How Car Shipping Works

The more notice, the more likely you get exactly the dates you want. Open carriers can often pick up within 1–3 days of booking; enclosed usually needs 3–7 because fewer trucks run that equipment. If the car has to move now, tell us. Expedited options exist on most routes.

Pickup and delivery locations (city and ZIP is enough to start), a contact name and phone number at each end, the vehicle's year, make, and model, whether it runs, and the date it's ready. The whole thing takes a few minutes by text.

Yes. City and ZIP code are enough to price and reserve the shipment. Just get us the exact street address before pickup day so the driver can plan the stop.

We monitor every load from pickup to delivery and send updates at each milestone: picked up, in transit, arriving. And because you have one point of contact the whole way, a quick text gets you a real answer, not a phone tree.

They're windows, not promises. Weather, traffic, and federally mandated driver rest hours can shift a truck's schedule by a day. What we guarantee is honesty: realistic windows up front, and an immediate heads-up if anything moves.

Yes. We pick up and deliver as close to your door as the truck can safely and legally get. Car haulers are big, so if your street has tight turns, low branches, or parking restrictions, the driver will arrange a nearby spot like a shopping-center lot that works for both of you.

Yes, someone 18 or older needs to be at each end to release or accept the vehicle, hand over the keys, and sign the inspection report. It doesn't have to be you; anyone you trust works.

Figure roughly one day of transit per 400–500 miles once the car is on the truck. A 1,000-mile move usually runs 2–3 days, coast to coast about a week. We'll give you a realistic pickup and delivery window with your estimate, and updates throughout transit.

It's the condition report and transport agreement in one, completed at pickup, signed again at delivery, and the document any insurance claim is built on. On top of it, we photograph every panel at pickup and delivery, so the car's condition is factual, not a memory.

The driver unloads, you walk the car together and compare it against the pickup photos and the Bill of Lading, then you sign the final inspection and take your keys. Five minutes when everything's right, and because we document both ends, it almost always is.

We're Austin-based and ship nationwide: all 50 states, including US territories. Whether it's across town or coast to coast, we've got it covered.