Minnesota ↔ Southwest Florida corridor
Lake Minnetonka Area Auto Transport
Car shipping to Naples, Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers and Cape Coral from across the lake minnetonka area.
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Proudly Minnesotan. River Valley Auto Transport is based in Rosemount and ships cars from every corner of the state.
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Communities covered
The small communities ringing Lake Minnetonka share one shipping reality: short, narrow lakeshore lanes, private drives and heavy tree cover. They are grouped here rather than split into separate pages because the transport advice is genuinely the same across all of them - what changes is only which highway the driver uses to get there.
- Mound
- Spring Park
- Long Lake
- Waconia
How pickup works here
Highway 7, Highway 12 and County Road 101 are the practical truck routes. Almost every winter pickup in these communities is completed at an agreed cleared lot on one of those roads rather than at the residence, and that is planned before the carrier is dispatched.
Winter
Once snow is piled on a lakeshore lane there is often no legal or physical room for a 75-foot carrier. Owners here typically ship in late October or early November, before the first significant storm.
Auto transport pricing changes with carrier availability, season, vehicle size, fuel costs, pickup location and delivery location. The figures below are estimated market ranges for planning purposes, not guaranteed quotes. River Valley Auto Transport is a licensed broker: we negotiate with motor carriers and present the offers we actually receive, with our fee disclosed up front.
Who you are dealing with
River Valley Auto Transport
- Serving customers since 2012
- Midwest division of Enterprise Auto Transport
- Enterprise Auto Transport is BBB Accredited with an A+ Rating
- Federally licensed and bonded auto transport broker
- USDOT #2273104
- MC #774106
- Owner-operated
- Phone: (239) 273-4649
River Valley Auto Transport is a broker, not a motor carrier. We evaluate carriers and arrange your shipment; a separate, federally licensed trucking company physically moves the vehicle, carries the cargo insurance on it and issues the Bill of Lading. You should always know which carrier has your car.
How we verify carriers · Fraud prevention centre · Broker vs. carrier explained
Questions
Do you ship cars from Mound, Spring Park, Long Lake and the rest of the lake minnetonka area?
How is pickup handled in the lake minnetonka area?
What does winter change?
How is pricing worked out?
Ready to Ship your car?
Open and enclosed semi-truck carriers, door-to-door delivery and a coordinator who answers the phone.