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April 5, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Forget What You Think You Know
Okay, this blog post may sound a bit off, but read it through before you judge us. Many customers who call us looking for quotes or for information about shipping their vehicle have some idea of how the industry works, but more often than not it's skewed or incomplete, and they end up sounding kind ...
April 4, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: The Auto Transport Representative
When you're transporting your vehicle from one location to another it's going to be a lot easier for you if you have one contact person that handles all the details of your shipment. Most auto transport companies assign representatives to customers based on who booked the order, which makes it great...
April 3, 2014
Auto Shipping FAQ: What is Transit Time?
When you're shipping a vehicle from one state to another you'll find really quickly that a lot of what you'll wind up doing is nothing. That is, you're going to be waiting on someone to do their job, as opposed to actually getting your car shipped - from the get-go you're forced to rely on auto ship...
April 2, 2014
Across the Map: Ohio Vehicle Transport Services
The state of Ohio is a state in the Midwestern United States. Though it ranks 34th among the 50 states in terms of total area, it ranks 7th in total population with 11.5 million residents calling the state home. Ohio was founded in 1803 and was the first territory (and eventually state) to be carved...
April 1, 2014
Car Transport Services to Cincinnati, OH
The city of Cincinnati is the third-largest city in the state of Ohio as well as the 25th largest in the United States. Home to over 296,000 residents in the city proper, Cincinnati anchors the larger Cincinnati metropolitan area, which has a population of over 2.2 million. Cincinnati is the county ...
March 30, 2014
Factors That Can Increase Your Moving Costs
Last time we talked a bit about how to cut down on your moving day costs , but this time we're going to talk about a few things that can actually increase your moving costs - things that you may not be aware of. For starters, when you start searching for your moving quotes - particularly if you use ...
March 29, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Protecting Valuable Classic Cars During Transport
If you're looking at shipping a valuable or expensive classic car, there are a lot of things that you need to take into consideration if you need to get it shipped across the country. Classic cars come in all different shapes, sizes and values, and more often than not they are vehicles that owners h...
March 28, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: Transit Time
In the auto transport industry, the term "transit time" refers to how long your vehicle will actually be in transit from the date it's picked up and loaded onto the carrier until the date that it is received by you or an affiliated party at delivery. Transit time, simply put, is how long your vehicl...
March 27, 2014
Auto Shipping FAQ: How Does Auto Transport Insurance Work?
Auto transportation is an expensive process which requires a lot of faith, really, on your part. You have to have faith that the auto transport broker will find you a reputable and legitimate auto transport carrier, and you're also putting faith in that carrier that they'll take good care of your ve...
March 26, 2014
Across the Map: New York Vehicle Shipping Services
The state of New York is the 27th largest state in the U.S. in terms of total area, and currently has a total population of 19.6 million residents, good for third-largest in the U.S. by total population. It is also the seventh-most densely populated state in the United States. New York state has bee...
March 23, 2014
Cutting Down Your Moving Day Costs
A household move is expensive. Whether you're moving across town or across state or across country, it's going to be expensive to hire a team of movers to actually move your things, and the more you have, the more expensive it'll likely be. Household moving quotes and prices are primarily based on t...
March 22, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Shipping a Vehicle with No Wheels
Shipping a vehicle without wheels is a daunting task, one that many car transporters probably won't do. As most auto transporters drive the vehicles they are shipping onto the truck and then secure it into place, shipping a vehicle without any way to roll makes it rather difficult to get it on the t...