2024

MAR

Use Our Auto Shipping Cost Calculator To Help You Get The REAL Car Shipping Rates before you commit to any quote.

• 1.) How Does a Car Shipping Rate Cost Calculator Work ? Car shipping freight cost calculators typically work by analyzing recent databases of loads and averaging out the cost based on the most recent shipments , of similar sized vehicles of size and weight, going to and from similar transport routes as the same one you are looking to move your vehicle on. By analyzing the most recent vehicle transports, our calculator can average out the most likely price you are going to pay, but the automatic calculated rates are never 100% precise. The typically are accurate within $150 or less if they are regularly updated and adjusted as needed.


• 2.) Most Important Factor A Car Shipping Calculator Uses When Determing Shipping Cost: The #1 Factor a car shipping cost calculator will use is 100% going to be the specific route that a vehicle is being moved on. Many tend to think that the distance, or type of car, or dates are major factors, and although those do have an effect, they are not nearly as critical to the car shipping rate as is the particular route you are trying to move a car on. Car shipping cost varies widely based on the route. A route from Fargo , North Dakota , going to South Arkansas, is likely going to take more money to move than a car going from New York to Los Angeles, even though the latter is probably more than double the distance. The reason of course just comes down to basic supply and demand on the route your looking to move a car on. Some routes are a lot more popular with trucks, and thus trucks are actively competing for and picking up loads on certain routes, while other routes virtually have little to no interest from trucks at all. So depending on the basic popularity and demand for loads on the route, will heavily influence the rate needed to move your car.
  
  

  WANT TO GET A QUOTE FROM OUR ADVANCED CAR SHIPPING CALCULATOR ? CLICK HERE TO GET AN INSTANT QUOTE: airRyd Shipping Calculator
  
  

  If for some reason you do want to search through trucking and auto hauling companies however, we do have the only publicly accessible trucking CO database, that tracks their DOT, MC, insurance, loads completed on airRyd , etc etc, here however : Trucking Company Search
  
  
• 3.) Will a car shipping calculator be accurate ? Typically, if a company has programmed or designed their auto shipping calculator correctly, then the rates should be able to typically be estimated to a degree of accuracy within $150 or less in most cases. The outliers are typically going to be routes or shipments coming to or from remote locations where very few comparable exist , which make it quite difficult to determine a very likely average, since remote locations routinely have a wider variance in cost. The best way to typically ship cars that are going to remote areas, is to simply have a great deal of flexibility on your car shipping dates, to allow for sufficient time to locate an option at a reasonable rate , as trying to rush a remote vehicle shipment can drastically inflate the cost.






A Recent shipment booked on airRyd.com Total Calculated cost from Indiana to Idaho, $1985, actual cost was $2100




• 4.) Are Auto Shipping Instant Calculator Rates Guaranteed ? In short, no auto shipping calculator quotes are not guaranteed. The rates are reflections of the current market based on the most recent shipments to or from the route your trying to ship your car on. The rate will be finalized and guaranteed later in the process once your vehicle is dispatched to a carrier at a specific rate that the auto hauler accepts. Once this happens, we will send you an order finalization email that will contain the final rate, the trucking company name and DOT info, insurance, and any other relevant information related to your auto transport.


• 5.) Who has the most accurate auto transport rate quote calculator ? Based on our opinion, there are two particular companies with the best overall car shipping calculators - in the following order :
  
  
  • airRyd.com uses a proprietary algorithm that they developed in house which incoporates multiple variables in its calculation including the type of car, the route, the overall distance , the time of year, the overall demand in an area, and several other factors.
  • Montway.com was one of the first to utilize a car shipping calculator, and their calculator mostly relies on averaging out the most recent transports in their own particular database. The only issue is however that their calculator does not take into account the shipments occurring outside of their own particular auto shipping platform.
  • Roadrunner Auto Transport also has their own car shipping calculator, but it often is inaccurate by more than a few hundred dollars, so be careful in booking with them without checking other quotes, as it is often not super accurate.


• 6.) When is the final rate determined after I get my instant auto shipping calculated price quote ? Regardless as to what website you end up on or who you hire to assist you with your auto transport needs, the initial quote on the front end of any car shipping quote, is always going to be somewhat of a close approximation, it is never final and never guaranteed at that point. The rate becomes locked in later in the process once we locate a carrier and assign that carrier to the order. The carrier also must agree to move the load at that particular rate, so it is important to check reviews and understand that the initial quotes are only as good as the company's reputation and ability to quote orders. Many companies only goal is to try to suck you into an order with a low price quote, just to significantly raise the rate later. Clients must understand the fluidity of the car shipping process, and use auto shipping calculators to their advantage when comparing quotes online.