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April 3, 2015
Auto Shipping Glossary: Coloading
When shipping a vehicle, something that some carriers like to do is what is known as "coloading." This is a process wherein the carrier schedules more than one pickup at one location for more than one customer. For instance, say you're shipping a vehicle out of Los Angeles. Your carrier may schedule...
April 1, 2015
Car Shipping Services to Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, currently home to a population of over 400,000 total residents. It is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota and is also a part of the Twin Cities metro area, home to over 3.8 million residents. Minneapolis is one of the two anchors of the...
March 31, 2015
Auto Shipping FAQ: Is it Cheaper to Ship or Drive my Vehicle?
If you're trying to figure out solutions for getting a vehicle from one end of the country to another, one of the most common arguments is driving it vs shipping it with an auto transport carrier. They're both legitimate ways of getting your vehicle across this vast nation of ours, but which one is ...
March 30, 2015
Auto Transport Tips: Shipping ATV's and 4-Wheelers
ATV's and 4-wheelers are pretty much the same thing, so for the purposes of this article we'll be using the term "ATV" and all its various conjugations. You can refer to the picture on the left for a better idea of what we're talking about, and if that's not what you're looking for you can browse ou...
March 29, 2015
Household Moving Tips to Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis is the city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, as well as the largest city in the state of Minnesota. It is currently home to a resident population of over 400,000 and is one of the anchors of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to over 3.8 milli...
March 25, 2015
Auto Shipping Services to Boston
Boston is the capital and the largest city within the U.S. state of Massachusetts, and also sits as the county seat of Suffolk County. Home to a population of over 646,000 residents, Boston is the largest city in the New England region of the United States and it is currently the 24th-largest city b...
March 22, 2015
Household Moving Tips: Watch for Blighted Areas
If you've ever moved before, you understand how time consuming and stressful the process can be, but if you're moving hundreds or thousands of miles away to another city in another state everything gets even harder. For one, you have to find a place to move to, and finding the right area takes some ...
March 20, 2015
Auto Shipping Glossary: Backhaul
You'd be surprised at how popular "backhauling" is in the auto transport industry. Simply put, when a carrier backhauls freight it means that they are picking up a load in one location, transporting it to another location where they will drop it off, and, after that, pickup another vehicle at that l...
March 15, 2015
Household Moving Tips: Understand Bulky Item Charges
Household moving companies have to provide customers with what is known as a list of tariffs. Basically, it's a pricing sheet which goes over how they price their shipments and what you can expect when it comes to moving your household items. A lot of companies have the same basic prices for the sam...
March 10, 2015
Auto Shipping FAQ: What is an Auto Transport Inspection?
If you've been researching the auto transport industry at all, you likely know a bit about how it works, who does what when it comes time to ship your car , how the payments work, etc. A lot of times, companies that you deal with won't explain everything - while they fill you in on the basics, and g...
March 9, 2015
Auto Transport Tips: Tips for Budgeting Your Shipment
We've discussed budgeting for your shipment before. how it's not easy and how if you do you'll end up having a better shipping experience as a result. But those are some of the positive results of budgeting your shipment; they don't actually help you do it, and that's a problem. Some people don't ne...
March 5, 2015
What Happens When You Call Us
Here at American Auto Shipping, we maintain a toll-free telephone number that you can call any time to speak to one of our live auto transport experts. As an advertising website, we get you free quotes from different transporters emailed to you within about an hour, and our staff is standing by to a...