Cost of Moving Heavy Equipment Locally

DMiller said: Read My Mind, and STILL remember when that went down and the industry damn near to collapsed in on itself. Click to expand... Date on this is 1979--and where are those outfits now---It's what deregulation did. *

Names I still remember too.

Oxbow said: A couple of things to consider, if you move other's equipment and you do not have cargo insurance (different from insurance on equipment that you own or rent), you will be liable for all damage to the equipment if something happens. Also, one must have operating authority to haul for hire interstate, and often intrastate depending on the state. We have all of that with a $500,000 cargo limit that we sometimes have to bump up temporarily (ever price the cost of a new D8 or 730) and do haul some for hire, though not often. I charge a minimum of $150/hour from shop to shop on shorter hauls. For longer distance I start at $5.00 per loaded mile, and $2.50 for empty. I have an annual OS/OW permit for our home state, but I have to pay by the mile for gross weights over 80K that goes up exponentionally to my max, which is 142K on the major routes. Under 116k costs me $.04 per mile, and the top weight is $.70 per mile, so all this has to be figured in if I am bidding a haul. Like CM, on paper I would come out better to hire our hauling done, but the convenience of not having to shedule that, and downtime waiting for an availble transport are hard things to put on paper Also, many of the places we work are hard to get in and out of. Asking someone else to to fight poor access usally comes with a cost after awhile. Click to expand... thank you so much for your suggestion

I move my 10 ton excavator which is under wide/heavy load limits but soaks a lotta time up doing the loading/chaining going slow worrying about fast curves, etc. It's not like towing a bobcat. I charge $100 an hour for that but most customers will not pay for it so I got a skid steer backhoe attachment for the quickie jobs. It's a Bradco bobcat attachment like before mini ex's got so popular.

Any Texans in this community? Looking to figure out my rates as I'm going to be working with the local heavy haul company here in Austin. I will be moving anything from tractors, loaders to attachments and such. I have my own tractor/trailer/authority and such. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I usually work with equipment rental companies and I either charge a daily rate or hourly depending on the job.

ETAtransport said: Any Texans in this community? Looking to figure out my rates as I'm going to be working with the local heavy haul company here in Austin. I will be moving anything from tractors, loaders to attachments and such. I have my own tractor/trailer/authority and such. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I usually work with equipment rental companies and I either charge a daily rate or hourly depending on the job. Click to expand... I am looking for someone to move a genie S-65 lift from Teague Tx to Hearn Tx about 90 miles. it is 30' long 8'wide 9'tall and 22,271 lbs. ASAP

Are there message boards that list equipment movers? I am in Texas needing a lift moved 90 miles from Teague Tx 77860 to Hearne 77859.

Bikertom said: Are there message boards that list equipment movers? I am in Texas needing a lift moved 90 miles from Teague Tx 77860 to Hearne 77859. Click to expand... Google is your friend! https://heavyhaultransporting.com/what-we-move/teague-texas-wesco-heavy-equipment-transportation/