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Texas
Texas auto transport is the busiest state market in the country. The four big metros are only part of it.
Ship Guy is a licensed auto transport broker. We book vetted carriers across Texas, and we do not own the trucks.
Interstate 35 runs from Laredo through San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas to Oklahoma. Interstate 10 crosses from El Paso through San Antonio to Houston and Louisiana. Interstate 20 crosses from the Permian Basin to Dallas, and Interstate 45 links Houston and Dallas.
This page covers the corridors, the seven city pages, the Valley and the winter Texans, and the border. It also covers the Permian Basin, the Panhandle, the posts, the Gulf, and the ice.
Most pickups happen within 1 to 3 days in the metros and along the four big interstates. The Permian Basin, the Panhandle, Big Bend, and the Valley run 2 to 5 days.
Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Shreveport, and New Orleans are same-day lanes from one metro or another. Denver, Albuquerque, Memphis, and Atlanta take a day or two. The coasts run three.
Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso have their own pages. This page carries the Valley, Corpus Christi, the Permian Basin, Lubbock, Amarillo, Waco, College Station, and Killeen.
The Corridors
Texas has more interstate miles than any state, and the carriers use every one of them.
Interstate 35 is the spine. It runs from the Laredo border through San Antonio, Austin, Waco, and the Metroplex to Oklahoma. It carries more freight than any road in the state. A car near it schedules in a day.
Interstate 10 crosses the south from El Paso through San Antonio, Houston, and Beaumont to Louisiana. Interstate 20 crosses the north from the Permian Basin through Abilene and the Metroplex to Shreveport.
Interstate 45 links Houston to Dallas, and Interstate 30 links Dallas to Texarkana. Interstate 37 links San Antonio to Corpus Christi. Interstate 27 runs from Lubbock to Amarillo, Interstate 40 crosses the Panhandle, and Interstate 69 reaches the Valley.
The toll roads around the metros are built into every quote. Big Bend, the Panhandle counties, and the ranch country take an extra day or two.
City Pages
Seven Texas cities have their own pages with local lanes, meeting spots, and phone lines. The Valley, Corpus Christi, the Permian Basin, Lubbock, Amarillo, Waco, College Station, Killeen, and the rest of Texas are covered from this page.
The Valley & the Border
The Rio Grande Valley fills with retirees every winter. The border towns move more freight than any crossing in the country.
McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, and the Valley draw winter Texans from the Midwest and Canada from October through March. They ship cars down in the fall and home in the spring. Interstate 69 and US 281 carry the lane.
Laredo is the largest inland port in the country, and thousands of trucks cross daily. A private pickup there slots into that flow, and Interstate 35 runs straight to San Antonio.
A vehicle moving into Mexico is an international shipment with customs paperwork and a different carrier. We arrange domestic shipping only, and we deliver to the border towns on the Texas side.
The Valley’s colonias and farm roads sit on caliche and gravel. The driver meets you on the US highway or in town. Our snowbird page covers the winter Texan lane.
Lanes & Costs
The lanes Texas households ask about most, priced from the nearest big metro. The city pages carry the full tables for each metro. Price your exact route above.
| Route | Corridor · distance | Est. transit | Est. open rate* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City, OK (from Dallas) | I-35 · ~205 mi | Same day | $230–$350 |
| New Orleans, LA (from Houston) | I-10 · ~350 mi | 1 day | $320–$470 |
| Little Rock, AR (from Dallas) | I-30 · ~320 mi | 1 day | $300–$440 |
| Albuquerque, NM (from El Paso) | I-25 · ~265 mi | 1 day | $250–$380 |
| Memphis, TN (from Dallas) | I-30/I-40 · ~450 mi | 1–2 days | $400–$570 |
| Denver, CO (from Dallas) | US-287/I-25 · ~800 mi | 2 days | $560–$820 |
| Phoenix, AZ (from El Paso) | I-10 · ~430 mi | 1 day | $380–$540 |
| Atlanta, GA (from Houston) | I-10/I-65/I-85 · ~790 mi | 2 days | $550–$800 |
| Chicago, IL (from Houston) | I-45/I-55 · ~1,080 mi | 3 days | $780–$1,100 |
| Los Angeles, CA (from Dallas) | I-20/I-10 · ~1,435 mi | 3 days | $900–$1,250 |
*2026 estimates for a running sedan on an open trailer. SUVs and pickups add about 10 to 25 percent, and enclosed higher still. Toll roads are included, and season plus carrier availability on your dates set the real quote.
Texas-to-Texas moves between the metros are the cheapest lanes in the state. Carriers run Interstate 35, 10, and 45 all day. Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico follow.
The Permian Basin, the Panhandle, and Big Bend cost more per mile because the carrier detours. The cost guide explains everything else that moves the price.
The Permian & the Panhandle
West Texas ships on the price of oil and the width of the plains.
Midland and Odessa boom and bust with the Permian Basin. Workers ship their trucks in and out on the hiring cycle. The towns sit on Interstate 20 five hours from Dallas, and pickups run 2 to 5 days.
Lubbock ships on the university, the cotton, and the hospitals, with Interstate 27 north to Amarillo. Amarillo sits on Interstate 40. It ships on the cattle, the Denver lane, and the cross-country carriers passing through.
Ranch roads across the plains are caliche and gravel, and a seventy-five-foot trailer stays on the pavement. Dust storms and wind slow a high-profile trailer from March through May.
Big Bend and the far west from Alpine to Presidio are the most remote places in the state. Pickups out there run 4 to 7 days.
The Posts & the Bases
Texas moves more military households than any state but California. The ones outside the metros are covered here.
Fort Cavazos at Killeen is the largest Army post in the country. It deploys and brings home whole divisions. Families rotate year round, and the heaviest moves come from May through August. Killeen sits on Interstate 14 an hour north of Austin.
Sheppard in Wichita Falls trains pilots and maintainers on class cycles. Dyess in Abilene flies bombers and airlifters, and Goodfellow in San Angelo trains intelligence and fire specialists.
The naval air station in Corpus Christi trains pilots and rotates squadrons. The Coast Guard adds rotations along the Gulf. Fort Bliss, Lackland, Randolph, and Fort Sam Houston are covered on the El Paso and San Antonio pages.
Many families ship a second vehicle through us when orders pay for only one. Housing at each installation is gated, and the driver waits outside. Ship Guy is a private broker with no connection to the Army or the Air Force. Our military page walks through a PCS move.
Campuses & the Coast
Texas campuses ship on the same calendar, and the coast ships on the season.
Texas A&M in College Station is one of the largest campuses in the country. Move-in week fills every road into town. Baylor in Waco, Texas Tech in Lubbock, and the state universities follow the same August and May dates.
Home football Saturdays close the streets around each stadium, and we schedule around the games. Campus handoffs happen at a lot close by, and an adult signs for a student car.
Corpus Christi ships on the port, the refineries, and the naval air station. Interstate 37 carries it to San Antonio. Padre Island and the beach towns fill in summer and spring break. The driver meets you on the mainland side of the causeway.
Beaumont and Port Arthur ship on the refineries and Interstate 10. Galveston is covered on the Houston page.
Weather
Texas gets every kind of weather that stops a truck, and it gets each one somewhere every year.
Hurricane season runs June through November along the Gulf, and carriers leave the coast days before landfall. Interstate 45 and 10 run contraflow for evacuation, and no truck moves against it.
Ice is the quiet one. A winter storm can shut the whole state for days, as it did in 2021. No carrier moves a loaded trailer on it. Tornadoes cross the north from March through May. Hail in the Metroplex dents a car waiting outside in minutes.
Flash floods hit the Hill Country and the metros after heavy rain. A low-water crossing waits for the water to drop. Summer passes 100 degrees from June through September, and drivers load early.
We tell you right away when the forecast changes the plan. We never dispatch a driver into an evacuation zone.
Your Options
Open transport is the everyday choice, and the metro lanes run on it by the thousand.
Enclosed transport keeps a car covered against hail, sun, and Gulf salt air. Highland Park, River Oaks, and the Hill Country estates keep enclosed carriers busy with collector cars.
A commuter car rides open without a problem outside hail season. Our open and enclosed pages compare both trailers.
The Basics
A price, a loading on the corridor, and a delivery, with the weather deciding the timing in season.
When the price is approved, a carrier on Interstate 35, 10, 20, or 45 takes the booking. The driver writes the car’s condition on a Bill of Lading, and you sign it at loading. That form is your checklist at the far end.
Our how it works and preparation guides cover each step.
Why Ship Guy
We use the busiest carrier market in the country and quote honest windows for the corners of it.
Ship Guy holds active FMCSA brokerage authority and a $75,000 surety bond, both posted on the federal register.
One coordinator carries the shipment from quote to delivery and can book open, enclosed, or expedited service. The services page lists all of it.
Texas FAQ
Yes, the Valley is one of the busiest seasonal lanes in the state. Retirees from the Midwest and Canada ship cars down from October through December. They go home from March through May. Interstate 69 and US 281 carry the lane. Two to three weeks of notice keeps the price steady. The handoff happens on the US highway or in town.
No, a move across the border at Laredo, El Paso, or the Valley is an international shipment. It requires customs paperwork and a cross-border carrier. We arrange domestic shipping only. We deliver to the border towns on the Texas side.
Yes, every Texas installation is a steady lane for us. The metro bases are covered on the El Paso and San Antonio pages. Many families ship a second vehicle through us when orders pay for only one. Housing is gated, so the meeting spot is outside the gate. Ship Guy is a private broker with no affiliation to any post or base.
Because the Permian Basin sits five hours from Dallas on Interstate 20. Big Bend sits hours from any interstate at all. Carriers detour to reach them. Pickups run 2 to 5 days in the Basin and 4 to 7 in Big Bend. A flexible date range keeps the price where it should be.
Dallas to Houston usually runs two hundred fifty to three hundred eighty dollars for a sedan. Houston to San Antonio runs two hundred thirty to three hundred fifty. El Paso to Dallas runs four hundred seventy to six hundred eighty, because it is six hundred miles. The city pages carry the full tables for each metro.
Yes, student cars move every August and back home each May. Move-in week fills every road into College Station, and home football Saturdays close the streets around each stadium. We schedule around both. The handoff happens at a lot near campus, and an adult signs the form.
Carriers pull off the coast days before landfall, and pickups pause. Interstate 45 and 10 run contraflow for evacuation, and no truck moves against it. To move the car out beforehand, call the day the track firms up. After a storm, demand rises as people replace flooded cars.
Carriers wait it out. A winter storm can shut the whole state for days, as it did in 2021. No carrier moves a loaded trailer on it. We tell you the moment the forecast changes the plan. We reschedule as soon as the roads clear.
Yes, non-running cars ship from every part of Texas. A winch-equipped carrier loads it, and the extra time goes on the bill. Say whether the car still rolls, steers, and brakes.
Both addresses, with the town and the nearest highway for a ranch or Valley pickup. The year, make, and model. Whether it runs and rolls. Open or enclosed, and the spread of dates that works. That is a complete Texas quote request.
Get Started
A quote takes about two minutes, anywhere in Texas. Then send us the town and the dates. We will match you with a carrier in the busiest market in the country.