How To Prepare A Car For Transport?

Are you puzzled about how to prepare a car for transport? Car is our most precious possession. We need to take a lot of care to protect it from damage or other hazards during relocation. Shifting home or office from one place to another is tiring where car shifting is the most nerve-striking one. Nowadays we have professional car transportation services across the country. It’s still a hard task to prepare a car for shipping with packers and movers.

If you are one to shift your car from one city or state to another, please come with us. Here we are going to share our experienced tips with you.

#1: Wash the car properly:

Firstly we need to wash the car thoroughly. When you appoint a professional car transport company, they will send a driver to you. Driver will check the car and produce a vehicle condition report to the company. In this period, the driver will check previous scratches, digs, dunts, discoloration and any other damages.

We always suggest customers to clean the car and note such kinds of damages. It will save time for both you and the driver. Above all, after relocation, a clean car will give you a gust of freshness.

#2: Don’t forget to take snaps of your car:

• • After cleaning it is very important to take snaps of your vehicles from different angles.

• • Pictures should be with good quality, high resolution and proper brightness.

• • Please take the snaps with date and time on these.

• • Don’t just take snaps of damaged areas of your vehicle. You should take pictures of the complete car from different angles. It will help you to identify small scratches or tints developed hidden with dust or muds.

• • To make a better version of these snaps you may walk around the car and take a video of it.

Bonus tips: Mostly drivers from car transportation companies take the snaps of the car before the shipping process. Still it’s better to preserve your own copies. It will be helpful to claim insurance or others if you find any damages after shipping.

#3: Take the picture of odometer:

It’s crucial to take the snapshots of the odometer before handing the car over to the driver. Its true, professional car transportation companies provide identity card verified drivers. Still we should take  pictures of the odometer to get mental peace. Many people get tensed whether the driver is taking the car to the company directly or anywhere else. But your odometer picture and kilometer distance will help you to gauge the driver’s activity.

#4: Clean your car interior minutely:

Cleaning the outside of the car is the first step whereas please don’t forget to clean the interior of your car. We have many things inside our car like DVD player, pens, car freshener, spare changes, GPS devices etc. We should remember that car transportation companies utilize large size car trailers. During transportation car trailers may go up and  down on the way. If we forget to remove small materials inside the car during the transportation, such products may detach from the car wall and jump within the car. It will cause frictional scratches on the inner wall of the car.

Sometimes small but costly devices get damaged, lost or stolen also if we forget to remove those from the car during preparing the car for shipping.

During the car interior cleaning period you should clean the car drawer and boxes. Most of us have the habit of putting many documents, car-related expenditure copies in the car drawer. We should clean that part and keep all documents or others safe.

#5: Don’t forget to remove car accessories:

We are always passionate about beautifying our cars with various accessories such as luggage racks, music players etc. These accessories should be disconnected and removed from the car to avoid any damages.

Many of us have antennas on the car. We should remove it and place it on the back side of the car.

During preparing your car for shipping it’s crucial to fold the side mirrors to avoid any kinds of damages.

#6: Don’t forget a maintenance check up of your car:

We should go for servicing and check the mechanical condition of the car. If the car has mechanical issues the driver may face technical problems and it will lead to the unwanted delayed delivery.

Car mechanics will check that the car is able to roll up, break down and steer up smoothly.

In this mechanical check up round if you find any problems, you should inform the car transportation company before its shipping. Professional car transportation companies have many special equipment to take over inoperable cars also.

During mechanical check up of car you should check the following things:

• Battery charge
• Coolant level
• Tire pressure
• Oil level and others

If you find any kinds of damages in the above-mentioned points you should repair it. During car shipping, truckers are required to load and unload the car many times. Problems in these aspects may cause a hazardous situation. You should make fuel sufficiently because loading-unloading may make some extra mileage.

During this mechanical check-up, we should check that the radiator is with sufficient anti-freezer.

Battery should be fully charged during the shipping process.

Tires should be inflated before handing over your car to the professional car shipping company.

(Be cautious about the last point. Many customers have reported to us that they have experienced damages in their car due to over or low inflated pressure conditions of the car during shipping.)

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#7: Please check the fuel leakage of car:

During making your car ready for shipping please make a check-up whether  there is any fuel leakage or not. If there is any major leakage please repair it. Otherwise the driver may refuse to take your car for shipping. For minor leakage in the fuel tank you may consult with your mechanic to repair the fuel leakage aspects.

You should inform your driver about the fuel leakage. As a safety measure he will place your car at the lower portion of the car trailer. If there is any kind of fuel leakage and your car is placed at the top of the car trailer it will create a great problem for your driver to ship the car.

Special note: During arranging the car at the trailer, you should check that any other car at the top of the car trailer is not with fuel leakage. It may hamper the external site of your car too.

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#8: Inspection of the Gas level:

Whenever we are making our car ready for shipping, gas level should be 1/8th to 1/4th of the total volume. The best measurement is to continue the car shipping process with 1/4th of the total gas amount. During measurement if you find it more than that please vacuum it otherwise extra weight may cause extra expenses too.

#9: Don’t forget to disable the alarm:

Before handing over the car for shipping to the vehicle don’t forget to disable the car alarm. Otherwise drivers may feel problematic during shipping your car.

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#10: Please remove  automated toll tags or parking passes:

During handing over the car to the driver for shipping, we should remove the toll tags from the car. Otherwise, whenever the car will pass toll areas, tax will be added to account. It will enhance expenditures on car shipping. If your car is accommodated with parking tags remove that also for the same reason.

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#11: Please keep important items within car:

During removal of the internal materials from the car, we should keep some materials within the car. To continue the safe shipping process, it is important to keep spare tires, emergency kits,  extra jacks, etc. You should put a license plate within the car. It may be checked during the shipping process. Don’t forget to put a tool box within the car for the shipping process.

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#12: Make ready your key set:

During shipping of the car, it is important to make a set of car’s key. Driver will require it during loading and unloading the vehicle from the trailer.  If the car is of old time it may have different keys for the glove compartment, ignition key as well as keys for door lock. Before the arrival of the driver you should combine all the keys in a set. It will be helpful to save your time also in the entire process.

Dont forget to keep an extra key set with you. If you don’t have an extra key set please contact the car manufacturing company. It is the best policy to have one set for you and another for your driver.

#13: Secure car insurance before shipping:

If your car is already with insurance, then your car is now ready to be shipped. But if you don’t have it, please go to the insurance provider. Car transport companies provide only shipping related insurances. With total insurance coverage your car will be saved if there is any accident or other related damages. Before shipping your car please make sure that your car is insured for natural calamities, Acts of Gods etc. It will give you peace of mind.

#14: Provide special notes to the driver:

We all know that the car is our most favorite instrument. So, if your car has any special quirks, tricks or mechanical aspects please make a special note for the driver. He will drive it minimally before carrying on and off from the carrier still this note will make the driver confident. In this way your car will be more secure.

#15: Ask you car transporter to add some of your personal belongings:

Most of us want to put some of our personal belongings within the car. It’s mostly blankets, clothes or soft toys etc. Professional car transport companies allow up to 11000 lbs weights with cars. Still you should be sure about it before putting personal belongings within the car.

This long list may seem tough to implement during car shipping. Still with our long-term experience, we have observed that all of these steps allow customers to enjoy the hassle-free car shipping process. For more tips or guidance, you please make a visit to https://www.cloudpackers.com/. Here you will get plenty of ideas, reviews of our customers and many others to make your car shipping smooth.

FAQ:

#1: How can I prepare my car for shipping?

Initially we need to wash the car, remove the car externally and internally, check mechanical condition of the car, check the fuel condition, fill 1/4th level of gas. For more information please go to the link….

#2: How much time does it require for a car to be delivered?

It totally depends on the total distance to be covered by the car, seasonal aspects, traffic jam etc.

#3: How much cost is required for car shipping?

Cost of car shipping is totally dependent on the distance between pick-up and drop-up locations, vehicle model or age, type of trailer (open or enclosed) etc.

#4: Is there an insurance system for car shipping?

Yes. You should go to the insurance agent for a complete insurance package to save your car from any kinds of damage during shipping.

#5: May I track my car during car shipping?

Yes. Professional car transport companies provide live location trackers of your car. With this online system you will be able to track car from anywhere.