How to Transport Vehicle Safely? (Tips)

Whenever you think of relocating from one place to another for whatever the purpose is, the first thought stuck in your mind is to transport your belongings to your new address. For shipping household goods you can hire a professional Movers and Packers service but the real problem arises when you need to transport your vehicles. If your move is across the country, you can easily drive your four wheeler to your desired location. But in case you need to shift to another country or you are owning a motorcycle too along with your biggie, you need to hire a commercial transport truck to ship your vehicles to your new home.

Transport trucks are the best and safest method of  shipping vehicles for the long distance relocation. As the commercial transport trucks are large enough in size, they behave differently than any other passenger vehicle while moving on the road. Though all the motor vehicles share the same road during traveling, yet the process of handling enormous transport trucks is far different from driving regular vehicles. Safety should be the key word for any method of transportation of the heavy weight vehicles. Therefore, there are few essential attributes worth knowing  to keep your vehicle protected and intact and also to ensure your vehicle’s safe arrival.

Let’s check out the measures:

Preparations for shipping 

The first step to make a good transportation of your vehicles is to prepare them for transportation. It is very important to wash your vehicles properly if you want to receive them as expected. As dusts and dirts can hide the previous scratches, washing before loading the vehicle into the shipping truck helps you to identify your vehicle’s previous wounds. Take pictures of those injuries before handing over the vehicle to the transporters. So that, you can detect the further damages that may possibly happen when in transit. 

Clean the inside of your vehicle

Before loading your vehicle into the transport trailer, make sure that your vehicle is clean from inside too. Empty your vehicle’s belly of all unnecessary and unwanted things. During transportation of your vehicle it may bump due to jerking on the rough road, so in order to avoid tossing of the extra attachments of the vehicle like air fresheners, speakers, spare chargers should be removed from the vehicle. Otherwise, those items might be hit to the window glasses and the scenario would be unpleasant.

Keeping records

Check out each and every individual part of your vehicle before handing over it to the transporters. Keep the record of every previous scratch, gauge along with the flawless parts too. If possible take several snaps of your from different angles and send the copy to your movers. So that they won’t get the chance to cheat you about damage during delivery.

Make an insurance policy for your vehicle

Get an insurance policy for the vehicle before transferring it to another place, as vehicle insurance offers you the full repair amount in case of any unexpected accident that happens during transportation. Some people consider having an insurance policy adds extra cost to shipping charges but later on they are compelled to pay a much higher amount when the transporters deny to take the liability of damages. Therefore, before hiring a vehicle shipper, ask them to ensure your vehicle safety with insurance terms.

Verify different transporters’ shipping costs and payment method

Hiring an efficient professional vehicle transport service is really the harder part of vehicle transportation. Therefore, it is worth researching potential transporters before approving one. Gather quotations from different transport services as well as verify and compare their costs along with the available facilities. Furthermore, compare the best logistics companies according to their experience, reputation, customer reviews, communication services, insurance coverage, cost reasonability etc.

Check for the leakage (if any) and tyre pressure

It is not advisable to fill the vehicle’s fuel tank up while transporting. It will help you to reduce your vehicle extra weight and pay an extra weight charge. Also, check the undercarriage of the vehicle to identify the existing leakage. If any, repair it before loading. Also , keep your vehicle’s tyres properly inflated to avoid problems during loading or unloading.

Lock the vehicle properly

If you don’t want to get your vehicle theft during transportation, lock it to an advanced security system. Proper locking mechanisms also make your vehicle’s belly part items safe during shipping.

Transport during off season

Avoid transporting your vehicle during holidays or summer season as that is the busiest time for most automobile transporters. If there is no such urgency, try to schedule your vehicle shipping on the beginning or end of the year in order to protect it from rush handling.

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