Seven Important Things That You Have To Know Before Shipping Your Car
1. How to choose auto transporter
If you needed car shipping company, than you need to spend some time and studying the opportunities. If you want to transport your car over the sea, than you must know that the company need to have a registration in the department of transportation, and also has both a Motor Carrier and U.S. Department of Transportation registration number. Additionally to having the correct registration numbers you can also verify their authenticity.
2. Check insurance
Every car transportation company has the requirement to make a carry insurance. But it is your responsibility to ask whether the company has insurance.
3. Auto transporter arrangements
Almost all companies will pick up your car from your home or directly from a dealership. But others have a designated drop off spot. Depending from the destination where you transport your vehicle, you may trust to the company to get your car from your home, or you must drive it to the company’s terminal.
4. Auto Transport Expense
There are few factors from which depends the total cost of the car shipping services. First of all this is the type of the car that you must transport overseas. The sport cars for example are more expensive that the compact car. The other important factor is the place where you want to transport the car. And of course whether the company has insurance.
5. Shipping Time
The time is depend from the place where the car going. If you ship your car on a short distance, than it takes a few days. But if the car going in the opposite side of the globe, than it takes the much more time of few days, it may takes a month even. This is that way, because of the many ports through it can be going.
6. Preparing your car
Before your car going on a long trip, you must prepare some different things. For example to remove every little or not so little objects from the back and front seats. For your peace of mind you must take the current documentation and make an inspection of the condition of the vehicle. That way if something bad happen with your car, you will have a proof, that the damages were happened during the shipping. Also the most international shipping company will ask you to leave about ¼ of the fuel tank of your vehicle.
7. Storing Items in your Car
Sometimes may be you wish to storage and carry some objects in the car. But this may cause some risks on the border with other country. In some countries the part of the some objects and products are illegal. So before give your car to the shipper, you may ask them whether the objects that you are leave on the car, are legal in the countries that the chipping trailer will cross trough. If the objects are legal, than maybe you have need to make an additional insurance
