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Door to Door vs. Forward Air Motorcycle Shipping

2008-07-02T12:04:00.000-07:00

Surprisingly, you have several options when it comes to the type, method and delivery when shipping a motorcycle. Their are options for air freight, ground freight, and door to door uncrated motorcycle shipping.

Most companies in the ShipVehicles network utilize door to door uncrated shipping. Some companies will offer delivery to commercial addresses at a discount and use what is called a pop-up crate. These are the two primary methods we endorse and encourage our customers to utilize.

A relatively popular option is to use a company like Forward Air to air freight their motorcycle. While this has numerous advantages, the main one being speed, there are also a lot of unseen disadvantages.

The primary issue is the air freight process itself. You will have to get the bike to the Forward Air terminal and drop it off without fuel or battery. When the motorcycle gets to the destination, the receiving party will have to pick it up sans fuel and battery. The other major issue is the lack of Forward Air locations, especially in the Western US. If you live in Montana for example, you would have to deliver or pick up your bike in Salt Lake City, Portland or Seattle.

For this reason, we prefer door to door shipping. It is massively more convenient and can save both the person shipping and receiving the bike a massive amount of time and effort. Your bike shows up where you want it to, ready to run.

Why Auto Shipping is More Expensive Than You Remembered.

2008-05-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

What is the single biggest impact on the cost to have your vehicle shipped? Diesel fuel prices is the simple answer. Are you wondering why it is costing so much more these days or why your vehicle shipping quote seems higher than what you expected?

Back in 2002, the second year of ShipVehicles, the average price of diesel fuel in the U.S. was a paltry $1.40. Today? Diesel fuel is averaging close to $4.40 for the month of May. That is a whopping 213% increase in costs.

The Energy Information Administration website shows even more remarkable changes in the last year. Since March of this year, diesel prices have risen nearly $1.00 alone.

People who shipped their vehicles in recent years are likely not a good source of info for how much it is going to cost if they aren't factoring in fuel price increases.

We are amazed at how little fuel prices have altered pricing the last few years, but the recent price hikes are spelling disaster for mom and pop carriers and large corporations alike. At some point they are going to have to make more aggressive pricing adjustments to allow for the dramatic increase in fuel prices.

If you are looking to get a vehicle shipped, do it sooner rather than later, as it will be very unlikely that it gets any cheaper in the near future.

New ShipVehicles Blog

2008-04-08T19:48:00.000-07:00

Greetings, and welcome to the new ShipVehicles.com blog. It is our intention to make this blog a great resource for our customers to learn about the auto shipping process and of course, how they can use ShipVehicles.com to help secure the best service to get their vehicle shipped anywhere in the United States.

ShipVehicles is not in its sixth year in operation and we have helped tens of thousands of people locate auto shipping services for their vehicles. We pioneered the use of a consumer powered rating system in the industry and hope we have helped all of our customers make more informed decisions.

Topics on the blog will be wide ranging and varied, so continue to check back from time to time to stay abreast of the latest news and developments.