Looking for Royal Auction Group in our auction directory? Here’s the quick link to Fort Myers and Zephyrhills.
You won at Royal Auction Group. Royal hands you a transporter list and points at the gate, because moving the unit is your job, not theirs.
The cheapest, fastest way to move a vehicle from Royal is to post the lane direct to a vetted carrier rather than hand it to a broker off that list. For a dealer or fleet buyer pulling government and fleet inventory out of Florida or Texas, the broker’s undisclosed 20-30% cut and a slow lane come straight out of the deal.
Here’s how Royal Auction Group transport works and how to get your wins home before storage fees start. (Buying across auction types? The full guide to shipping a vehicle after winning at auction covers every route and clock.)
Key Takeaways
- Royal Auction Group is a government, fleet, and surplus auction running in Florida (Fort Myers and the Tampa area) and Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth), open to dealers and the public.
- Royal arranges no delivery. It provides a transporter list and tells buyers to book their own carrier.
- You get 10 business days to remove a unit before a $250 fee plus daily storage kicks in.
- A vetted carrier through AHX gets a truck on your Florida or Texas lane in about 4 days, with no hidden broker markup.
What Royal Auction Group is
Royal Auction Group has run government and fleet auctions since 1970, selling vehicles, commercial trucks, and equipment from government consignors and private sellers across Florida and Texas. Its main yard sits at 7061 Alico Rd in Fort Myers, with sales in the Tampa area (Zephyrhills) and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Bidding runs online through Royal Online Bidding, Proxibid, and EquipmentFacts, and in person. For dealers and fleet buyers, it’s a source of repo, fleet, and surplus units, as long as you can get them off the yard on time.
The clock at Royal
Royal gives you more runway than a salvage yard, but the clock is real. As listed on Royal’s Directory page, asset removal is required within 10 business days of the posted sale date. After that, a one-time $250 removal fee plus $20 per day per item applies, and unremoved units can be towed or resold at your cost. Pickup runs by appointment, Monday to Friday, roughly 9 AM to 4 PM, and only after the invoice is paid in full. Since Royal offers no in-house delivery, the carrier you book is how the unit leaves Fort Myers, Tampa, or DFW. Confirm the current rules on the Directory page before you bid, since deposit amounts and payment deadlines vary by sale.
Ten business days sounds generous until you count what each of them costs. A unit sitting in Fort Myers isn’t reconditioning, isn’t listed, and isn’t selling, so the removal window is really a resale clock. The dealers who profit on Royal inventory treat day one as the deadline, not day ten.
How to move a car from Royal
Three options, and the transporter-list broker is the most expensive.
A broker takes the job and keeps an undisclosed 20-30%. About $213 of an $850 quote never reaches the truck, and you don’t see the carrier or the real rate. A load board saves the fee but turns you into the dispatcher and exposes you to double brokering and ghost carriers. AHX’s report, The State of Transparency in Vehicle Transportation, found broker and load-board reliant shippers are 72% more likely to report fraud than dealers who go direct.
Direct is the clean route on a long Florida or Texas lane. On AHX you post the lane, more than 5,500 vetted carriers bid, and you pick from real prices. Carriers are checked for FMCSA authority, insurance, and SAFER safety rating, and AHX charges shippers one flat, transparent platform fee, nothing hidden in the rate. On a multi-day lane out of Florida or Texas, visibility matters as much as price: the same State of Transparency research found 91% of shippers rate real-time updates as important when moving vehicles, and on AHX you track the unit from pickup to delivery instead of calling a broker for a guess. Dealers going direct report about 4 days on average, and the savings are real: Cable Dahmer cut delivery from 14-16 days down to 4-5 and saved over $500,000 in year one moving off the old way.
Before you bid at Royal
Tips for Royal Auction Group transport
- Map transport before bidding. Check the current gate hours and removal rules on the Directory page, and confirm carrier availability on the Fort Myers, Tampa, or DFW lane before your hand goes up.
- Pay fast, then dispatch. Royal won’t release a vehicle until the invoice is paid in full. Process payment immediately after winning so the pickup appointment doesn’t burn removal days.
- Book the appointment early. Pickups run by appointment only, Monday to Friday, roughly 9 AM to 4 PM. Coordinate with your carrier the day you win to lock a slot.
- Skip the transporter-list markup. The list is a convenience, and a broker’s hidden 20-30% cut often rides along with it. Post the lane direct to vetted carriers instead.
FAQ
Can I ship a car from Royal Auction Group without using their transporter list? Yes. The transporter list is a convenience, not a requirement. You can post the lane on a direct-to-carrier marketplace, have a vetted carrier handle the Fort Myers, Tampa, or DFW pickup, and skip the broker markup that often rides along with a list referral. Just book a pickup appointment within the removal window.
How long do I have to pick up a vehicle from Royal? Ten business days after the posted sale date, per Royal’s Directory page. After that, a $250 removal fee plus daily storage applies, and unremoved units can be towed or resold. Pay in full, schedule a pickup appointment, and have your carrier lined up early.
How much does it cost to transport a car from Florida or Texas? The quote depends on the lane and the unit, but the full cost also includes any broker markup and the removal and storage fees that hit if you miss the 10-day window. Dealers moving direct typically save 15-20% versus a broker rate by cutting the hidden cut alone. Run the lane through the Dealer Vehicle Transport Cost Calculator for the all-in figure.
Beat the 10-day clock
Royal gives you ten business days and a transporter list, then leaves the rest to you. Confirm the current removal and pickup rules on Royal’s Directory page, then post your lane direct to a vetted carrier and keep the margin a broker would take. Buying government and fleet inventory out West too? Here’s how Sierra Auction transport works.
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