ACE
Registered as AUTO CARRIER EXPRESS INC
ACE operates out of MANHATTAN, IL and holds carrier authority. It owns the equipment and its own driver collects your vehicle. A small fleet. Enough trucks to cover a missed pickup, small enough that the person quoting you is likely the person dispatching the driver. It is the only auto transport company registered in MANHATTAN, so a local pickup here is usually arranged rather than dispatched from down the road.
From the company’s own FMCSA census filing, last updated October 2025.
ACE has held operating authority since 2006, 20 years, long enough to have run through both the 2020 collapse in volumes and the rate spike that followed. It reports 2 power units and 2 drivers — a one-to-one roster, the ordinary shape of a small fleet. The fleet reported 100,000 miles in 2023, about 50,000 per truck — steady regional running.
- MC docket
- MC 567583
- USDOT
- 1491329
- Authority
- Carrier
- Fleet
- 2 trucks
- Liability cover
- $750,000 minimum
- Based in
- MANHATTAN, IL 60442
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What shipping from Illinois costs
Typical door-to-door prices on the busiest lanes out of Illinois.
| Lane | Miles | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois → Texas | 1,086 | $1,140–$1,300 |
| Florida → Illinois | 1,121 | $1,150–$1,310 |
| Illinois → California | 2,018 | $1,490–$1,700 |
| Illinois → Florida | 1,121 | $1,160–$1,310 |
| California → Illinois | 2,018 | $1,510–$1,720 |
| Texas → Illinois | 1,082 | $1,140–$1,290 |
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