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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 ...
November 4, 2014
How Many Vehicles Can I Ship at Once?
You'd be surprised at how often we hear that question, at least until you begin to realize that a lot of people actually have quite a few cars that they need to ship at a time. Usually, these people own or manage dealerships or fleets of vehicles (for rental purposes, usually), and generally have a ...
November 3, 2014
Auto Transport Tips for Dealerships
Dealerships are in the automobile business, and if you own or manage an auto dealership you understand this as well as we do. Automobile dealerships, be they new or used, top of the line or bottom of the barrel, typically work with other dealerships in the area, usually to get inventory moved from o...
November 2, 2014
Household Goods Moving FAQ: How Does Household Moving Insurance Work?
Household moving companies, on the whole, do not offer what we typically would consider insurance. Instead, they offer what is called "valuation" and while it functions much the same way as insurance, it's governed by a different set of rules than insurance is, and that usually means less coverage f...
October 29, 2014
Auto Transport to Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in as well as the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, and is currently home to a population of over 113,900 residents, making it the sixth-largest city in the entire state. Ann Arbor anchors the larger Ann Arbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, home to over 334,000...
October 28, 2014
What is the Best Way to Ship a Pickup Truck?
Pickup trucks have been around pretty much since the invention of the automobile. They’re great workhorse machines that are common especially in the United States. Originally designed as a cab-on-chassis, so farmers and agricultural workers could customize them as they needed, today pickup trucks co...
October 27, 2014
Getting the Most out of Enclosed Auto Transport
We've discussed the idea of enclosed auto transportation services before on this blog, and have talked in-depth about how it works, why it's an important part of the car shipping industry and who can really benefit from it. Enclosed transportation is used when vehicles that can't really be driven on...
October 26, 2014
Finding A House on a Budget
In life, money is something that everyone has to adapt to. Every one of us wants more, and it is something that makes this world that we live in go around. We place a value on everything: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the places that we live in, that shelter all o...
October 24, 2014
How Auto Transporters Load and Unload Non-Running Vehicles
When tasked with loading or unloading a vehicle that does not run, auto shippers have to rely on what is known as a winch. A winch is a tool that literally drags a vehicle onto the back of a transport truck so the carrier can secure it properly. Winches are great tools in that they allow drivers who...
October 17, 2014
Where Have All the Auto Transport Terminals Gone?
Shipping a vehicle is not like ordering fast food; you don't necessarily get it the way you want it, you usually have to make a compromise here or there, it costs a lot more money, and it takes a lot more time from the day you order your shipment to the day it's actually completed. Some people just ...
October 16, 2014
Lithium-Ion Costs At Heart of Cheap Electric Vehicles
Tesla Motors is busy taking the world by storm with their high-power, all-electric vehicles like their famous Roadster or the new Model-S, which is already on sale in some areas of the country. But where a lot of people have hang ups in regards to the new startup is the price of their vehicles, and ...
October 14, 2014
What is Drive Away Auto Transportation?
To put it simply, drive away auto transportation services are a type of car shipping method that relies on someone else driving your vehicle from pickup to delivery instead of relying on a car transporter to load and unload it off a truck. Essentially, with drive away services, you're literally payi...