You should consider a few important aspects before you hire a transport company for helicopter shipping services. No transport company can guarantee about time of the delivery of your car as there are many hindrances on the way like traffic bottlenecks, unfavorable climatic conditions or a mechanical fault, which may delay the scheduled delivery.
Sometimes the customer is found to be responsible for delay in delivery schedule. If a customer does not present himself in time for delivery or pick-up or tries to make last minute changes in the route or terms and conditions, it delays the schedule. The timely Helicopter Shipping depends upon your sincerity, promptness and the willingness on your part.
The customer should ensure his timely presence at the pick-up point fixed for your vehicle with the transporter. Any delay in this will result in late delivery of his vehicle and apart from this; it will also cause other persons a lot of inconvenience as they have to keep waiting. Always make sure to get an inspection report on the status of vehicle regarding any existent scratches, dents etc at the point of delivery. You can physically verify the condition of your car with the help of this report.
Similarly, ensure your timely presence at the drop-off point also. You should thoroughly examine your vehicle and compare the status with the inspection report prepared at the delivery point if you find a major difference with the condition given in the paper, make a note of it and get it signed by the truck driver.
The other important decision is regarding the method of transporting your car. It can be shifted in a closed trailer or an open trailer. While closed trailers are quite expensive, open trailers pose the risk for damage of your car through climate, dust, heat etc. closed trailers protect your car in a better manner as they contain a mobile garage. Selecting the type of trailer depends on the amount of expenditure you are ready to incur on shifting your car.
Generally, there is a confusion among the customers regarding the term ‘door to door delivery’ While as per agreement of shipping it denotes the delivery of vehicle to the nearest possible point up to your home, customers consider it as a delivery promised at their doorsteps. As the trailers carrying your vehicle are as long as 75 feet, it is sometimes not possible to steer these right up to your home where any obstacle like electric pole, tree or any other construction is present in the way. In such cases, the truck may be driven to the nearest parking place.
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