Pass said drivers may never see customers. They have instructions to load a vehicle and get it to wherever the owner will be. Owen's loads includes everything from BMW roadsters to well-worn minivans. The owner's insurance company is the primary carrier in case of damage en route, he said. There may be dings and scratches from stones and other debris coming up off the highway.
Business comes in chunks for Owen.
In the spring, the migration north begins as early as March. Easter in the south or up north with families is another crux. Some snowbirds start moving toward the Equator as early as August, and some don't set their sights on the north country until June. Fla. Four or five years ago Richie, a retired manufacturers' representative from Troy, Mich., decided he had had the Gulf Coast on Interstate Highway 75. So Ritchie shopped around, got some prices and figured USA Auto was the best bet for getting his Pontiac Trans Sport where he wanted it.