Warning: my brother told me to skip the enclosed transport and save $300. Bad call.
I was moving my 2016 Tacoma from Phoenix to Portland last month and my brother kept saying open carriers are fine, he shipped his Camry that way twice with zero issues. So I went open to save about $300, and the truck showed up with two new rock chips on the hood and a cracked mirror housing on the driver side. The carrier's fine print said road debris is not their problem, so I ate the repair cost myself. Now I'm second guessing whether enclosed is really worth the extra money or if I just got unlucky, so has anyone here shipped a truck that distance and had a clean open-carrier delivery?