Steps To Take To Prepare Your Car For Shipping
Written by Tom Kearns on November 26th, 2009
Common sense and a few tips can make the rather daunting task of shipping a vehicle run more smoothly. Follow these steps to make sure that vehicle shipping results in a calm, cool and collected experience for you.
Make sure that your car is clean. This will help you and the shipping company easily inspect the car together to note any existing damage on the car. Knowing the exact condition of the car at pick up is important. This will make the final inspection run much more smoothly.
If your car is not in running condition, you must notify the shipper of this. Better though is to get it in running condition with battery charged and a small amount of gas in the tank. The shipper may need to drive it from one place another, although this is unlikely. Car hauling companies will probably have other means of transporting a vehicle a short distance.
Anything on it’s exterior that can be knocked off with little trouble or may damage another car in transit should be removed. These items include such exterior attachments as luggage or bike racks, spare tire covers or a non-retracting antenna. Do not ship your car with any of your personal belongings such as a GPS, CD holder, removable CD player or anything that can be reasonably taken from the car. Shippers insurance will not usually cover anything but the vehicle it is transporting, so leaving personal belongings in the car is risky.
Make sure that your car does not leak fluid of any variety. Your car may be on top of a car carrier and leaky fluids could drip onto lower cars. Some fluids are vary harmful to the environment and other cars and you wouldn’t want to have your vehicle damaged by someone else’s leaky car. Make sure that you show the other vehicle owners the same respect that you expect from them.
Have your keys ready. If there is a separate key for the trunk or anything else on your vehicle make sure to turn over a complete set of keys when you drop off your car or truck or when it is picked up from you. It is also important that you make sure that you disarm or, even better, disconnect your alarm system.
If you follow these quick tips before shipping your automobile you should save yourself some time and possible some unneeded headaches.
For more information on auto shipping or to get an instant online quote please visit http://www.jmnhaul.com .
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