$1,350 to $1,600 for an operable mid-size vehicle on an open trailer, over about 1,430 miles in three to four days on the road. The Tacoma to Phoenix direction prices the same. Your collection window comes before those road days and is separate.

Often not, and this is the single most useful thing on the page. Heat is hard on batteries and months of standing finishes the job. Start it a week before pickup so there is time to fit a new one, then again the day before the truck comes. Five minutes now saves the whole booking.

It gets re-rated at the curb as a non-running vehicle, which changes the price and can cost you the slot. That is the expensive version. The cheap version is telling us in advance, and there is no penalty for it: we send a trailer with a winch and price it properly from the start.

That it rolls, steers and brakes, because those three things decide whether it can drive onto a standard trailer. Flat-spotted or soft tires and sticking brakes are the usual finds. Leave about a quarter tank of fuel, which is enough to load and unload without adding weight.

March and April, by a wide margin. Seasonal residents leave the Valley inside a narrow few weeks and northbound trailers fill fast. If you are going north in spring, book three to four weeks out. It is the one time of year when waiting costs you both money and the choice of date.

Late fall and summer. October and November the rush runs the other way, and trucks arriving in Phoenix loaded want northbound freight for the return, which works in your favor. June through August is the quietest stretch in both directions.

Three to four days once the car is loaded. Federal rules cap the hours a driver may spend at the wheel and there are other vehicles coming off along the way. Between them those two things set the pace rather than the speed limit.

The spread of days we work within to get a trailer to you, six days as standard or three with expedited. It runs before the road days rather than inside them. In the spring rush this is the part that slips if you have given us a single date rather than a range.

Usually Interstate 10 west out of the Valley into California, then Interstate 5 north through Sacramento and Portland into Tacoma. Some trucks run the inland way instead, up US-93 to Las Vegas then Interstate 15 and Interstate 84 through Salt Lake City and Boise. Both are around 1,430 miles.

No, and that is worth knowing if you are shipping in winter. The Interstate 5 corridor runs at low elevation the whole way up, so Snoqualmie, White and Chinook pass closures have nothing to do with this route. It holds its timing through winter better than anything running east out of Washington.

Yes, $1,350 to $1,600 for the same vehicle on the same trailer. The two directions price level on this lane, which is unusual. If you are weighing a move either way, price is not the thing that should decide it.

All the time, and it needs one line at booking. Sun City, Sun City West, Sun Lakes and many gated developments limit commercial vehicles or have low entries, so we load just outside the gate or in a lot nearby. Tell us the community and the driver plans for it rather than finding out on arrival.

Very common here and easily handled. Name a neighbor, a property manager, a family member or the community office on the order, with a cell number. Whoever is there releases the vehicle and signs the condition report. Nothing else is needed from you.

The whole Valley. Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Goodyear, Avondale, Buckeye, Queen Creek, Paradise Valley, Sun City, Sun City West, Sun Lakes, Fountain Hills, Cave Creek, Anthem, Ahwatukee and Apache Junction.

More often than in most large cities. The Valley has wide arterial roads, a grid layout and generous parking, so a full-size trailer can usually reach the address itself. The exceptions are the denser blocks around downtown Phoenix, Tempe near the university and Old Town Scottsdale.

It depends which side of the city. South Tacoma, the Tacoma Mall area, East Tacoma and the Tideflats have wide roads and go straight to the door. The North End, Stadium District, Proctor and Hilltop have steep grades and narrow streets a 75-foot rig cannot work, so we meet in a lot nearby at no extra charge.

Our staffed office is at 5607 Boston Ave SW in Lakewood, about nine miles from downtown Tacoma and fifteen minutes down Interstate 5, on 253-200-5645. It is an operations base rather than a depot, so your car goes to your address rather than to a yard.

Yes, and this lane covers both ends. Luke is in Glendale on the west side of the Valley, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord borders Lakewood where our office sits. Send the earliest and latest date your orders allow rather than one day and we will work inside that.

Call Lakewood on 253-200-5645 and we move it against the same price rather than starting again. You also do not need a final Tacoma address at booking. Delivery can be set to a spouse, a sponsor or an accessible spot near the base and updated while the car is in transit.

Two small things. Arizona sun is hard on rubber, so wiper blades that were fine in a dry climate often streak badly in a Tacoma October, and door seals dry out. Tire pressure also drops noticeably moving from Valley heat to Puget Sound cool, so check it in the first week.

Only if you are becoming a resident, since the requirement follows residency rather than where the car is parked. There is one piece of good news either way: Washington ended its vehicle emissions check program on 1 January 2020, so unlike Maricopa County there is no emissions test to schedule. Check the current titling rules with the Department of Licensing.

For nearly every car going north, yes. Nine or ten vehicles travel together on a two-deck trailer with no roof or sides, the same equipment franchise dealers receive new inventory on. Three days of exposure on Interstate 5 is about as mild as long-distance transport gets.

It is the usual pick for a collector or low-clearance car that wintered in the Valley and is going home. Enclosed runs about 80 percent above open. Ask us to quote both and decide with the two numbers rather than the description.

In the spring rush, genuinely yes, which is not something we say on every lane. It tightens the collection window from six days to three. The drive is unchanged because driving hours are set by federal rule, but in March and April the window is the part under pressure.

Give us a range of three or four days rather than one, and book ahead of the spring rush. A driver with one space left takes whichever car is convenient rather than driving further for a better-paid one. Every extra day you can offer is another chance to be that car.

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

Yes, on a federal database, in about a minute. SAFER is the FMCSA's free public lookup. Enter a USDOT number and it returns whether that company holds authority to operate and what insurance sits on file. Ours is USDOT 2887232, MC 969368.

No. It goes from your address straight onto the trailer and off again in Tacoma. There is no yard, no terminal and no second trucking company taking over partway. That handover is where most damage claims in this business begin.

Usually yes, within reason. Around a hundred pounds, in the trunk, nothing piled where the driver needs to see out. The cover is on the vehicle rather than its contents, so anything valuable travels with you.

Both standard on this lane. A bigger vehicle takes more of the deck and adds weight, so it prices above a mid-size sedan. Send the year, make and model plus any lift or oversized tires and we will price the vehicle you own.

Yes, and households leaving the Valley for good do it often. Two vehicles on one trailer to the same address save the driver a stop, and that saving shows up on the second car. Ask for them as a pair.

No. We do not make outbound sales calls or send sales texts, and we do not sell your information. That is separate from being reachable: call 888-709-9078 or the Lakewood office any time, and once an order is live the driver will of course be in touch to arrange the handover.

Yes. 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 exactly why we would rather you told us about a dead battery now than at the curb.