Automobile Car Shipping

Shipping a car is not a difficult task but does require a lot of careful planning and preparation. The longer the distance that you need to ship the car to, the more careful you should be in preparing the car for shipping.

Steps In Preparing The Car For Shipping

1) Fully wash the car.

2) Note down any existing damages.

3) Take some high quality photographs of the car, especially the damages and note down the date.

It’s also important to make sure the car is fully working to avoid delays should it needs to be driven for a short distance for unloading/loading:

1) Check the tyres are fully inflated, and batteries charged.

2) Drain the petrol if need be to reduce the weight, refill all mechanical fluids.

3) Inform the car shipping company about any leaks.

4) Check whether the car is alarmed and if yes make sure it’s turned off for shipping

Choosing A Car Shipping Company

This process is as important as preparing the car for shipping. You do not want to end up having a piece of junk due to choosing an unreliable car shipper.

First thing to do is to have  a look at the car shipping vehicle that they have. To ensure maximum protection to your car, ask the car shipper to provide the single, enclosed car trailer to ship your car. This option is normally chosen by luxury car dealers. The downside is that it’s quite expensive.

Other options include multiple car trailer where you car is shipped with other cars (cheapest) and single open car trailer (your car is shipped on its own but without container so it’s exposed to potential external damages).

Very important but often missed is the car shipping company’s insurance policy. You will want to make sure their policy covers the car value should there be any damages to it whilst being shipped. Companies with higher insurance policy value might charger more but you will get better protection too.

Don’t forget to look around for rates as it doesn’t hurt comparing few companies. The more options you have the better.

Shipping Your Car With FREShipping

FREShipping have a wide range of car shipping options for you to choose from so if you are looking to get your car shipped, get in touch.