Car shipping from Orlando, FL to Jacksonville, FL
Figures below are worked out for this specific corridor and dated.
Before pickup: why the carrier gives a pickup window, not an hour; how to prepare the car; and what the pickup inspection protects.
Driving cost: 140 mi × 76¢/mi (IRS rate) = $106, a 1-day drive. See the full math.
The route between Orlando and Jacksonville
I-95 for most of the route, about 86 of the 140 miles, with I-4 carrying the rest out of Orlando.
No toll roads on the OSRM route.
What did other companies quote for this trip?
What we were quoted for one running 2020 Toyota RAV4, open carrier, door to door, all-in (companies not named):
- $450: a one-truck carrier based in Jacksonville with in-state authority, 2026-09-24. A $175 deposit up front, open carrier.
$450 for 140 miles is $3.21 a mile, near the top of what we saw per mile, and that is normal for a short trip: loading, unloading and the drive to the pickup cost the same whatever the distance, so they weigh more on a 140-mile job.
The $175 deposit is 39% of the price. Before paying a deposit that size to anyone, get in writing when it is refundable and what happens if the pickup slips; the quote checker has a line for exactly that.
Check any quote, ours included, with the quote checker; quotes on other routes are on car shipping cost, and days on the truck by distance in the transit time estimator.
What can delay a shipment on this lane?
- The I-95 part of this lane, between I-4 and Jacksonville, lies on the state's I-95 northbound emergency shoulder-use segment, which runs from Jupiter to Jacksonville. In an east-coast evacuation, traffic on that segment heads north toward Jacksonville, and while the shoulder is open to cars, large trucks and trailers must stay in the general lanes. (Florida Department of Transportation, read 2026-09-26)
- Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30. On a 140-mile trip the transit itself is short, so a storm shows up as a moved pickup day rather than a long delay on the road; build that day into your plans. (National Hurricane Center, read 2026-09-26)
Heading the other direction? See car shipping from Jacksonville, FL to Orlando, FL.
Other in-state lanes we book in Florida
- Tampa to Jacksonville 199 mi
- Miami to Orlando 233 mi
- Miami to Tampa 280 mi
- Miami to Jacksonville 343 mi
Sources: road miles and drive time from OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoding and OSRM driving route (city centers), 2026-09-22, city center to city center (your addresses will change them a little). Drive cost: IRS standard mileage rate, irs.gov, read 2026-09-21. Transit band: typical open-carrier transit-day ranges by distance as published on public transit-time guides, read 2026-09-21. Route and toll notes: OSRM driving route, city center to city center, router.project-osrm.org, read 2026-09-24. Quotes: our own requests for one 2020 Toyota RAV4, answered on the dates shown; companies are not named. We don't publish a shipping price for this lane yet because an honest price depends on a current quote; see how our pricing works.