McKinney to Los Angeles is $1,250 and takes three days. San Jose to McKinney is $1,300 over four. Out of the wider metroplex, Orlando is $1,000 and Miami $1,250. Those come off loads we have completed, which is why the table lists the distance we actually recorded on each one.

Same price. Dallas-Fort Worth quotes as a single market, so Frisco, Allen, Plano, Prosper, Celina, Melissa and Princeton all sit where McKinney sits. Being 30 miles out of Dallas does not add a premium, which catches people out because they expect it to.

Because a lot more cars want to travel east than west. San Jose to McKinney is 1,720 miles at $1,300; Dallas to San Jose is 1,680 miles at $1,450. The longer trip is the cheaper one. Households have been moving from California to North Texas in large numbers, so eastbound trucks are plentiful and they compete for the work.

On the California run, modestly yes, by about $150 on our own figures. We would not oversell a gap that size, but it points the way the traffic does. If you are heading the other way, out of Texas toward California, budget the higher number rather than assuming the return leg matches.

Ask about them together rather than booking twice. Two vehicles on the same route and the same dates is a different conversation from two separate jobs, and it is a common one here. Mention it at the quote stage and we will look at it properly.

Three days to Los Angeles or Orlando, four to Miami or San Jose, once the car is loaded. Before that comes your collection window: six days on standard service, three on expedited, from the date you name. Carriers work this metroplex constantly, so pickups up here usually fall in the earlier half.

Eight or nine other cars share the trailer and the driver works through them in whatever order the route dictates. Whether you are the second stop or the eighth moves your day more than any date promised a week out. So you get a call the night before with a real time instead.

It is easier, which surprises people. Collin County was built recently and built wide, with real driveways and streets a truck can turn in. A carrier leaving the metroplex northbound or eastbound passes McKinney anyway. Downtown Dallas means taking a 75-foot rig into the middle of the metroplex and back out.

Historic downtown around the square, where the streets are narrow and the parking is angled. A car carrier cannot work with that, so we agree a wider road a short distance away and charge nothing for it. The rest of the city is straightforward.

Common up here and easily handled with a little notice. Either get the driver's name onto the visitor list before the day, or agree a meeting point just outside the gate. Two minutes on the phone beforehand saves a long wait at the entrance.

McKinney is a service area of ours rather than an office, and there is no yard here either. Carriers do the driving and our people handle your order by phone. Since the car goes from your address straight to another address, a local counter would add nothing. Registered business address: 4208 Six Forks Rd Ste 1000, Raleigh, NC 27609.

Ten days ahead is comfortable most of the year. Stretch that to two weeks through the late-summer relocation peak and the run-up to the school year, when Collin County moves a great many households at once. Winter is the quiet season here and usually the friendliest on price.

When a closing date or a start date will not move, yes. Expedited takes the collection window from six days to three. It does not shorten the drive, since a driver's hours are set by federal rule. On a three or four day haul, the window is the bigger part of your calendar.

Two reasons to, here. The usual one is the car itself: a classic, something low, or fresh paint. The local one is spring hail, which in North Texas can mark a great many cars in one afternoon. A hard-sided trailer removes that entirely. It runs about 80 percent more than open, so it is a judgment call rather than an obvious yes.

Not in this market. Texas has a deep collector and truck scene and enclosed rigs work the metroplex regularly. On a thinner lane an enclosed booking can wait a week for the right trailer to come past. Here it generally will not.

Extremely common out of Collin County. A full-size truck needs more deck space and carries more weight than a sedan, so expect to sit above the figures on this page. The setup matters more than the badge: lift kits, oversize tires, racks and bed covers all change what it takes up. Describe it as it is and we will price it as it is.

Yes, and it matters more here than in most places. The northern metroplex is threaded with toll roads and a tag left on the windshield can keep reading gantries while the car sits on a trailer. Small job, and it saves an odd bill arriving weeks later.

Not in any way you need to plan around. It travels in moving air on an open trailer, which is kinder than a parking lot in August. Two small things: set the tires to the recommended pressure rather than overinflating, and take anything out of the cabin that would not survive a hot afternoon.

It can, on a truck fitted with a winch. There is no flat surcharge, so plan on $200 upward depending on how cooperative the car is. Three answers settle the equipment: will it roll, will it steer, will it stop. Say so honestly even if all three are no, because a truck that cannot load loses a day.

Bring the tank down near a quarter and give the car a wash, so the condition report has real detail in it, and photograph any existing marks yourself. Fold the mirrors, lower the antenna, pull the toll tag, switch the alarm off. A spare key is handy if you can lay hands on one.

A reasonable amount, yes. Keep it in the trunk, somewhere below 100 pounds, and leave out whatever you could not replace. Many companies refuse flatly; we would rather be useful. Bear two points in mind: the cover applies to the vehicle and not to household goods, and ten cars each carrying a hundred pounds is half a ton of extra load.

The trucking company on the job, through Carrier Cargo Insurance. No carrier gets dispatched by us without it, and we check the certificate is in force before loading rather than afterward. Say the word and we send it over. Check your own policy as well, since many extend to a vehicle in transit.

It will not be. The same driver and the same trailer carry it from McKinney all the way through. No yard stop, no second outfit taking over midway. Almost every damage argument starts at a handover, which is why your trip has none.

Yes. Put their name and cell number on the booking. They need to be over eighteen and willing to walk the car with the driver and sign the delivery report, since that signature is the record anything raised later refers back to.

You will not. We do no outbound sales calling at all. Keep the number, shop it around, leave it a month if you like. There is no charge to get a price and none to book, and you can always call us instead of typing.