and a carrier not properly authorized for oversize work creates exposure you only see once something has gone wrong. Here is what to verify.

Alcohol Clearinghouse
Violation Fines for Provisions within the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse

Civil penalties under the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse rule, who they apply to, and why the dollar amounts change every year.

Big Move
What to Do Before a Big Move: A Checklist

A pre-move checklist: working backward from your arrival date, sorting belongings, transferring records, and booking vehicle transport in time.

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How Shipping a Car is More Simple and Affordable than Driving It Yourself?

Shipping a vehicle may sound more costly than driving it yourself to your destination… however, that is not really the case when you put things into perspective. Continue reading the full article to find out how.

Move There
Cities That Pay You to Move There

US cities that pay people to relocate: how remote-worker grants, free land, and mortgage assistance programs work, and the conditions attached.

Excavator and articulated dump truck working a construction site
Trailer Transport: Moving Heavy Equipment Nationwide

Legal height includes the trailer, which is what catches people out. How to pick the deck, when permits and escorts apply, and how to get under a threshold.

Car carrier on the freeway in the wilderness
How Coronavirus is Affecting the Auto Transport Industry For Carriers

A look back at how COVID hit auto transport carriers, and which changes stuck: electronic BOLs, low-contact handoffs, flexible scheduling, and the capacity lessons still shaping rates.

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Conventional tractor hauling a wheel loader on a lowboy trailer
Why Use a Professional Heavy Haul Company

On heavy haul the value sits almost entirely in what happens before the truck arrives. The driving is the easy part.

User give rating 5 star to service experience on online application.
How Much Should You Trust Online Ratings When Choosing a Car Shipper?

Review platforms are useful and they are not evidence. For auto transport there is a public federal record that beats every star rating, and almost nobody checks it. Here is how to read ratings properly and what to verify instead.

Lightning striking beyond an empty road under storm cloud
How Extreme Weather Affects Car Transport

Weather does not usually damage vehicles in transit. It delays them, and knowing which conditions actually move a delivery date is what helps.

Mining Trucks Being Transported in Western Australia
Tips for Shipping Heavy Haul

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.

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Tractor with an empty step deck trailer and oversize load sign
Trailer Types Used to Ship Vehicles and Freight

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.

Man working at a distribution warehouse supervising the shipment of cars
Local Auto Transport Company or National Service?

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 carts line up in the golf course in the morning.
Golf Cart Transportation

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.

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