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August 4, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: How to Be a Good Customer
The auto transport industry is full of people who think they know what they're doing. No, we're not talking about shipping companies (though there are a few out there that are just about clueless when it comes to transporting a vehicle); we're talking about customers, and it's funny because auto shi...
July 31, 2014
DOE Promoting Carbon Fiber Thru New $11m Reward
The U.S. Department of Energy is looking toward the future, it seems, by giving out awards totaling over $11 million to two projects aimed at advancing carbon fiber technology through renewable non-food-based feedstocks, like "woody biomass" and agricultural byproducts. Carbon fiber, if you are unaw...
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 28, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Shipping a Totaled Vehicle
In the course of the life of a vehicle, sometimes catastrophic things happen, like an accident that leaves your precious, most favorite mode of transportation reduced to a crumpled heap. A lot of people have been in this situation: driving across the country to a new job and a new home when BAM! Out...
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...
July 25, 2014
What Does the Future of Auto Transport Look Like?
The auto transport industry is slow to change. Ask anyone - we've been in the industry for fifteen years and our basic model is exactly the same as it was fifteen years ago, and this goes the same for many auto transportation companies. As it stands, the way that automobiles are transported, be they...
July 24, 2014
America's Crumbling Transportation System and How it Affects Auto Transporters
You may not be aware of this, but the U.S. transportation system is falling apart, to the point that eleven different former Department of Transportation secretaries penned an open letter to Congress telling them something must be done. Congress will be voting on a new transportation funding bill so...
July 21, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Shipping a Non-Running Vehicle
A non-running vehicle can be a real pain to transport for some people, mainly because - you know - it's not running. Inoperative vehicles account for a good chunk of all the vehicles shipped every single day, though of course not as many non-ops are shipped as vehicles that are fully running and ope...
July 17, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Know Your Carriers
Auto transportation is an imperfect industry - more of an art than a science, really. This is mainly due to the fact that there are so many car shipping companies out there, each one competing for some slice of the pie that you bring when you start looking for a transportation company. Basically, th...
July 15, 2014
Auto Shipping Services to Mesa
Mesa is the largest suburb of Phoenix and the third-largest city in the state of Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson (the two of which make up either end of the Sun Corridor, where much of Arizona's population lives and works). Mesa is the 38th-largest city in the United States, at least by population...
July 14, 2014
How Auto Shippers Protect Your Vehicle from Damage During Transport
Damage to vehicles while they are being shipped is fairly rare, but on the whole it's something that can happen to anyone at any time. Take this British car transport truck - you wouldn't want that to happen to your vehicle, right? All on fire and everything, that's not good for anyone. Luckily, it'...
July 11, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: What to Expect When Shipping Your SUV
The sport utility vehicle has been around for ages, it seems - certainly longer than this writer has been alive, that's for sure - but really didn't gain prominence as a consumer vehicle until the late 1980's and the early 1990's. Now, though, they're everywhere, and sales of sport utility vehicles ...