Auto transport to and from Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Harrisburg, and across the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania hosts the auction that gave its name to the largest wholesale auto auction network in the country, a working auto port in Philadelphia, and interstates running in every direction. Crestline ships throughout the state. Car shipping to Pennsylvania has excellent availability along the corridors, with the Alleghenies and rural central counties as the main complications.
Most vehicles moving to or from Pennsylvania land between a few hundred dollars for a short Northeast run and roughly two thousand for a cross-country enclosed move. Carrier density is high across most of the state, which keeps pricing competitive.
Philadelphia and the southeast connect naturally to the I-95 corridor. Pittsburgh connects west toward Ohio. The Alleghenies in between add real driving time, and central Pennsylvania’s rural counties take longer to schedule than either metro.
For a vehicle arriving at the Philadelphia auto terminals, the release date governs. Storage charges start quickly. Getting a carrier scheduled for the release date rather than after it is usually the largest controllable cost on an import.
Erie and the northern tier get lake-effect snow, and the mountain routes ice over. Between December and March, delivery windows widen in those areas more than in the southeast.
Open transport handles the overwhelming majority of moves and costs meaningfully less. Enclosed makes sense for a collector car heading to a Carlisle or Hershey event, a vehicle kept off winter road salt or anything where the paint is the point. Expect enclosed to run roughly 40 to 60 percent higher.
Manheim, Pennsylvania is where the auction company began, and the region remains a significant wholesale vehicle market with substantial weekly volume. That professional traffic keeps carriers cycling through southeastern Pennsylvania continuously. For anyone shipping a personal vehicle, it means availability — we’re usually adding to existing traffic rather than commissioning a dedicated trip.
The Philadelphia port complex handles imported vehicles, with dedicated automotive facilities along the Delaware River. It’s a meaningful East Coast entry point alongside Baltimore and Newark. We coordinate pickups there regularly and work backward from the release date, which is the only part of a port move you can really control.
Carlisle and Hershey host some of the largest automotive swap meets and collector events in the country, drawing enormous vehicle volume into central Pennsylvania on specific weeks each year. Enclosed capacity tightens noticeably around those dates. If you’re shipping to or from one, booking well ahead is genuinely necessary rather than just advisable.
From the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic, one to three days. From the Southeast, two to four. From the Midwest, two to four. From the West Coast, seven to ten. Both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have strong carrier availability. Central Pennsylvania and the northern tier take somewhat longer to schedule.
Regularly. Those events draw enormous collector-car volume into central Pennsylvania on specific weeks, and enclosed capacity gets committed early around them. If your dates line up with a major show, book several weeks out. Tell us the vehicle’s ground clearance and whether it runs, since both determine which carrier and equipment we assign.
Yes. The Philadelphia port complex has dedicated automotive terminals handling imported vehicles, and we coordinate pickups there. You’ll need customs clearance and any accrued storage charges settled before release. Send us the release date and paperwork and we’ll schedule a carrier for it rather than letting fees keep building.
Yes, but it requires a carrier equipped with a winch, which is a smaller pool of trucks and costs more than a standard move. Tell us up front whether the vehicle rolls, brakes, and steers. That determines what equipment we dispatch, and finding out at pickup means a wasted trip and a rescheduled move for everyone.
Every carrier we dispatch carries active cargo insurance, and we verify that coverage before assigning your vehicle. Your own auto policy typically remains in effect as well. The condition report signed at pickup and delivery is what actually protects you, so inspect the vehicle at both ends and note anything you see before signing off.
