Shipping several vehicles
Shipping several vehicles means more than one car, truck, or motorcycle moving for the same household or business. A discount is something a carrier may offer. It is not automatic, and the cars may leave on different trucks on different days. Each vehicle needs its own inspection and its own line on the paperwork.
Key facts
- One booking, maybe two trucks
- Ask whether the vehicles will ride together. A shared discount that splits onto two trucks is a different deal.
- Each car is inspected
- A condition report per vehicle. One signature does not describe the second car.
- Mixed types change the fit
- A running sedan and an inoperable truck may not be the same trailer or the same price logic.
- Business volume is separate
- A fleet that ships often can negotiate terms a family with two cars cannot. Ask, and get the terms in writing.
The sources are listed on this page.
Shipping several vehicles is two or more cars leaving on purpose for the same person or the same company. A household might send a sedan and an SUV. A dealer might send a trade and a sold car. The fact that moves the price is whether those vehicles can share a trailer on the same days. If they can, a carrier may charge less per car than two separate bookings. If they cannot, you have two shipments and the word "multi" was only a wish.
Ask for the plan, not the adjective.
What two cars cost against a one-car open estimate
These figures are one sedan, open transport, so you have a baseline per car. They are not a two-car package. One sedan from Dallas to Denver is $570–$869 as of , model v1 RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month.. One sedan from Atlanta to Chicago is $540–$823 as of , model v1 RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month.. One SUV from Seattle to Boise is $483–$735 as of , model v1 RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month..
Ask the company to price vehicle A, vehicle B, and the pair. If the pair is not cheaper than the sum, you have learned something useful. How many vehicles fit explains why a third car, a truck, or a non-runner changes the math. A business that ships every week is on the fleet page, where the negotiation is different from a family doing this once.
Enclosed for one of the cars and open for the other is normal. Do not let a package price hide which car is covered. Write it on each line.
How a multi-vehicle pickup works
- List every vehicle: year, make, model, running or not, and the address. Two driveways are two stops.
- Ask which vehicles share a trailer and which day each one leaves. A discount that requires all cars to be ready on Tuesday dies if one car is in the shop.
- Ask for a condition report per car. Photograph each one. A driver in a hurry will want one signature for the set. Walk them anyway.
- Name a key holder per address. If one person is trying to meet two trucks, say that, because the windows may collide.
- Check the company once on SAFER, not once per car. The public-liability minimum in 49 CFR 387.9 is not a value for each vehicle. The open transport page says which trucks that minimum covers. Ask about cargo terms per car if the values differ.
- At delivery, release each car only after its own walkaround. Do not sign the second car's paper because the first looked fine.
Have both cars fueled to the carrier's level, alarms off, and personal items out of both. A box you hid in the "other" car is still a box. If one vehicle is a motorcycle, use the motorcycle prep, not the car prep. If one is inoperable, the inoperable fee applies to that unit.
What to ask, and the mistakes
Ask what happens to the price if one vehicle cancels. Ask whether the deposit is per car or for the set, and whether it comes back if a truck is never assigned. Ask who you call when one car has left and the other has not.
The mistake is assuming a two-car household gets a courtesy rate. Many do not. Another is paying one low deposit for "both cars" to a company you did not look up. The Better Business Bureau's 21 July 2023 alert is about that deposit, and two cars means two losses. A third mistake is scheduling yourself to be in two places. If you cannot, name a second person using someone else hands over the car.
Do not describe a fleet of ten as "a couple of cars" to fish for a consumer rate. The carrier will count VINs at pickup. Describe the real number.
Limits
A carrier can take one vehicle and refuse another that does not fit, leaks, or is not released. Multi-car shipping does not include a household mover, a storage plan for the car that is not ready, or one insurance limit that you invented for the set. RideShipper does not bundle a discount, dispatch two trucks, take a deposit, or insure the vehicles. World Media Group LLC operates the quote service. Companies that receive a request may pay RideShipper.
If this is a business that will do it again next month, read the fleet page before you accept a one-time consumer contract. The second shipment is where the terms matter more than the first.
Questions
Do I get half off the second car?
No standard fraction applies. Some carriers reduce the second car when both fit the same trailer and the same schedule. Some charge two full slots. Ask for a price per vehicle and a total, and ask what happens if one car is not ready.
Can a motorcycle and a car go together?
Sometimes, if the trailer can secure both. Say so at the start. A motorcycle has its own prep. Do not assume the car price includes it.
What if one car does not run?
Price it as inoperable, even if the other car runs. The winch and the delay belong on that vehicle's line. Hiding it to keep a multi-car discount is how the discount disappears at the curb.
Who signs if the cars are in two cities?
A person with keys at each car. Two cities often means two pickups and no shared-trailer discount. Tell the company the truth about the addresses.
Does RideShipper bundle a fleet rate?
No. RideShipper can send one request that lists several vehicles. It does not set a multi-car discount, dispatch the trucks, take a deposit, or insure any of the cars.