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How far ahead should I schedule my pickup?
Generally, auto ship companies require 1-7 days notice so they can schedule you on the next available truck. Because this industry is route-based, it is often difficult to find a truck to ship your auto on short-notice. Some brokerages offer “express service,” but unless they a) own their own trucks and b) live where you do, express service generally takes more time than if you just scheduled a week or so ahead.
If an immediate pickup is absolutely necessary (in case of emergency), the auto ship company can probably help you. Many companies have contracts with hundreds of smaller trucking companies (and some even own their own trucks), so chances are they can get to you pretty quick. Don’t rely on this, however, because things have been known to go wrong. If you really want your auto picked up in the time frame that you requested, make sure theauto ship company has plenty of notice.
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Auto ShipperAn auto shipper can refer to one of two different services: either a ship broker or a carrier. Technically, an auto shipper would be a carrier, because they actually ship your auto; however, most carriers utilize ship brokerages to find autos to ship, because ship brokerages number in the thousands and the vast majority of customers looking to ship their autos use ship brokerages. Auto shippers specialize in shipping autos, however, so if you contract with a ship brokerage you’ll still be using a carrier no matter what.
Bad news for people who like good news..
apparently there is this argument that big suv’s and big trucks are a major profit maker, especially for the big 3 in detroit. now i will be the first to admit that earlier in the decade this was an absolute truth. somewhere around 2003, everything was about bigger and better. read article...
Truck shipment terminology
load board is a kind of cargo similar service and contains loads that have been posted by agents and shippers in a particular place on the internet. characteristically on load boards anybody who would like to both search for loads/trucks or post loads/trucks needs to have an account with that particular load board.setting up an account with a load board is normally offered for free. read article...
Good news for the Auto SHIPPING industry.. FINALLY
ok, so i promised i wouldn’t continue to write about the cash for guzzlers plan… (sigh) so i’ll sum up new developments quickly: the program is having all kinds of trouble because it’s not equipped to handle such a large market. basically the website and the help hotline have been jammed with traffic (no pun intended) and have not been helping dealers wanting to register for the program. as with anything, opinions on whether or not this program is working are varying. read article...
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There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.
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