From New York City, about $1,100 to Chicago, $1,250 to $1,500 to Florida, $1,350 to $1,600 to Dallas, $1,800 to $2,000 to Seattle and $1,900 to $2,300 to Los Angeles, on an open trailer. Upstate has its own table above, with Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Saratoga Springs priced individually.

A little, and it depends on how far the car is going. On a short run of 600 to 900 miles, an upstate pickup runs roughly 10 to 15 percent above a city one, because fewer trucks pass through. Out to Florida or Texas the gap narrows to a few percent. Coast to coast it is near enough nothing, so an Albany move to California prices much like a Brooklyn one.

Figure two to four days to Chicago, three to five into Florida, four to six to Texas and a week to ten days to the coast. Upstate origins can add a day in January and February. Count from pickup, not from the day you book, and put your pickup window on the front of it.

It is the range of days your car gets collected in, starting on the date you give us. Standard is 6 days, expedited is 3. Upstate is where the wider window earns its keep, because it gives a driver more ways to fit you in. You hear from him before he turns up either way.

Distance sets most of it, then the route, the vehicle and the timing. Where you sit in New York matters more here than in most states, because downstate is one of the busiest freight markets in the country and the North Country is one of the quietest. An SUV takes more deck than a sedan, and a wider pickup window is the easiest money you can save.

All 62 counties, from Montauk to the Pennsylvania line. The five boroughs, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, the Capital Region, the Southern Tier, Central New York, the Finger Lakes, Western New York and the North Country. Rural pickups take a little more notice, and they get it.

In most of the state, yes, and where it cannot the fix takes ten minutes. A car hauler runs about 75 feet. Manhattan below 96th Street and the older village centers upstate are the usual exceptions, and the driver meets you at a wide open spot nearby. Tell us the address when you book and it is planned around.

No. Commercial trucks are barred from the New York parkways. Drivers run the Thruway and the designated truck routes instead. That is why your driver may come in by a road your phone would not pick. A meeting spot near a truck route saves everyone time.

Open covers the large majority of what leaves this state. Enclosed runs about 80 percent higher, so a $1,000 move becomes roughly $1,800. That buys a hard-sided trailer and it is money well spent on a collector car, a restoration or anything that will not clear a ramp. On a commuter car it is not the call we would make.

Yes. Carrier Cargo Insurance covers the vehicle the whole way and it sits with the carrier doing the hauling. The certificate exists the moment your order is matched to a truck, so ask and it is in your inbox the same day. You can also check any carrier's authority yourself on the FMCSA SAFER system.

Usually yes, within reason. Most drivers will take a few things as a courtesy. Keep it under about 100 pounds, pack it neatly, and keep it out of sight from outside the car. Think a few boxes in the trunk rather than a carload. The one thing to know is that you are paying to move the vehicle, so the carrier's insurance covers the car itself. Keep anything you would hate to lose with you.

Start with a wash, because an accurate condition report is what protects you. Take the fuel down to about a quarter tank. Pull the E-ZPass off the windshield so it stops reading gantries the length of the Thruway, fold the mirrors in and strip anything bolted to the outside. Hand over one key. Photograph every panel before the driver arrives.

Three to four weeks ahead for most moves. Four weeks from October to early January, when the run south to Florida and Arizona fills southbound trailers and the whole corridor tightens. February through April is the quietest stretch and the best pricing of the year out of New York.

It can add a day, and we plan for it rather than promise around it. Lake-effect snow off Erie and Ontario closes stretches of I-90 most winters, and the Adirondack routes get weather the Thruway does not. Downstate is rarely affected. Build a day of slack into a January move and you will not need it most years.

A deposit is due when you book and the balance is paid to the driver at delivery, usually by cashier's check, money order or cash. You can also put the whole amount on a credit card at booking.

Cancel any time before we assign a carrier and your deposit comes back to you. Once we assign one and send you the driver's details, that money is spoken for. It is not gone, though. You can push the move back and use it on a later shipment.

Yes. Fort Drum sits in the North Country near Watertown and West Point is on the Hudson, and PCS moves are routine work. Read your orders first, because some moves already cover shipping a vehicle. Pickup happens just outside the gate on a commercial lot, and naming the installation at booking gets that spot picked in advance.

We serve New York from our Bronx and Huntington Station service areas, with dispatch handled by our staffed offices. There is no walk-in counter in New York and no local New York number to call. One line reaches the whole company on 888-709-9078, and our registered business address is 4208 Six Forks Rd Ste 1000, Raleigh, NC 27609.

Yes, provided it rolls, brakes and steers and the assigned trailer carries a winch. No flat fee for it. Budget $200 or more above what the same car would cost running, and give us a call so it is priced properly. Winch trucks are a smaller pool, so more notice helps outside the metro.

Start with the numbers. Smart Auto Move is USDOT 2887232 and MC 969368, both free to check on the FMCSA SAFER system, and we are BBB accredited with an A+ rating. The clearest red flag is a quote far below the rest. If four companies say $1,000 to $1,200 and the fifth says $500, ask that one straight out whether the rate is confirmed. And a deposit is a good sign rather than a bad one. A company asking nothing up front may not be sure it can book a truck at its own price.

You get GPS tracking when the carrier and truck support it, the driver's phone number for a call or text along the way, and email updates from us. We say it that plainly because no one booking your shipment controls whether a given truck carries a tracking system.