Heavy Equipment Transport Calculator

Looking for the Best Heavy Equipment Transport Calculator? We have the most acurate Heavy Equipment Shipping Cost Calculator in the Heavy Haul Industry.

When it comes to shipping heavy equipment, it is almost impossible for a company to provide you with a heavy equipment shipping quote unless they have specific details of your transport. You will visit the website of some companies that have a heavy equipment shipping calculator for you to enter some information and the website spits you out a quote. There are too many factors that are involved in providing an accurate heavy equipment transport cost quote.

Heavy equipment shipping cost calculator

An equipment shipping calculator on a website does not have the ability to take into account additional factors that may have a direct impact on your pricing. As a matter of fact, a heavy equipment shipping cost calculator is probably the worst possible option to use when you are seeking a heavy equipment shipping quote. Although a heavy equipment shipping calculator does seem like a good idea to use if you need a ballpark cost, speaking to an actual rep is the best route.

Let me share with you some of the factors that a heavy equipment shipping cost calculator cannot take into consideration. Factors such as weather, route demand, and trailer type cannot be considered by an equipment shipping calculator. The only way to get accurate heavy equipment transport cost is to speak to a qualified company with knowledgeable reps who can consider all the factors that will affect your transport.

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When you are making plans to transport heavy equipment, there is some basic information that you will need to have. The first thing is you will need to know the year, make, and model of the equipment that you are transporting. You will also need to know what the specs are for the unit. The specs include the length, width, height, and weight of the unit. In most cases, you can find this information on the internet, but you have to be careful with trusting specs that you find online. Online specs are manufacture specs, which means these are the specs of the unit when it came off of the assembly line.

Heavy Equipment Transport Calculator

There are instances where heavy equipment has been modified after purchase. These modifications will vary and will affect the manufacturer specs that you find online. It is best to have someone who is onsite with the equipment to verify the specs if there is any question if the unit has been modified. The second thing you will need to know is the pickup location and the delivery location. Heavy equipment transports are very technical. This means that there are so many requirements to transport equipment like this. Each state has different requirements, regulations, and restrictions. Depending on the size of your equipment and the route for transport, there can be additional costs for a route survey, permits, or escorts.

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This is of course something else that a heavy equipment shipping calculator on a website cannot factor. At the very least, a heavy equipment shipping cost calculator can provide you a heavy equipment transport cost, but the chances of it being accurate is very unlikely. Companies will always error on the side of cautiousness and the heavy equipment shipping quote they provide you when you use their equipment shipping calculator will be lower than the actual cost. They use this to bait and switch you with the actual price. Please don’t get trapped by using some company that relies on luring you in with an equipment shipping calculator. If you want to make sure that you are getting a fair and accurate price you have to speak to a rep that can confirm and go over all the minor details of your transport. The smallest of the details can be the difference.

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What is the cost to ship heavy equipment?

The cost to ship heavy equipment will vary based on some basic factors. The major factor is the size of the equipment. The size of the equipment will help us to determine the trailer type needed for the transport and if additional permits or escorts will be needed.

A couple of other factors include but are not limited to the pickup location and the drop-off location and also the time of the year for the transport. It is much more expensive to transport heavy equipment during the winter when there is a constant threat of snow or icy roads. Heavy transporting during the winter is not impossible but it can be challenging if you are dealing with a company that has no idea how to transport heavy equipment.

How to ship heavy equipment?

The simplest way to ship heavy equipment is to find an established and knowledgeable company that can handle the details and coordination of your transport. You will need to be ready to provide some very basic information in order to get a quote. You will need to know the year, make, and model of the heavy equipment. You will also need to know the length, width, height, and weight of the equipment. Please be able to provide the city and state for pickup and the city and state for delivery.

With this basic information, we will be able to provide you with a heavy equipment shipping quote. Please don’t be tricked into thinking you have received an accurate quote from a website that uses an equipment shipping calculator.

How are heavy medical equipment shipped?

Specialized equipment such as medical equipment can be shipped but it requires a lot of preplanning. Because of how delicate this equipment can be, it has to be packaged and even sometimes crated for transport. Unlike regular equipment that can be transported in open trailers, medical equipment must be transported in enclosed trailers so that it can be secured and sheltered from the elements during transport. Most of the time, we use cargo trucks with lift gates to transport Medical equipment. This allows us to easily load and unload the equipment and the cargo truck allows the equipment to be transported safely with no issues.