Alabama to California car hauling rates
279 car hauling loads from Alabama to California reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.75 a loaded mile, about $1,450 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.75
Middle half: $0.58 to $0.99 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,450
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
279
in 30 days · 115 in the last 7
Median load
$1,550
1 cars · 2,066 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Alabama to California paid this month
Half of the 279 priced loads from Alabama to California paid between $0.58 and $0.99 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.75. The rate per mile is for the whole load, 1 cars on a typical one, not per car.
A typical run on this lane is 2,066 miles. Across the country, loads of over 1,500 miles paid a median $0.67 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from Alabama to California paid 12% more than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Alabama, to anywhere, paid a median $1.19 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Alabama to California paid a median $0.72 a mile, against $0.77 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 6%.
Bar height: loads that reached the board that week. Above each bar: the week's median rate per loaded mile ("—" under five priced loads).
Coming back from California
The way back is thinner: 124 loads went from California to Alabama (California to Alabama rates), about 4 for every 10 going out. Most trucks will find their next load on another lane out of California.
The busiest lanes out of California this month:
| From California to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,616 | $0.70 | $1,000 | 1,535 |
| Florida | 1,832 | $0.53 | $1,400 | 2,704 |
| Arizona | 1,475 | $1.10 | $475 | 394 |
| Nevada | 979 | $1.35 | $400 | 282 |
| Washington | 628 | $0.81 | $800 | 1,134 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Huntsville, AL · 42 loads
- Montgomery, AL · 37 loads
- Birmingham, AL · 32 loads
- Mobile, AL · 16 loads
- Axis, AL · 14 loads
Delivery cities
- Los Angeles, CA · 16 loads
- Sacramento, CA · 14 loads
- San Diego, CA · 14 loads
- Pacoima, CA · 13 loads
- El Centro, CA · 11 loads
10% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 9% had at least one car that does not run.
From the posted rate to what the truck keeps
A rate per loaded mile leaves out the empty miles to the pickup, fuel at today's price, the driver's pay and the cost of the payment terms. The Loadez load board works all of that out on every load, for your own truck, before you call the broker. Check one load with the calculator, or read how to price a load.
Common questions
How much does it pay to haul cars from Alabama to California?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Alabama to California on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.75 per loaded mile, $0.58 to $0.99 for the middle half, or about $1,450 per car. The median load paid $1,550.
How many car hauling loads go from Alabama to California?
279 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 115 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from California to Alabama?
124 loads went from California to Alabama in the same 30 days, against 279 from Alabama to California.
See every Alabama → California load as it reaches the board.
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