Moving commercial trucks between locations
Separate empty and loaded moves, identify the carrier, record truck ratings, and build one defensible movement packet per unit.
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Guides and resources
SelectDrive guides and resources
Updated July 26, 2026
Practical guides to help individuals and fleet teams make a sound vehicle-movement decision, whether or not they choose us. Start with how driveaway works, check the operating and insurance questions, then dig into your situation or compare options honestly.
Start here: how driveaway works
- What is driveaway service, the core of how a professional driving your car works.
- Driveaway vs auto transport, driven on its own wheels vs hauled on a trailer.
- Driveaway vs driving it yourself, an honest cost and time breakdown.
- How to prepare your car (and what to expect), a simple checklist and the pickup-to-delivery process.
- Car transport insurance: what to verify, current documents, your own policy, and the inspection record.
- How to choose a car transport company, 12 questions to ask before paying a deposit.
- Bought a car out of state? Verify the car and documents, then choose driveaway or a trailer.
Commercial fleet planning
These educational guides explain how to scope and evaluate commercial work. They are not an offer to perform a move or a claim that SelectDrive currently holds the authority, insurance, driver capacity, or signed terms needed for a specific operation.
15 questions to ask a driveaway vendor
Verify carrier identity, granted authority, assigned drivers, insurance, cargo controls, GPS, handoffs, incidents, and price terms.
Use the Vendor ChecklistDriver staffing vs direct hiring
Compare temporary staffing, direct employees, driver-only labor, and independent carriers by speed, control, risk, and total cost.
Compare Workforce ModelsWhat it costs
- Car shipping cost guide, how driveaway pricing is built, line by line.
- Cost calculator, explore a preliminary, nonbinding route estimate.
- Pricing, the illustrative planning model and route inputs.
For your situation
- Snowbird car shipping, plan a possible future seasonal driveaway.
- Pet and belongings policy, advance written approval rules for accommodations incidental to delivering the vehicle.
- Ship or drive a car to college, planning a possible one-way student move.
- Military PCS car transport, check official entitlements first, then compare private CONUS options.
- Electric car (EV) planning, charging, mileage, route, and handoff considerations.
- RV driveaway planning, vehicle, driver, route, and operating requirements.
Routes from the Des Moines hub
- Des Moines and Iowa driveaway planning hub, local route context and future-trip prerequisites.
- Iowa to Florida, Iowa to Texas, and Chicago to Florida.
- Des Moines to Denver and Des Moines to Phoenix.
Compare your options
- Best car shipping and driveaway services 2026, an honest buyer's guide to the four ways to move a car.
- Driveaway companies: vs Auto Driveaway, vs Car Driveaway, vs Professional Drivers, vs ATC Driveaway.
- Brokers and marketplaces: vs Montway, vs Sherpa, vs AmeriFreight, vs SGT, vs uShip.
Plan ahead
Have a route in mind?
Tell Pilot your route for a preliminary planning estimate. It is not a booking, price commitment, or interstate dispatch authorization.