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December 22, 2014
Differences Between Open and Enclosed Auto Transportation Services
As you likely know by now, even if you're new to the car shipping scene, there are several different types of auto transport trucks on the road today, and not all of them provide the same type of services. While all of them will provide you door-to-door auto transportation, the protection that your ...
December 21, 2014
What is the Best Method to Use To Ship Household Goods?
If you're moving, it can be difficult to find the right shipping company to handle all your household items. Choosing a household moving company is not something that you want to take lightly; with literally thousands of them out there, all providing different services, choosing the right company to...
December 20, 2014
Auto Transport Services to Washington, DC
Washington, D.C., originally known just as the "District of Columbia" (which is what DC stands for now) is the capital of the United States. The Constitution called for the construction of a federal district to house the capitol and other government agencies, and land was donated by both Maryland an...
December 19, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: The Delivery Window
Understanding how pickup and delivery schedules work in the car shipping industry is vital to ensuring that your shipment is successful. Unfortunately, a lot of customers out there don't bother taking the time to read about how the industry works, and how it's different from most service industries ...
December 18, 2014
Why Our Auto Transport Quotes are the Best in the Industry
As an auto transport quote provider, we here at American Auto Shipping are held to a different metric than most auto transport companies, namely because of the fact that we don't ship any vehicles ourselves, but rather get you quotes from different transportation companies that can help you ship you...
December 17, 2014
Car Shipping Services to Dubuque, IA
Dubuque is a city in and is also the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, and is currently the tenth-largest city in the state by total population, which sits at over 58,200 residents. Dubuque sits in what is known locally as the Tri-State Area, as Dubuque sits along the eastern border of Iowa and a...
December 15, 2014
How to Avoid Annoying Delays in Your Auto Transport Services
When shipping a vehicle, one of the first things that you really need to prepare yourself for is the waiting. Auto transport takes a while, and from the moment you start getting quotes until the time your vehicle is delivered, entire weeks could pass, and that scenario is a bit more common than you'...
December 14, 2014
New Driver Fatigue Rules Could Impact Auto Transport Transit Times
In July 2013, Congress passed new regulations regarding interstate commercial driver fatigue, including placing tighter restrictions on how long and far an interstate trucker could drive in a given week and requiring longer rest periods for drivers that drive for over 70 hours per week. Though some ...
December 10, 2014
Auto Shipping to Gresham, Oregon
Gresham is a city located in Multnomah County, Oregon, and is currently home to over 105,600 residents, making Gresham the fourth-largest city in the state of Oregon by population. Gresham was named after Walter Quinton Gresham, an American Civil War general, former Postmaster General, and a U.S. Ap...
December 9, 2014
Can I Get Overseas Auto Transport Quotes with American Auto Shipping?
Here at American Auto Shipping , we can get you quotes to ship a vehicle from anywhere, to anywhere in the United States, and this includes overseas locations such as Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. If you didn't know, or were unaware, overseas auto transport generally takes place literally over th...
December 7, 2014
Tips for Packing and Unpacking Holiday Decorations
Part of the experience of owning a home is decorating for holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, they all come with their own themes and some, like Christmas and Halloween, require their own totes or boxes, since those are probably the two most popular holidays that...
December 6, 2014
Auto Transport Services to Cranston, RI
Cranston is a city located in Providence County, Rhode Island and is currently the third-largest city in the state by population, home to over 80,000 total residents. Today part of the Providence Metropolitan Statistical Area, Cranston was first established in 1638 when the Pawtuxet Purchase was fin...