Car Shipping Transit Time
Pick a pickup date and a route and get an estimated delivery window. The days come from the same published formula as the rest of our estimates. It is an estimate, not a promise.
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Choose a route and a pickup date to see the estimated delivery window.
Nothing you pick here is stored or sent. With scripting off, use the table below and add the days to your pickup date.
Transit days by route
Estimate, not a promise. Days = ceil(miles / 500) + 1 to ceil(miles / 350) + 2, from the road miles shown. Typical multi-stop open-carrier progress of 350-500 miles per day plus a day at each end for pickup and delivery scheduling. Road miles come from OpenStreetMap routing where loaded, otherwise straight-line distance times 1.2. How we estimate
Questions about transit time
Our formula gives 7–10 days for about 2,800 road miles, counted from the pickup date. The table above lists the days for each route. It is an estimate, not a promise.
It starts on the pickup date you choose. The time between booking and pickup depends on the company you book with and its schedule, so ask each company for its pickup window when you compare offers.
Typical multi-stop open-carrier progress of 350-500 miles per day plus a day at each end for pickup and delivery scheduling. The formulas are ceil(miles / 500) + 1 days at the low end and ceil(miles / 350) + 2 days at the high end, and they are the same ones used on our route and state pages.
Yes. Weather, road closures, other stops on the truck and driver hours rules can all move a delivery. If you need the car by a fixed date, tell each company when you compare offers and ask what it can commit to in writing.
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