Rivalane keeps vehicles at our outdoor yard in Kings Park, New York, for owners who need somewhere to leave a car, truck, RV, trailer, or boat between moves. We are a transport company with a yard, so a vehicle stored with us is already inside the network that will move it.
Our Kings Park yard is an open lot on Long Island where we hold vehicles between one thing and the next. Cars waiting on a move, boats and RVs out of season, trailers with nowhere to sit, fleet units between assignments. It is outdoor storage, which suits vehicles that do not need to sit under a roof and fits the ones too large for a standard garage or storage unit.
Storage usually fills a gap. Someone leaves for the winter and would rather not drive the car twice. A seller needs somewhere to park a vehicle until the buyer arranges collection. A house closes on one date and the new driveway opens up on another. Orders come through and the car needs holding until housing is sorted. In each case the vehicle needs a place to sit, and it usually needs to travel afterwards.
That second part is where we differ from a self storage facility. Rivalane arranges vehicle transport, so a car in our yard already sits inside the network that will move it. When you are ready we load it onto a carrier instead of coordinating a handoff with an outside lot. Tell us what you are storing and where it needs to end up, and we plan both at once.
The Kings Park yard takes most things on wheels, including the vehicles that will not fit a standard garage or storage unit:
If it rolls and it is legal to park, tell us the dimensions and we will confirm whether we have space for it.
Storage makes sense when the vehicle and the owner are not in the same place at the same time, or when the driveway has simply run out of room. It is rarely a plan on its own. Most stays start because something else is happening.
Seasonal departures are the common one on Long Island. People head south for the winter and would rather leave the car here than drive the same route twice. Boats and RVs come off the road once the season ends and need somewhere to sit that is not the front of the house.
Moves create the same gap. Military orders, a job relocation, or a closing date that does not line up with the new place all leave a vehicle with nowhere to go for a few weeks. Sellers run into it too, parking a car until the buyer sorts out collection.
In most of those cases the vehicle eventually needs to travel. That is the part worth planning early, because storage and transport work better booked together than arranged separately at the last minute.
Seasonal Trips
Moves and Relocations
Buying and Selling
Storage Then Transport
The yard sits in Kings Park, in Suffolk County, which puts it within reach of most of Long Island and close to the routes our carriers already run. For anyone on the Island who needs a vehicle held for a few weeks or a full season, getting it to us is a manageable drive rather than a project.
That location matters more than it sounds. A vehicle parked at a storage facility with no transport arm still needs someone to come and collect it when the time comes, and that handoff is where scheduling problems usually start. Somebody has to be there to release it, the paperwork has to be in order, and the account has to be settled.
Here the storage and the carrier are the same conversation. We know what is in the yard, we know when it needs to move, and we arrange the transport ourselves. Nothing has to be coordinated between two companies that have never spoken.
Tell us where the vehicle needs to end up, whether that is elsewhere in New York or across the country, and we plan both halves at once.
Storing a vehicle with us runs on a short, predictable process. You tell us what you are storing and roughly how long you need the space, we confirm we can take it, and the vehicle comes to the yard on a date you choose.
Space depends on the size of the vehicle and the time of year, so this starts with a conversation rather than an instant booking. Get in touch with the vehicle details and your dates and we will tell you what we can hold and when.
The vehicle stays in the yard for as long as you need it, whether that is a few weeks between moves or a full season off the road. Reach out any time you want an update or need to change the dates.
When you are ready, collect the vehicle yourself or have us load it onto a carrier and ship it. That second option is the reason most people store with us rather than at a self storage facility.
We price storage on the vehicle and the length of the stay rather than a published monthly rate, because a compact car for three weeks and a thirty foot RV for a full season are not the same job.
Main cost factors include:
• Vehicle size and footprint
• Length of the stay
• Fixed or open ended dates
• Season and time of year
• Oversized or over height
• Vehicle on its own trailer
• Number of vehicles stored
• Transport added to storage
A standard car booked for a full season is easier to price than an oversized vehicle that needs space at short notice. Tell us the vehicle and your dates and we will price your actual situation rather than an average.
Before You Store
A little preparation makes a long stay easier on the vehicle.
Outdoor storage means weather, so these steps matter more than they would in a garage. Most take only a few minutes, and they save trouble when you come back for the vehicle.
Vehicle Details
Have the year, make, model, and dimensions ready, including whether it runs and whether it arrives on its own trailer. Those decide how much space we set aside and where in the yard it sits.
Prepare for the Weather
Wash and dry the vehicle first, because dirt and road salt do more damage sitting still than moving. Fill the fuel tank to limit condensation, set the tires to the right pressure, and fit a breathable cover. A battery tender or a disconnected battery stops it draining flat.
Empty the Vehicle
Take out personal items, valuables, and anything perishable before drop off. Nothing loose should sit inside a vehicle through a long stay.
Paperwork and Collection
Keep the registration and insurance current for the whole stay, and settle the storage account before your collection date. A carrier cannot release a vehicle with an outstanding balance, and that is the most common reason a pickup gets delayed.
Vehicle storage goes wrong in predictable ways: a lot with no room for what you actually drive, a facility that cannot help once the vehicle needs to move again, and nobody to call when your dates change. Rivalane runs its own yard at Kings Park, holds the vehicle on the terms you agreed, and arranges the transport when you are ready.
Our own yard, not a third party lot
Room for oversized vehicles, boats and trailers
Storage and transport handled by one team
Every Vehicle Type
Kings Park, New York
Storage Plus Transport
These articles cover how vehicle transport and storage work in practice: what happens at each stage, how to read a quote, and the timing details that decide when a vehicle actually moves. Most storage bookings start or end with a shipment, so the planning overlaps more than people expect.
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