It goes by distance. Under 500 miles, which covers Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Baltimore and Philadelphia, an operable mid-size vehicle on an open trailer runs $450 to $900. From 500 to 1,500 miles it is $900 to $1,600. From 1,500 to 2,500 miles, $1,250 to $2,100. Coast to coast, $1,600 to $2,500.

They are our national bands, and we would rather say so than dress a band up as a local figure. We have measured plenty of lanes elsewhere in the country and published the real numbers on those pages. Hampton Roads is next on the list. Send us two zip codes in the meantime and you will have a genuine price for your own lane today.

Because it sits about ninety miles east of Interstate 95, at the end of Interstate 64 rather than on the way to anywhere. Trucks come here on purpose. That is worth knowing because it shapes scheduling more than it shapes price: the Navy keeps vehicles moving in and out of this market all year, so the capacity is here even though the traffic is not passing through.

It matters for how the driver reaches you. The Southside is Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Suffolk. The Peninsula is Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg and York County. Tell us which one at booking and we will route the collection properly the first time.

Height. The HRBT westbound tube, heading from Norfolk toward Hampton, clears 13 feet 6 inches. A loaded car hauler is built right up to that same 13 foot 6 inch federal limit, so drivers take the Monitor-Merrimac on Interstate 664 instead, which clears 14 feet 6 inches. Eastbound on the HRBT is also 14 feet 6 inches and fine.

Virginia takes it seriously, and so do the drivers. There are overheight detectors out near Willoughby Spit, and an overheight vehicle caught at the tunnel in rush hour faces a fine of up to $2,500. Turning a truck around at the tunnel mouth means stopping traffic in both directions. Nobody who runs this corridor guesses at it.

Same story, same number. The Midtown Tunnel on US-58 clears 13 feet 6 inches, so a loaded hauler crossing between Norfolk and Portsmouth goes around rather than under. It is a few extra minutes for the driver and nothing at all for you, but it is why a pickup time is given as a window.

Constantly. It is one of the busiest vehicle markets in the country for exactly that reason. Send us your orders date and we will build the schedule around it, and ask about the military discount while you are at it.

Plan on meeting just outside instead. Base access rules are the base's to set and they change, so we arrange the handover at an accessible spot nearby and agree it when you book. It is completely routine here and it carries no extra charge.

Name someone else on the order and it is handled. Any responsible adult can release the vehicle and sign the condition report: a spouse, a friend, a neighbor, a shipmate. Give us their name and cell number at booking rather than trying to sort it out on the day.

All of them. The Oceanfront and the Resort Area, Town Center and Pembroke, Ghent and downtown Norfolk, Ocean View, Kempsville, Great Neck, Chesapeake's Greenbrier and Western Branch, Olde Towne Portsmouth, and across the water in Hampton, Newport News and Williamsburg.

Yes, and it is easier outside the summer season. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day the Resort Area streets fill up and a 75-foot rig needs room, so the handover often moves a few blocks inland to a wider street or a parking lot. You agree the spot when you book and there is no surcharge for it.

Very common here and easy to handle. Most complexes have a wide entrance, an overflow lot or a nearby retail lot that works well. If the loading zone is tight or signed, tell us at booking and the driver will suggest somewhere a short walk away.

One to three days up to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia or Raleigh. Two to five days for Atlanta, Chicago, Orlando or Miami. Four to eight days out to Denver or Phoenix. Seven to ten days coast to coast. Those are road days, and your collection window comes first.

It is the spread of days we work within to get a trailer to you, six days as standard and three if you choose expedited. It sits before the road days rather than inside them. Mixing the two up is the main reason a shipment looks late when it is running exactly to plan.

Summer is the heaviest stretch, with tourism filling the Resort Area and military moves peaking in the same months. Late spring through August is when booking two or three weeks ahead pays off most. Fall and winter are quieter and usually the easiest to schedule.

It is the busiest direction out of here. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York and New England are all short runs by our standards, and the corridor carries traffic both ways all year. Those lanes tend to move quickly once a trailer is assigned.

Yes, and it is one of the steadiest routes we run. Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale and Miami all come out of Hampton Roads regularly. October through April is the busy southbound stretch, then it turns around in the spring.

Fully covered. Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and Denver are all standard work, and we keep staffed offices in Los Angeles and in Lakewood, Washington, so the far end is somewhere we have people.

Yes, and it is what nearly every car we move travels on. Your vehicle rides with eight or nine others on an uncovered two-level rig, which is how every dealership in the country takes delivery of new stock. Open rigs carry the most vehicles, so more of them are running and there is less waiting.

For a classic, a show car, an exotic, anything low to the ground, or fresh paintwork. Enclosed runs about 80 percent more than open. Salt air on the coast is a fair reason to think about it too. Ask for both figures and decide with them side by side.

A tighter collection window, three days rather than six. That is the piece you can move. It does not shorten the drive, because the hours a driver may work are set by federal rule. On a short East Coast run, though, the window is most of your timeline, so expedited is worth more here than on a cross-country trip.

Carrier Cargo Insurance, and that policy belongs to the trucking company assigned to your vehicle rather than to us. It is live from the moment the car is loaded until it comes off at the other end. We hold the certificate as soon as a carrier accepts and it is yours to see whenever you ask.

Yes, in about a minute, on a government site. SAFER is the FMCSA's free public lookup. Type in a USDOT number and you get that company's authority to operate and the insurance on file for it. Ours is USDOT 2887232, MC 969368.

No. Whoever loads it here is whoever unloads it at the other end. There is no second company midway and no night in a storage yard. That swap is where most damage in this business happens, so leaving it out matters.

Usually yes, within reason. Around a hundred pounds, in the trunk, nothing stacked where the driver needs to see. The insurance covers the vehicle rather than its contents, so bring anything precious with you. Take the toll transponder off the windshield as well, or it will read on the way.

Wash it so the condition report is accurate, take your personal items out, leave about a quarter tank of fuel, and turn the alarm off. Photograph it in daylight from all four corners the day before. That takes five minutes and it makes the handover at the far end straightforward.

Yes. It needs a rig with a winch and a driver set up to use one. Budget $200 upward on top of the bands on this page. When you ask for the quote, say whether it rolls, steers and brakes, because those answers pick the equipment.

All fine. Bigger means more of the deck and more weight, so it sits above a mid-size sedan. Send the year, make and model and we will price the vehicle you actually own rather than a size bracket.

Yes. Portsmouth is one of our service areas, which means we cover Hampton Roads from inside it rather than from three states away. It is a service area rather than a yard, so your car is collected from and delivered to your own address.

No, it is simply how we work, and it is already in the bands on this page. Where a street or a tunnel route will not take a 75-foot rig, the driver sets a spot close by at no charge.

It will. The price we quote is the price you pay, as long as the vehicle, the route, the condition and the shipping details stay the same. That is the Smart Price Promise, and it is the reason this page shows you honest bands instead of an attractive number we would have to walk back.