Want to Relocate Your Car? Tips For Transporting

While you are planning to move from one place to another take care of your belongings so that they don't get damaged during the relocation process. One of the main points that you need to keep in your mind is transporting the car. There are many options available nowadays which you can choose from. Have a detailed look at the following points for transporting your car:

Choose the Trailer:

Types of Trailers: There are mainly three types of trailers - Open Trailers, Closed Trailers and Multi-car trailers which are used for transportation of vehicles.  

Open trailers allow the cars to be outdoors and exposed during transportation. There is a minimal chance of damage in this option but this is also one of the best ways to ship your car with a low budget.

Closed trailers are also known as enclosed transport and it allows the car to be stored with full care and protection. It secures the vehicle so that it doesn't get hampered from outside sources like weather, sunlight, rain etc. It is ideally used for transportation of expensive vehicles like race cars, sport cars or model cars.

Multi-car trailers as the name says itself, allows to move more than one car at a time together. These are open trailer car transport option. There are 4,5 and 6 car trailer options that are commonly available. Choose the one that's suitable for you and within your budget. 

Finalize which type of trailer you need: 

Choose the type and finalize. Don't get confused in choosing the right option. If required do a little bit of research before opting for a car trailer.

Load the Vehicle: Position the trailer and the car which is to be transported in a proper alignment. Before driving the car which is to be towed up, notice properly that the towing equipment is connected with the moving van in a secured way.

Drive: When loading is complete, check the tire pressure of both your car as well as the vehicle and then start driving carefully so that the car doesn't get damaged. While driving avoid shuttle break. Maintain a stable speed limit and take wider turns when needed. 

Unload: After reaching the destination unload the car but before doing so see that the attachment of the trailer and make sure that the vehicle is still secured. Position the vehicle properly so that there is enough space while you unload the trailer. Professional guides are also available in many places to help you out with the proper training while unloading. If required they can be hired as well.

Car Hauler Trailer

Car hauler trailer from Luis Jimenez

To know what is a car hauler trailer, their features as well as their uses, have a look at this slide share presentation.

What Is a Car Hauler Trailer?

A car hauler trailer, also known as a car carrier trailer, auto transport trailer, car-carrying trailer, etc. is a kind of semi-trailer or a trailer designed for transporting passenger vehicles efficiently via truck. 

The car hauler trailers in contemporary times may be enclosed or open. And most of them have built-in ramps for off-loading and loading cars, and power hydraulics, which can raise as well as lower ramps without the use of any other hardware. 

The ones that are enclosed have walls similar to a conventional box trailer. They provide the cars a lot more security and protection at the cost of lower capacity when being shipped. Open trailers, on the other hand, exposes the cars to elements but have greater carrying capacity than the enclosed variety. 

Open trailers have double-decker designs. Both of their decks are subdivided into several loading as well as storage ramps, which can be tilted & lifted independently of one another using hydraulics. The hydraulics allow ramps to be aligned on the slope so that there is no problem in driving the cars up and securing them to ramp floor with chains, wheel straps or toe-down ratchets. The ramp can even be tilted in any direction for optimizing stacking. Rear half of deck can be tilted and lowered by hydraulic means for loading cars on top deck of these double-decker commercial car hauler trailers. Generally, the top deck is loaded first & off-loaded last. This is because of the presence of cars on the lower deck, which makes it merely impossible for lowering the top deck ramp. 

Most of the commercial auto transport trailers are adjoined to the tractor with a fifth wheel coupling and can typically carry 3-9 cars. But the carrying capacity depends a lot on the trailer model and size of the car. The weight capacity is also a factor. The weight capacity is limited by 80,000 lb under US law. So, car carrier trailers cannot carry weight that's more than this while moving on road.  

The commercial car hauler trailers are mainly used for shipping new cars from the manufacturer to the auto dealers. In the United States, shipment of used vehicles is even a big industry. And this service is generally used by people who relocate from one place to the other in the US. These people basically choose to ship their precious cars instead of driving them all the way. People who buy cars on second-hand market, especially online and want it to be delivered at their doorstep also ship their vehicles. 

You can get car hauler trailers for sale at Infinity Trailers.