Car shipping from Chicago to Phoenix

Who ships Chicago to Phoenix

Winter residents with a second home in the Valley, retirees relocating permanently, and a steady undercurrent of students and young families moving to Arizona for the cost of living.

Comfortable touring sedans and mid-size SUVs. The demographic skews retired, so enclosed requests run higher than on comparable Midwest lanes, and a lot of these are second cars that live in Arizona permanently.

1,750 miles via I-55 / I-44 / I-40

I-55 south to St. Louis then I-44 through Oklahoma City and I-40 west via Amarillo, Albuquerque and Flagstaff, dropping onto I-17 for the last run into Phoenix. Flagstaff is the detail people miss: it sits at 7,000 feet and gets real snow, so a February crossing occasionally holds a truck for half a day at the top of the hill.

Southbound peaks hard in October and November — that six-week window is when the whole Upper Midwest moves at once, and it is priced accordingly. Ship in late September or early December and the same car costs noticeably less. January and February are cheap and quiet, with the caveat that a Chicago pickup after heavy snow can slip a day.

Shipping Phoenix to Chicago

Phoenix to Chicago is the March and April return, and it is the harder half to book late — every winter resident in the Valley is trying to get home inside the same few weeks, and the carrier pool does not expand to meet them. The advantage northbound is that a Phoenix pickup is never weather-delayed, so if your dates have to hold exactly, spring northbound is more reliable than autumn southbound, provided you book far enough ahead to get a truck at all. Book against the season in either direction and this lane gets cheap in a hurry.

From Chicago and Naperville to Phoenix and Scottsdale

Not listed? Pickup is anywhere in the Chicago metro and delivery anywhere in the Phoenix metro, door to door.