Vehicle transport and freight in Asheville, NC.
Asheville is an hour north of us over the Saluda Grade — a five-mile, six-percent descent that is the single most demanding piece of road in our regular service area, and a good reason to hire a carrier whose drivers run it every week.
Illustrative photography — not Prime Trans equipment.Does Prime Trans serve Asheville, NC?
Yes. Prime Trans is an FMCSA-licensed motor carrier based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about 68 miles from Asheville, NC, about 1 hour 10 minutes by road on I-26 over the Saluda Grade. A truck is in this market weekly.
Work we actually run in Asheville.
- Mountain-corridor vehicle movesAsheville, Hendersonville, Fletcher, Arden and Weaverville, on the open carrier.
- Dealer trades over the gradeWestern North Carolina stores trading with the Upstate.
- Fleet and equipmentFleet units and machinery moving on I-26 and I-40.
- Step deck and flatbedManufacturing freight out of the Henderson and Buncombe county plants.
Where the vehicles come from.
- Western North Carolina dealer inventory moving on I-26 and I-40
- Manheim Statesville, ninety minutes east on I-40
Who moves freight here.
- The Pratt & Whitney turbine-airfoil plant in Asheville
- BorgWarner and the Henderson County manufacturing base
- Tourism and hospitality fleets across Buncombe County
What we move in and out of Asheville
Auto transport
Open car hauling across the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee with photo-documented eBOLs, winch capability and same-day dispatch.
Read onStep deck
Step deck and flatbed capacity for machinery, steel, lumber and building products, with securement-trained drivers, tarps and permits handled.
Read onDealer groups
A standing dealer-vendor agreement, one call for trades, auction-to-frontline and customer deliveries, and photos at both ends.
Read onHeavy haul & oversize
RGN lowboy capacity for heavy equipment and oversize loads: permits, route survey, escorts and securement, out of Spartanburg across the Southeast, South and Midwest.
Read onOther markets on the same runs
Straight answers
Is the Saluda Grade a problem for a loaded car hauler?
It is the reason to care who you hire. It is a five-mile descent at about six percent with runaway ramps, and it is unforgiving of a truck that is over-loaded, badly balanced or driven by somebody seeing it for the first time. Our drivers run it weekly.
How long is Spartanburg to Asheville?
Sixty-eight miles, about an hour and ten minutes on I-26. Same-day round trip.
Do you serve Hendersonville and Brevard?
Yes, plus Fletcher, Arden, Mills River, Weaverville and Black Mountain.
Can you haul equipment out of a mountain jobsite?
Send weight, dimensions and a photo of the access before anything else. Mountain access is the constraint that kills more heavy-haul quotes than weight does, and we would rather tell you no on the phone than at the gate.
Moving vehicles or freight in Asheville?
Tell us the two ends, how many units and the first pickup date. A written quote comes back the same business day.