Open transport
The standard, and the one most people should pick. Your vehicle rides on a multi car hauler. Most availability, shortest wait, lowest price.
The Transport Buddy is a licensed auto transport broker in South Florida. We move cars door to door across the continental United States, for people relocating or buying out of state and for dealers and auctions moving inventory. The carrier is vetted and insured, and your price is fixed before pickup.
Two minutes. No charge, and no obligation to book.
A coordinator will come back with a locked price and a pickup window. If you need it faster, call and we will price it on the phone.
(718) 532-6444You hand over the keys.
It goes on the truck.
You get on with your day.
A family sending one car north for the summer and a dealership clearing twelve units off a lot get the same broker, the same vetted carriers, and a price agreed up front. Only the paperwork differs.
The number you approve is the number you pay. No fuel surcharge appearing at delivery and no rate change once a carrier is assigned.
We confirm active FMCSA operating authority and current cargo insurance on file for each carrier before your vehicle is dispatched.
Pickup and delivery happen at your home, office, dealership, or auction lot, as close as a 75 foot truck can legally park.
You get a direct line to the person handling your shipment, and the same person picks up next time.
Daily drivers ride open. Collector and luxury cars ride enclosed, on a covered trailer with a lift gate.
We run the snowbird lanes north and south every year, so we know what a Northeast route really costs in February and what it costs in June.
Your car rides the same trucks that deliver new inventory to dealerships. We just book it for you.
Tell us the vehicle and the deadline and we will tell you which of these is the right spend.
The standard, and the one most people should pick. Your vehicle rides on a multi car hauler. Most availability, shortest wait, lowest price.
A covered trailer with a lift gate for low clearance cars. The right call for collector, exotic, and freshly painted vehicles, and for motorcycles. Fewer trucks on the road, so book it earlier.
Project cars, auction buys, insurance recoveries, and anything that will not start. If it rolls and steers we send a winch truck. If it does not, we send a flatbed or a tow.
Lot to lot, auction to showroom, and single unit customer deliveries. Consistent lanes, one point of contact, and paperwork that matches what your title clerk needs.
Year, make, model, pickup and delivery ZIP, and the earliest date it can move. Dealers can list every unit on one request.
We price the lane, confirm a carrier is available on your dates, and send you a single figure with a pickup window. Nothing moves until you say yes.
You get the driver's name and number at dispatch. You walk the car, sign the Bill of Lading at pickup, and sign it again on delivery.
You should never have to take a broker's word for it. Every credential below is public record, and each one links to the agency that holds it.
Active broker authority with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, carrying a Satisfactory safety rating issued after a compliance review in December 2022.
Interstate for hire operating authority, bonded and registered to broker motor vehicle freight anywhere in the continental United States.
The Transport Buddy LLC was organized in Florida on 13 September 2019 and has been in continuous operation since, filed under document number L19000232204.
We are a licensed transport broker, USDOT 3338442, MC 1065129. That means we do not own the trucks. We price your lane, put it in front of a network of vetted carriers, and assign the one that fits your route, your vehicle, and your dates. You deal with us from quote to delivery.
Price depends on distance, how busy the route is, the size and condition of the vehicle, open or enclosed, and how flexible your dates are. A compact sedan on a busy interstate lane costs less than a lifted truck heading to a rural address. Send the route and the vehicle and you get a real number rather than a range that moves later.
Transit time tracks distance. A useful guide is roughly 500 miles a day once the vehicle is loaded, plus a pickup window of one to three days after your first available date. Florida to the Northeast usually runs two to four days on the road. You get a specific window before you approve anything.
Yes. Every carrier we dispatch has to hold active FMCSA operating authority and cargo insurance on file before your vehicle is assigned, and you can ask for the assigned carrier's certificate of insurance at any point. Your own policy normally stays in force as well, so it is worth a short call to your agent.
Open is the standard. It is safe, it is the most available, and it costs the least. Enclosed puts your vehicle in a covered trailer away from weather and road debris, and it is the right call for collector cars, exotics, low clearance vehicles, motorcycles, and fresh paint.
Carriers are licensed to move vehicles, not household goods, and their cargo insurance does not cover your belongings. Most drivers will allow up to about 100 pounds in the trunk at your own risk. Keep it below the window line, and take anything valuable or fragile with you.
Yes, as long as it rolls, steers, and brakes. Say so up front so we assign a carrier with a winch. If it will not roll at all, we arrange a flatbed or a tow instead. Inoperable vehicles carry an added fee because they need special equipment and more time to load.
Someone does, but it does not have to be you. Any adult you name can release or receive the vehicle and sign the Bill of Lading. That signature is your condition report, so whoever stands in for you should walk the car and photograph it at both ends.
Car haulers run about 75 feet long and cannot legally turn into many residential streets, especially in older neighborhoods and gated communities. If your address is tight, the driver calls ahead and meets you a few minutes away at a wide lot such as a shopping center. It is still door to door service, just a slightly different door.
Nothing is charged for a quote. The payment terms appear in writing on your quote before you approve anything. A deposit is charged when you book, and the balance is paid at delivery by the method listed on your dispatch sheet.
Two weeks is comfortable and one week is workable. We move same week loads regularly, though short notice usually costs more because there is less time to find the right truck. Snowbird season books up first, roughly October through December heading south and March through May heading north.
A quote costs nothing and does not commit you to anything. If the price does not work for you, walk away and nothing has changed.