N-Motion Auto Transport Sees an Influx in Trucking Needs to Move Inoperative Vehicles out of the Northeast in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Northeast is full of inoperative vehicles at auctions that need auto shipping services.  N-Motion Auto Transport is sending a mass amount of trucks lately to the NE region to haul cars to other parts of the nation for resale and/or salvage.

Thousands of cars were ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast and are now all up for auction. Buyers all over the nation are flocking to the Insurance Auto Auction Corp's auctions to clean house on extremely cheap vehicles. A Calverton Executive Airpark runway on Long Island is recently called home to 15,000+ damaged vehicles waiting to be purchased. N-Motion Auto Transport is currently sending many car shipping truck fleets to pull the units out from the NE and bring them to their new homes.

Residents of the town Riverhead are worried that the thousands of damaged vehicles sitting for 6-12 months could cause environmental issues with leaking oil, gasoline, and other fluids into the groundwater. N-Motion Auto Transport is quickly sending as many car carriers as possible to the area to remove these vehicles in a safe and economic fashion. N-Motion Auto Transport is a very environmentally conscious car transport company that prides themselves on using trucks that follow all safety standards.

Inoperative vehicles require a special breed of auto transport due to their lack of starting and/or rolling capabilities. They need to be carefully winched onto the auto carrier and properly strapped down for safe transit. If the vehicles do not roll, break, and steer, then N-Motion Auto Transport will orchestrate for a forklift to load them onto the trucks.

For more information on how to transport inoperative vehicles from the auctions in New York and New Jersey, call N-Motion Auto Transport today!

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Transporting Overseas?

When we think of transportation, we generally think of the trucks that run back and forth on the highways.  There are actually multiple ways to get things from point A to point B: trucks, boats, rail, and air.  It is quite important to understand all of the criteria that go into transferring overseas.  Once you have contracted with the household goods moving company, the next step would be to start car shipping process. 

First, you will need to do your research and locate an auto transport company to handle all of the logistics of shipping your vehicle.  It is best to have only about a ¼ of a tank of gas before loading onto the ocean carrier and a fairly clean vehicle.  This is for your benefit because when you and the driver walk around to inspect the vehicle, any scratches or markings can be documented.  Once everything is booked and ready for transport, make sure that you retain your booking number from the port that the vehicle will be shipped out of.

Next, be sure that all documentation is perfect and is at the port ahead of time before the car arrives.  The auto carrier should be able to communicate with the port authorities so that they can make sure that that paperwork you submitted is correct.  Once the vehicle is in route to the port, make sure to collect your copy of the B.O.L. from the car transporter and the ocean carrier.  A B.O.L. is the sheet that is filled out before and after the vehicle is transported that denotes any damages from the transport. 

If you follow these few steps and use a quality auto transport broker, your vehicle transport will be a piece of cake.

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In Virginia, GOP double talk on transportation funding

Any major attempt to improve the car transportation network involves new funding and this has been addressed by many GOP candidates. One idea is for the state to get new income for transportation from offshore oil and gas drilling. However there are quite a few problems with this idea. First problem is the federal suspension on offshore drilling on the Atlantic seaboard. Another is that almost no exploration has been done in the area in 20 years. Even if Virginia tried this idea it would be at least five years before they saw any money from it. Another idea to come up with money is for Virginia to find money for transportation is to “reprioritizing” state spending. Some Republicans are saying that if the state won’t help that northern Virginia is going to have to figure out its transportation problem on its own. The plan is that northern Virginia will have to tax itself. The good thing is that the need for new taxes is known. This, however, would kind of shift the political risk for raising taxes from lawmakers in Richmond to local boards of supervisors. The major funding for transportation is gas taxes and the last time they were raised was in 1986. Auto carriers would be would then have to increase the cost of each item transported in order to compensate for the extra costs incurred. For all of your car shipping needs, call N-Motion Auto Transport and get a FREE QUOTE.

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SC: Economist tells state lawmakers its good time to raise gas tax

According to an economist at Clemson University, they believe that the unpredictable gas prices could create a chance to raise the state’s fuel tax. The possibility of increasing the gas tax, during this time of “opportunities” facing lawmakers for tax reform was brought up by Holly Ulbrich, an economist and senior scholar with Clemson’s Strom Thurmond Institute. She believes that the gas tax is among a small group of taxes that is not indexed to inflation. Also, she has argued that even if it were coming from tax, people wouldn’t notice. Rep. Tommy Stringer, a Greenville Republican chairing the committee, disagrees and thinks that they would notice. He also believes that you can always tell where we are in the economy based on gas prices; if the gas prices rise you can than tell we are in a recession and by raising taxes on transportation at this point wouldn’t be good. Auto carriers would then have to raise vehicle shipping rates in order to compensate them for the increase in fuel prices. Robert St. Onge, the transportation secretary, thinks that agency leaders are going to have to choose between cutting expenses for a poorly maintained road system or find additional revenue.


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Branstad may move some DOT duties to state patrol

In Iowa, the Branstad administration wants to combine the Iowa Department of Transportation’s motor-vehicle enforcement duties with the Department of Public Safety so it will become more efficient and cost effective. This would cause and increase in DOT law officers. Spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad, Tim Albrecht said that Public Safety Commissioner Larry Noble and DOT Director Paul Trombino III have talked about combining the so-called DOT “blue coat” motor vehicle enforcement responsibilities within the DPS. He also said by doing this it will be saving both general funds and road use tax fund dollars, thus making it cheaper for auto carriers to move cars. Even though the governor knows about these discussions there is no plan to move forward yet. The governor has encouraged all of the state department directors to look for other opportunities that would more closely integrate the service delivery. Sen. Eugene Fraise does not agree with the merger because he believes that it would distract the DOT officers from their core enforcement duties. He is also wondering if it will be able to move forward without having the “go ahead” form the legislature. Fraise said that instead of spending a whole day in court testifying they could be on the road working.

For all of your enclosed car shipping and auto transport needs, call N-Motion Auto Transport today for hassle free auto shipping rates!

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Challenges Ahead for Indiana, Says Panel

Unlike the states bordering Indiana, Indiana has created a large infrastructure. However, in the long run it could end up having problems. This is just one idea of the infrastructure in Indiana. State Rep. Ed Soliday is the person in charge of directing the board on observing this issue and they testified on Tuesday to a General Assembly committee regarding the matter. Gov. Mitch Daniels has spent the majority of the $3.8 billion that was leased to the Indiana Toll Road in 2006 on road construction for his Major Moves program. The money used for the Toll Road has definitely been a positive for Indiana. Almost every bridge and state road has received an excellent review, there has been a decrease in congestion and the safety is better. This increases the auto transport market due to easier access to more roads. Auto carriers can now maneuver through routes with ease and in a timely manner. The State Transportation Commissioner Michael Cline said that because the economy is weak the cost of construction has been reduced. By 2014, the vice president of the economic development at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce believes that all of the Major Moves money will end up being spent. This is going to put Indiana in a difficult position because the outlook for federal transportation dollars to increase is going to be slim. Soliday never used tax increases or user fees to pay for the infrastructure development but thinks that by not doing anything it is ridiculous.

For all of your enclosed car shipping and auto transport needs, call N-Motion Auto Transport today for hassle free auto shipping rates!

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Manheim Pulls Toyotas From Auctions, Fix Found for Toyota, Honda Recalls Fits

Toyota is facing more fallout on its recent pedal issues with significant ramifications for car haulers. Two congressional committees have started hearings on the issue and, more importantly, the National Auto Auction Association has suggested that the affected cars not be sold at auction; the largest car auctioneer, Manheim, has pulled all affected Toyotas from its auctions.

That’s going to mean a drop in auction business and a drop in car transportation until Toyota does fix the problem. The news of today has the potential fix being a metal shim inserted into the friction level so that it does stay stuck. It seems to be an inelegant solution for a company that taught the US car industry how to do quality control, but any solution will be an improvement.

In the meantime, the liquidity of a Toyota dealer’s used car inventory is next to nil, as the option of selling a car at auction if it isn’t moving in the used car lot has been taken away. That might prove problematic for some dealers with a lot of Toyotas on hand and might be the final straw for a few car dealers.

Right in the middle of the critical pile-on over Toyota, Honda has announced that they are recalling 646,000 Fits, who proved to not quite live up to their name; their power window switch controls could allow water in and catch fire, which has happened at least three times. If you’re going to have a recall, this is the time to do it, as Honda won’t face near the bad press in the auto news universe.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/29/honda-r...ound-the-world/
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100129/AU...-Toyota-recalls
http://www.autospies.com/news/Nation-s-Lar...-Toyotas-51500/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/29/report-...nvolving-shims/

Russo & Steele Auction Closed By High Winds, Muscle Cars Damaged By Tent Debris, Auto transportation, car haulers

The Phoenix area is a hotbed of classic cars, as two large car auctions, the Barnett-Jackson and Russo and Steele actions are being held in Scottsdale this week; that’s going to mean a lot of auto transportation opportunities this week in the Southwest. However, the bad weather that dumped two feet of snow in Flagstaff to the north of Phoenix brought high winds that damaged and disrupted the Russo and Steele Auctions.

When you look at the Russo and Steele website, the overriding vision is of classic cars under large tents. The problem with tents is that they don’t do well in heavy winds, and two of the big tents were blown over, with tent poles sent crashing into cars and the tents themselves getting blown onto the 101 beltway. According to Autoweek, $1.5 million dollars of damage was done to vehicles at the site. AZCental.com adds that about half of the 600 cars on consignment at Russo and Steele were damaged, with damages averaging about $500 a car.

Russo and Steele held a consignees-only meeting Saturday morning, where that million dollars of bad news was likely being discussed. The normal Wednesday-Sunday format is tentatively slated to extend into Monday, which will throw people’s schedules and hotel plans into a tizzy. That includes car haulers who were slated to be taking cars to their new owners this weekend; they might wind up hanging around the Phoenix area a bit longer than planned.

The Barnett-Jackson auction centralized activity in one main tent on Thursday night, putting tractor-trailers around the tents a shield for the fierce winds, but otherwise stayed on schedule.

Sources:http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100123/CARNEWS/100129966
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles...r-shows-CR.html
http://www.russoandsteele.com/

Kruse Controls, Auctioneer In Financial Trouble, Car Haulers, Car Transporters

It’s urban legend that the term “doozie” was coined off of the Duesenberg luxury cars of the 1920, but we’re seeing a doozie of a financial problem in Auburn, IN, the home of the Duesenberg, where the Kruse auction house is going through some financial difficulties. I recall driving past the Kruse facility just off of I-69 just inside the Indiana border with Michigan as my wife told of staying in Auburn when her family would visit friends their.

The Kruse family auctioned off a pair of Duesenbergs, and the winning bids were far lower than expected, leading many to think that the Kruses were looking to raise cash to get them through this current rough stretch in the custom car auction market, in which they excel.

Kruse had some problems getting money from customers in 2009 which led to a lot of disgruntled sellers not getting money from Kruse. In order to keep this year’s winter auctions in Arizona going, Kruse had to promise to put the proceeds from the auctions in escrow.

Many car haulers specialize in the custom car market and the auction market. An auctioned car will often mean a job for one hauler taking the car to the auction and a job for another hauler taking the car to the new buyer. Fewer auctions means less work for car transporters. However, there is enough of a business there where another car auctioneer might step in and buy Kruse. KAR Auctions, headquartered towards the current southern end of I-69 in Carmel, IN, might be a good candidate for a white knight.


Sources: http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles...-kruse0115.html
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100118/CARNEWS/100119913