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Where will my car be picked up?
Most car ship companies offer door-to-door service, which means they will come to your house and put the car on the truck in front of you. However, with major cities comes tiny roads, and trucks can’t drive on those small roads. The car ship trucks can be as long as 75 ft long, which makes it virtually impossible to squeeze on a small, two-lane road. If the truck can’t get to your house, generally they will contact you and let you know that you need to meet them in a parking lot or some other place that the truck can fit in.
Also, because of the nature of the United States, many cities prohibit giant trucks from going down minor roads. This is why you never see large 18-wheelers driving past your house. This is generally why you may need to meet the truck in a parking lot or someplace else that the truck can fit in. If they come to your house and there are laws preventing him from doing so, he could get a major fine--then your car will never move! So let the company that you ship your car with if your streets are narrow and the truck can’t get in...they’ll appreciate that.
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Car Ship Broker Rate Car ship broker rates are the prices that you pay for shipping your car. These are determined by several different factors including the size of the car, the pickup and destination locations, and the distance between the two. Shipping something like a Ford F-350 Super Duty will cost much more than something like a Toyota Corolla simply because it’s larger and more difficult to fit onto a truck – in special instances the rates can go up even more if the car is severely oversized. Car ship broker rates also depend on the pickup and destination cities – shipping from a larger city tends to be easier and cheaper because there are more trucks in that area. If the city you are shipping from or to is smaller, fewer trucks tend to run that way, which can raise the car ship broker rate. Another major determining factor in car ship broker rates is the distance between the pickup and destination cities. If the cities are closer together the rate will be cheaper because less fuel is expended getting from point to point. If they are farther apart, the car ship broker rate will go up because the driver has more expenses during the trip.
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