Companies that ship heavy equipment and farm tools long distance
Moving a small farm, garage, or heavy machinery long distance requires specialized heavy-haul transport companies capable of handling multiple trips and oversized loads. Without the right logistics service, people are left trying to dangerously cram heavy equipment into personal vehicles or figuring out how to disassemble entire workshops on their own.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using flatbed, step deck, and RGN trucking companies
- 2Using a truck or trailer hookups, though neither is currently available.
- 3Taking the heavy machine apart into lighter pieces to manage it
- 4Using smaller, lighter machines like the 300 or k-400 for indoor jobs
- 5Roping equipment up or using two-person teams for basement jobs
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Oh this is me after goin to the dr. I wear steel toe boots and heavy duty pants, they just tore through, and the painted surface plus water made for a horrible confluence of problems”source ↗
“Made it about halfway up, and a wet spot on the stairs cause footing to slip, and i went down under the machine and proceeded to slide/slam down the stairs with the machine on my knees and shins.”source ↗
“are there any companies that can assist with multiple trips AND heavy equipment/loads? trying to relocate to florida and have a small farm with lots of equipment and tools, may even be considering disassembling and relocating my whole garage as well.”source ↗
“My question is would there be any harm transporting this about 35 min drive in the back of a SUV on its side or back.”source ↗
Where this came up
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