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Hard-sided trailer, soft tie-downs, a carrier we’ve verified. Tell us about the car and a real Transport Advisor calls you within minutes.
This puts you in the call queue. A real Transport Advisor calls within minutes to talk through the car, the route, and your flat rate.
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Enclosed commands a premium, and the premium attracts the wrong brokers. Know the tricks before you hand anyone a deposit.
You book enclosed. On pickup day an open carrier shows up — “the enclosed truck fell through” — and you’re pressured to load your car anyway or lose your dates.
Enclosed trucks are scarce. Some brokers quote an enclosed rate no carrier will run, take the deposit, then go quiet while your schedule slips week by week.
A cargo certificate that lapsed months ago, or limits written for ordinary sedans hauling a car worth several times more. Nobody checks until something happens in transit.
So we verify the truck, the coverage, and the carrier before your car is committed — not after.
You get one shot at moving a car like this. Here’s how we keep it uneventful.
The route, the vehicle, and what makes it special — low clearance, fresh paint, no-start. That puts you in the call queue, and a real Transport Advisor calls you within minutes to talk it through and give you a flat rate.
Operating authority, current insurance, and safety record checked. Equipment confirmed — hard-sided trailer, soft tie-downs, liftgate if your car needs one. You pay nothing until that’s done.
Pickup at your door, delivery at the other end. Your car rides inside a hard-sided trailer the whole way, and your Transport Advisor stays with you from first call to drop-off.
Enclosed trucks book fast — your Transport Advisor can tell you what’s realistic on your lane today.
Enclosed isn’t a nicer spot on the same truck. Before assignment we check every enclosed carrier’s operating authority, insurance, and safety record — and confirm the equipment your car needs.
Check any licensed carrier yourself at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov.
A 99% customer satisfaction rate. Here’s what that sounds like.
“We just moved our car from Fremont CA to Dallas TX. Moving can be overwhelming specially when it’s such a long distance but United Car Shipping and Joe in particular makes the car shipping one less thing to worry about. The car was shipped in exactly 3 days.”
“Everyone wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for this last minute request, except United Car Shipping. They came to my rescue! It took only two days for the driver to get my car to Denver from the date that it was picked up.”
“Joe was a huge help and kept his promises. He walked me through the entire process, picked up when he said they would and dropped off on time. It was a relief to get my car in Dallas and I highly recommend United Car Shipping.”
Typically 40–60% more, depending on the route, the season, and how scarce enclosed trucks are on your lane. For a daily driver, that premium rarely makes sense. For a classic, an exotic, fresh paint, or low clearance, it’s the cost of the car arriving the way it left. Your Transport Advisor gives you a flat rate for both so you can decide with real numbers.
Both run. Multi-car enclosed trailers usually carry two to six vehicles and cost less because your car shares the trip. A single-car trailer is the white-glove option — your car rides alone, on a more direct schedule, at a higher price. Your advisor matches the trailer to the car, the route, and your timeline.
The carrier does — cargo insurance rides with the truck, not the broker. Enclosed carriers typically carry higher cargo limits than open carriers. Before your car is assigned, we confirm the certificate is current and the limit covers your vehicle’s value — on every shipment, not just when a carrier joins our network.
Yes — that’s what liftgates are for. The car loads flat on a hydraulic platform instead of climbing a ramp. Tell your Transport Advisor the clearance and any splitters or aero parts, and we assign a carrier with the right equipment.
There are far fewer enclosed trucks on the road than open ones, so pickup can take a few extra days to schedule. Your advisor gives you a realistic pickup and delivery window for your lane before you book. No empty “guaranteed date” that falls apart the day of.
No. You don’t pay a deposit until a vetted enclosed carrier is assigned to your car. If we don’t line one up, you don’t pay.
Tell us about the car and where it’s going. A real Transport Advisor calls you within minutes to talk through the trailer, the route, and your flat rate — no deposit, no surprises at pickup.
In the car business since 1989·500,000+ vehicles shipped·No deposit until pickup
Flat rate. No deposit. A real person calls within minutes — your contact for the whole shipment.
Or call a Transport Advisor now — (800) 931-4311
Enclosed car shipping is the safest way to move a vehicle you can’t afford to risk — built for classics, exotics, antique and vintage cars, and any luxury vehicle where a rock chip isn’t an option. We ship enclosed across all 48 mainland states, plus Hawaii, Canada, and international lanes on request.
Yes. Door-to-door is the default and the easiest — the carrier comes to you and delivers to your destination. Terminal-to-terminal costs less but adds a step: you drop the car at a nearby terminal and pick it up at one near the destination. Tell your advisor which you’d prefer and we’ll price both.
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