- 1455 NE 28th Ct, Pompano Beach, FL 33064, USA
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Insured carriers ★ Local and long-distance moves ★ Flatbed, step deck, and lowboy trailers ★ Farm, dealer, auction, and jobsite coordination
Our drivers move compact backhoes, standard models, extendahoes, four-wheel-drive machines, cab and canopy units, plus the breakers, augers, thumbs, and buckets that ride along.
Every plan starts with knowing the machine, and the make and model covers the basics. Beyond that, the weight, the working condition, and a list of what’s attached all help us firm things up. Height matters more than people expect, and we’ll get to why in a moment.
Fire over some photos, along with whatever specs you’ve got handy. You’ll get back a plain quote and a transport plan shaped around your particular backhoe.
We rarely fight width on these. Most backhoes sit comfortably inside the legal limit, which spares everybody the dreaded permit dance. Height is the number that decides your deck, and here’s the catch: on many machines, the stowed boom stands taller than the cab does.
Decks we put backhoes on:
Before the backhoe goes, the boom gets set into transport position and pinned, the swing lock goes in, the stabilizers come up, and the loader bucket rides down on the deck where it belongs. We’re particular about that part, and we’d rather take the extra few minutes than explain later why we didn’t.
Give us the height and the attachment list, and we’ll tell you, usually the same day, which trailer makes sense for your move.
*Prices will vary on the size of the vessel, the driver’s preference, and the cost of diesel gas. For an accurate quote, call us today.*
*Prices will vary on the size of the vessel, the driver’s preference, and the cost of diesel gas. For an accurate quote, call us today.*
Send us the make, model, operating weight, height to the tallest point, running condition, attachment list, pickup and delivery locations, and the dates you have in mind. Recent photos are always welcome, since they tend to answer questions before we have to ask them.
For a short move between nearby sites, plenty of owners do exactly that, provided local rules allow for it. Once you’re going any real distance, though, the hours and the tire wear add up quickly, and the bigger roads are generally off limits anyway. Most folks find that trailering it works out better on both counts.
We put most standard backhoes on a step deck, since the lower deck gives us the clearance we need. Lighter machines can travel on a flatbed when there’s a good way to load them, and the taller or heavier units generally do better on a lowboy. Your specs, once we’ve got them, will tell us which one to send.
We need the tallest point on the machine rather than the top of the cab, because on a lot of backhoes, the boom in transport position stands higher than the cab does. It’s a small difference on paper and a meaningful one on the road, so we’d rather have the real number from the start.
We rarely need them, and that’s one of the nicer things about moving these machines. Most backhoes stay within legal width, so permits tend to come up only when the height or an unusually wide bucket pushes the load past the limit. If we do need one, we’ll take care of it and let you know well ahead of time.
In most cases, yes, we can. As long as the machine still rolls and steers, a winch will usually handle loading it without much fuss. If it can’t be moved at all, we’ll figure out the right approach together and bring whatever equipment the site will require.
We can usually manage it. Let us know what’s coming along, roughly what each piece weighs, and whether anything needs to be pulled off first. If you’re sending a bucket or a breaker loose, send the pins along with it, since a delivery goes sideways in a hurry when there’s no hardware to hang the attachment back up with.
We’re out at farms constantly, and it’s a good part of the backhoe work we do. We’ll just want to hear about the driveway, the gate, and the ground conditions beforehand, because those are the details that decide whether a loaded trailer can actually get in and back out again.
We don’t ask for much here, honestly. Clear the personal items out of the cab, secure anything that’s loose, and have a quick look for leaks while you’re there. If you can let us know where the keys will be, that covers just about everything we need.
It certainly is. We confirm the carrier’s cargo coverage before your machine gets assigned to anybody, and we take photos at pickup and again at delivery so the condition is documented on both ends of the trip.
