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September 24, 2014
Auto Shipping to Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is a city located in Westchester County, New York. The fourth-largest city by population in the state, Yonkers is currently home to over 198,000 residents according to the most recent census estimates. Yonkers sits just minutes north of Manhattan, the largest of New York City's five boroughs...
September 22, 2014
What to Know About Shipping Specialty Vehicles
Everyday, there are hundreds and thousands of people shipping a vehicle or two, and a high percentage of those vehicles are your standard, every-day people-haulers. People tend to ship the cars that they drive, or cars that they've driven and are selling to other people to drive (or, conversely, buy...
September 3, 2014
Auto Transport to North Charleston, South Carolina
Originally a part of greater Charleston, North Charleston was officially incorporated in 1972, and today is home to over 104,000 residents, which makes it the third-largest city in the entire state of South Carolina. The city began primarily as a plantation town, with several major estates situated ...
September 2, 2014
How do Auto Shippers Transport Large Pickup Trucks?
Like with any standard car or small sport utility vehicle, auto shippers can ship most pickup trucks on a regular ten-car carrier, but there are those that just can't fit on the back of a standard car shipping carrier, and these are the types of pickup trucks that we're going to be discussing in tod...
September 1, 2014
Why Household Items Are Not Allowed in Your Vehicle During Transport
If you've been a follower of our website or you've read articles and blogs on here before, chances are you've seen a post or two about the concept of "junk in the trunk" and how it's slang for "stuff in the trunk of a car that really, technically shouldn't be there but we're gonna let it slide." The...
August 29, 2014
Why the Auto Transport Industry is Primarily Cash-on-Delivery
When shipping a car, it's important to understand how the payments work and what you can expect when you ship your vehicle. Most car transport companies today split payments in two: one payment acts as a deposit, and the other is the payment for the shipment. Together, the two prices make up your to...
August 28, 2014
How Auto Transporters Find Their Loads
There are a lot of different ways that auto shipping carriers can go about finding a load to actually ship. While this may not be "news," per se - what can we say, it's a slow time in the auto transport industry, namely because the summer season is winding down and the industry as a whole is startin...
August 25, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Cancellation Policy Basics
Every retail store that you go to will have some type of return policy. Whether it's lax, stringent, or simply a statement of "all sales final," every retail store has a policy when it comes to trying to return merchandise. And in the car shipping industry, it's really no different, except for the f...
August 22, 2014
Why Working With Auto Transport Brokers is Always Better
You hear it all the time: "auto transport is full of scammers." "Auto transport is a shady industry." "I had a brother that shipped his car, they really screwed him!" I've heard these statements more times than I care to admit, mostly from customers fed up with their old auto transport company and l...
August 8, 2014
How Auto Transport Trucks Work
Auto transport trucks can typically haul anywhere from 8-10 cars on a single trailer, with some having extended trailers that can haul up to 12. 12-car haulers are rare, as government weight restrictions are pretty stringent and auto shippers can't go over the maximum weight with their rig and load ...
July 30, 2014
Auto Transport to Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue, home to over 122,000 residents, is the fourth-largest city in the state of Washington and the largest suburb of Seattle (the state's most-populous city). Bellevue has recently undergone rapid growth and vitalization despite the recent economic depression that hit in 2008, and this has led ...
July 26, 2014
Car Shipping to Olathe, Kansas
Believe it or not, Olathe, Kansas is the fifth-largest city in the state, with a population of over 125,000 residents, and is the fourth-largest city in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Olathe is one of the fastest-growing areas in the entire nation, and has ranked on several lists of the Top Plac...