Vehicle Shipping 101 From Haulingdepot.com

A sensible approach to choosing Car Shippers, Auto Transport Services and Vehicle Shipping Companies.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Remote locations and car shipping

Winter remote locations are just around the corner. People who live in smaller towns and hard to aaccess in the winter months may experience more dificulty in speedy and affordable auto transport. The reason? Besides the weather some trucking companies or carriers cut their routes or "lanes" down during winter months because its just not as profitable for them. To avoid paying more and to ensure a timely pick up of your vehicle arrange to drive it to a terminal this winter in the nearest and largest city. This will expedite the delivery and also bring down the cost of your car shipping.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

How to stay Protected When Buying & Shipping A Vehicle Online

You just bought a car on ebay motors or clear across the country from some online automobile classified website. Lets say your paying a cool umm... umm.. $40k for it. Now what? Well you got a few options. Send the funds certified of course, wait until the car arrives from the auto shipping company and inspect it. This isn't what he/she said. This is dented and the nightmare begins. Not so good. Protect yourself from legal battles or headaches. Use an escrow service to hold funds until you have okayed and inspected the car. Also have the seller take pictures of the vehicle to be sure its not damaged during transport. Once you okay the deal the funds are released to the seller. Sounds like a better option? It is!

Monday, October 09, 2006

Auto Shipping Weekends & Holiday Pick Ups?

Pick up and delivery are often a source of confusion in auto transport. Sometimes customers want there vehicle picked up and transported on a specific day and sometimes its a weekend day. Remember typically a person is given a pick up window for their car transport. This could be a two day or longer window. "guaranteed" pick up days are available but will ususallly cost more.

Automobile Transporters will also pick up on weekends and some times holidays depending on their shipping schedules.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Carrier vs. Auto Transport brokers

We often get calls from auto transport consumers that ask if we are a broker or a carrier and they don't want to use a auto transport broker but want us to put them in touch only with carriers. While this approach can make sense its not always the best solution. As we have discussed before carriers do own their own trucks. Some carriers can and will also broker your automobile out if they have their broker authority. So don't be fooled and ask if your demanding a carrier. The disadvantage is if your looking for the best auto transport rate, and a carrier may not be the way to go as if they are using their own trucks are limited to their own inventory and routes. Auto transport brokers will shop it around and may be able to move your car sooner as they have multiple trucking companies to shop probably within their own network.