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November 28, 2014
How Fuel Prices, Other Factors Impact Your Auto Transport Price
The worldwide economy today is huge, vast and ever-changing. With literally trillions of dollars floating around in hundreds, if not thousands of different currencies, you'd be truly surprised at how price fluctuations or disruptions in one market can impact the prices of goods in another, with perh...
November 25, 2014
What Items Cannot Be In My Vehicle During Auto Transportation?
Though most auto transport companies will allow you to put a few items in the trunk of your vehicle while it is being shipped, most of the time it's straight-up illegal to ship household items in your vehicle while it's on an auto shipping truck, but that has to do with licenses and who's allowed to...
November 24, 2014
Auto Transport Tips for Shipping From an Auto Auction
The idea of the auction has been around literally for thousands of years. One of the oldest concepts in mercantilism, there is little today that you cannot buy at an auction . The concept has become so well-known that people are trying new ways of doing it, and the internet has helped tremendously t...
November 23, 2014
How the Buffalo Blizzard Affects Your Auto Transportation Services
The past week has seen some pretty heavy snowfall in the Buffalo, New York Metropolitan Area, with the principal city thereof receiving anywhere from 5-7 feet of snow over the past few days. This type of snow isn't necessarily uncommon in Buffalo, but the amount of snow this winter has already led t...
November 19, 2014
Auto Shipping to Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is a city in as well as the capital of the U.S. State of Virginia. Home to over 214,000 residents, Richmond is the fourth-largest city by population in the state and also anchors the larger Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to over 1.21 million residents. Richmond has be...
November 18, 2014
Can I Put Items in My Vehicle Before an Auto Transporter Picks it Up?
Auto transportation companies are not licensed to ship what are considered "household items" because there's already an industry that ships those types of things. Therefore, the correct answer when asked if a customer can put items in their vehicle before transport is "no" - but that's not counting ...
November 14, 2014
Shipping Household Items With an Auto Transport Company
We get asked the question "can I put stuff in my car while it's being shipped" a lot. This isn't surprising; a few suitcases, some blankets or pillows, can't possibly cause any problems...right? Normally, the answer to that question is no, they generally won't cause problems. Items that are lightwei...
November 10, 2014
Tips for Putting Items in Your Car During Transport
[caption id="attachment_8508" align="alignright" width="226"] Too much stuff in the trunk![/caption] Let’s preface this blog with a simple statement: auto transportation carriers are not licensed to carry household items. Just like how your plumber isn’t licensed to install your cable, auto transpor...
November 9, 2014
Household Goods Moving FAQ: How Far In Advance Should I Book My Move?
In the auto transport industry, generally it takes anywhere from a few days to a week or more to get your vehicle picked up from the date that you book it, depending on where you're shipping from and to. This is fairly standard, because it doesn't take nearly as much prep work as shipping household ...
November 8, 2014
Auto Shipping to Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in Orange County, Florida, of which it is also the county seat. With a population of over 238,000 in the city proper, it is the fifth-largest city in the state of Florida and anchors a metropolitan area - Greater Orlando - of over 2.1 million. Orlando is the largest inland city in ...
November 7, 2014
How Auto Shipping Companies Plan Their Routes
Auto transporters have a pretty tough job - driving a huge automobile meant to carry other automobiles on its back isn't a picnic, and requires a lot of training before they're even able to get into the cab of the truck, let alone drive it on the roads that you and I share every day. It's a hard job...
November 6, 2014
How Open Auto Transport Became the Standard
The auto transportation industry has been around since almost the invention of the automobile itself. Despite the fact that cars are meant to be driven, there are times when a particular vehicle cannot be, and it needs to be trucked somewhere instead, like any other common piece of freight. This is ...