California to Tennessee car hauling rates
375 car hauling loads from California to Tennessee reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.64 a loaded mile, about $1,300 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.64
Middle half: $0.53 to $0.86 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,300
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
375
in 30 days · 174 in the last 7
Median load
$1,350
1 cars · 2,130 miles (each its own median)
What loads from California to Tennessee paid this month
Half of the 369 priced loads from California to Tennessee paid between $0.53 and $0.86 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.64. 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 2,130 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 California to Tennessee paid about the same as the market for that distance.
Every load out of California, to anywhere, paid a median $0.91 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from California to Tennessee paid a median $0.63 a mile, against $0.66 in the 7 days before: the rate held about level.
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 Tennessee
More loads come back than go out: 485 went from Tennessee to California in the same 30 days (Tennessee to California rates), about 13 for every 10 going out.
The busiest lanes out of Tennessee this month:
| From Tennessee to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1,036 | $1.10 | $326 | 290 |
| Texas | 1,024 | $1.02 | $750 | 804 |
| Florida | 956 | $0.94 | $600 | 752 |
| North Carolina | 426 | $1.30 | $400 | 394 |
| Illinois | 421 | $0.90 | $400 | 498 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Los Angeles, CA · 25 loads
- San Jose, CA · 22 loads
- San Francisco, CA · 21 loads
- Sacramento, CA · 20 loads
- San Diego, CA · 10 loads
Delivery cities
- Nashville, TN · 89 loads
- Memphis, TN · 46 loads
- Franklin, TN · 36 loads
- College Grove, TN · 14 loads
- Knoxville, TN · 14 loads
18% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 4% 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 California to Tennessee?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from California to Tennessee on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.64 per loaded mile, $0.53 to $0.86 for the middle half, or about $1,300 per car. The median load paid $1,350.
How many car hauling loads go from California to Tennessee?
375 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 174 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from Tennessee to California?
485 loads went from Tennessee to California in the same 30 days, against 375 from California to Tennessee.
See every California → Tennessee load as it reaches the board.
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