Open, enclosed, and expedited car shipping across New Hampshire, planned around the corridor, the turnpikes, and the season.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire auto transport is a Boston story in the south and a mountain story in the north. A tax advantage keeps the moving trucks coming.
Ship Guy is a licensed auto transport broker. We book vetted carriers across New Hampshire, and we do not own the trucks.
Interstate 93 runs from the Massachusetts line through Manchester and Concord to the White Mountains and Vermont. Interstate 95 crosses the Seacoast in eighteen miles, and Interstate 89 reaches the Upper Valley. The turnpikes carry the rest.
This page covers the corridors and the tolls, the southern tier and its Boston commuters, and the Seacoast. It also covers the Upper Valley and the college, the Lakes Region, the White Mountains, and the winter.
Most pickups happen within 1 to 3 days in the southern tier and on the Seacoast. The Lakes Region, the White Mountains, and the North Country run 2 to 5 days.
Boston, Portland, and Hartford are same-day lanes from Manchester. New York and Albany take a day. Florida runs three to four.
New Hampshire has no city page yet. This page carries the detail for Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Portsmouth, Hanover, and the rest.
The Corridors
Every carrier serving New Hampshire comes up from Massachusetts, and the roads north funnel them.
Interstate 93 is the spine, from Salem through Manchester and Concord to Plymouth, Franconia Notch, and Littleton. It narrows to a two-lane parkway through the notch, and carriers slow to a crawl there.
The Everett Turnpike carries Nashua to Manchester with tolls. The Spaulding Turnpike carries Portsmouth to Rochester the same way. Interstate 95 crosses the Seacoast with a toll at Hampton. All three are built into every quote.
Interstate 89 runs from Concord through New London to Lebanon and Vermont. Route 16 reaches Conway and the Mount Washington Valley, and Route 101 links Manchester to the coast.
The southern tier and the Seacoast schedule fast. The Lakes Region, the mountains, and the North Country take an extra day or two.
The Southern Tier
More than half of New Hampshire lives within an hour of Boston. The border towns move on Boston’s calendar.
Nashua and Salem sit on the Massachusetts line and fill with commuters who moved north for the taxes. Manchester is the largest city, with the airport and the mill district, and Concord is the capital.
No sales tax and no income tax on wages keep households moving up from Massachusetts every month. Most ship one car and drive the other, and the Boston lane runs full in both directions.
Manchester’s older neighborhoods have narrow streets, and the driver meets you on Elm Street or a main road. The suburbs from Bedford to Hooksett are wide.
If your employer reimburses the shipment, the paperwork comes from us. The state-to-state page explains the interstate part.
Lanes & Costs
Common lanes out of Manchester, with estimated open-transport ranges. Nashua sits twenty miles closer to Boston, and the North Country adds a hundred miles. Price your exact route above.
| Route | Corridor · distance | Est. transit | Est. open rate* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston, MA | I-93 · ~55 mi | Same day | $150–$240 |
| Portland, ME | I-95 · ~95 mi | Same day | $170–$280 |
| Hartford, CT | I-93/I-84 · ~150 mi | Same day | $200–$320 |
| Albany, NY | I-89/I-90 · ~190 mi | 1 day | $220–$340 |
| New York, NY | I-93/I-95 · ~250 mi | 1 day | $250–$380 |
| Philadelphia, PA | I-95 · ~350 mi | 1 day | $300–$440 |
| Washington, DC | I-95 · ~480 mi | 1–2 days | $400–$580 |
| Charlotte, NC | I-95/I-85 · ~870 mi | 2–3 days | $620–$880 |
| Chicago, IL | I-90 · ~1,000 mi | 3 days | $700–$1,000 |
| Orlando, FL | I-95 · ~1,350 mi | 3–4 days | $860–$1,220 |
*2026 estimates for a running sedan on an open trailer, priced from Manchester. SUVs and pickups add about 10 to 25 percent, enclosed higher still. Turnpike tolls are included, and the season and carrier availability on your dates set the real quote.
Boston is the cheapest lane by far, and Portland and Hartford follow. The Florida lane runs full each fall and spring, so it stays easy to book despite the distance.
The North Country costs more per mile because the carrier detours. The cost guide explains the rest of the price.
The Seacoast
New Hampshire’s eighteen miles of coast ship more than their size suggests.
Portsmouth has a colonial downtown of brick streets and no room for a trailer. The driver meets you on Route 1 or near the traffic circle. The naval shipyard across the river in Kittery rotates sailors and civilians on project schedules.
The Air Guard base at Pease and the business park around it relocate crews and staff. They move on their own calendar. Housing is limited, so the handoff happens at a lot near the base.
Hampton and Rye fill with summer residents from June through September, and Route 1A crawls. Many families ship a second vehicle with us, since orders may cover only one. Ship Guy is a private broker with no military ties, and PCS timing is on our military page.
The Upper Valley
The western edge of the state runs on a college and a medical center. They sit next to each other.
The college in Hanover sends cars in each September and home each June. Its campus streets are tight. The medical center in Lebanon moves residents every June.
Both sit on Interstate 89 near the Vermont line, two hours from Boston. The handoff happens at a lot off the interstate, and an adult signs for a student car.
Keene and the Monadnock region to the south sit on two-lane routes and take an extra day. Durham and the state university ship on the Seacoast lane each August and May.
The Lakes & the Mountains
North of Concord, New Hampshire turns into second homes, ski hills, and roads that follow the water.
The Lakes Region around Winnipesaukee fills with summer residents from June through September. The lake roads are narrow and steep. The driver meets you on Route 3 or in Laconia, Meredith, or Wolfeboro.
Motorcycle Week in June brings hundreds of thousands of riders to Laconia and the lake roads. We schedule Lakes Region pickups before or after it.
The White Mountains run on ski season and foliage. Conway and the Mount Washington Valley sit on Route 16 with outlet traffic. The ski towns off Interstate 93 add a winter wave. Foliage brings tour buses to the Kancamagus for a few weeks in October.
Mountain and lake pickups run 2 to 5 days. The North Country beyond the notches is the far edge. A flexible date range holds the price steady.
Weather
New Hampshire has a real winter and a spring that closes the back roads.
Snow closes Interstate 93 through the notch a few times each winter, and nor’easters close the whole corridor. Carriers wait for the plows, and the mountains take longest to clear.
Mud season lasts from March into May. Towns post weight limits while the frost comes out of the roads. A loaded carrier cannot use those roads. The driver meets you out on the state highway.
Black ice on the hills is the quiet risk from November through March. Drivers slow down, and a window can shift a few hours.
Your Options
Open transport is the everyday choice, and the Boston lane and the Florida lane run on it.
Enclosed transport keeps road salt, slush, and mud-season grit off a car. The Seacoast and the lake estates keep enclosed carriers busy with collector cars.
A commuter car rides open and arrives without a problem. Our open and enclosed pages compare each.
The Basics
A price, a handoff on the corridor, and a delivery, with the tolls counted and the season respected.
Once the price is approved, a carrier coming up from Massachusetts takes the booking. The driver records the car’s condition on a Bill of Lading, and you sign it before it loads. That record is what the delivery inspection compares to.
The how it works and preparation guides go step by step.
Why Ship Guy
We know the turnpikes, the notch, and which weeks the lake fills up.
Ship Guy holds active FMCSA brokerage authority and a $75,000 surety bond, both recorded with the federal register.
One coordinator handles the shipment from quote to delivery and can book open, enclosed, or expedited transport. The services page shows every service we arrange.
New Hampshire FAQ
Orlando from Manchester usually runs eight hundred sixty to twelve hundred twenty dollars for a sedan. It is about thirteen hundred fifty miles down Interstate 95. Miami runs a little more. Season matters more than distance here, and a southbound car in November costs more than in July. Larger vehicles add 10 to 25 percent to that estimate.
They are already counted in the quote. Carriers pay the Everett and Spaulding turnpikes and the Hampton toll on Interstate 95 and price accordingly. There is no separate line. Interstate 93 north of Manchester and Interstate 89 carry no toll.
Yes, with a meeting spot. Lake roads are narrow and steep. The driver meets you on Route 3 or in Laconia, Meredith, or Wolfeboro. Pickups run 2 to 5 days from June through September, and we schedule around Motorcycle Week in June.
Yes, but plan on 2 to 5 days. Interstate 93 narrows through Franconia Notch, and the towns beyond it sit far from any carrier base. Ski towns ship in November and April, and foliage traffic slows October. A flexible date range holds the price steady.
Yes, student cars move each September and again in May or June. Hanover's campus streets are tight, so the handoff happens at a lot off Interstate 89. Durham ships on the Seacoast lane. An adult signs off on a student car.
Yes, the shipyard rotates sailors and civilians on project schedules. The Air Guard base and its business park relocate staff on their own calendar. The handoff happens at a lot near the base or on Route 1. Ship Guy is a private broker, unaffiliated with the shipyard or the base.
From March into May, towns post weight limits on their back roads. The frost is working its way out of the ground. A loaded carrier cannot use a posted road, and the driver meets you on the state route instead. It adds a few minutes of driving on your end and nothing to the cost.
Because households move north for the taxes every month, and most ship one car while driving the other. The Boston lane runs full in both directions. That keeps it the cheapest lane in the state, at one hundred fifty to two hundred forty dollars.
Yes, non-running cars ship from every part of New Hampshire. A winch-equipped carrier loads it, and the extra time adds a charge. Tell us if it still rolls, steers, and brakes.
Both addresses, with the town for a lake, mountain, or North Country pickup. The year, make, and model. Whether it runs and rolls. Open or enclosed, and the range of dates you can offer. That is a complete New Hampshire quote request.
Get Started
A quote takes about two minutes, Seacoast or notch. Then send us the town and the dates you have. We will plan around the turnpikes, the notch, and the season.