Heavy Equipment Transport in Clermont

Heavy equipment transport in Clermont

Clermont sits on US-27 in Lake County. We come north from Polk with construction equipment and oversized loads. Call 863-632-7302.

The hill and the commercial cuts on US-27 decide the deck. Tall machines stay on the lowboy. We do not find out at the overpass. School traffic changes the clock. Tell us if you are next to a school. New houses and retail strips keep loaders moving.

Lowboy and RGN Transport in Clermont

The hill and the commercial cuts on US-27 decide the deck. Tall machines stay on the lowboy. We do not find out at the overpass.

The RGN still needs a solid place to kneel. New commercial strips can have a lip or a soft berm. Send a photo of the entrance. We will tell you if we need a second drop.

Oversized Load Transport in Clermont

Growth along 27 means more wide loads on a busy truck route. We permit the move. School traffic changes the clock. Tell us if you are next to a school.

I-4 versus US-27 depends on height and the permit. We decide after we tape the load. Escorts get added when the width requires them.

White Kenworth tractor pulling a lowboy trailer with a machine loaded on a gravel lot

Heavy Haul Trucking in Clermont

Heavy haul here often continues into Orange County. We decide I-4 versus US-27 after we have height and the permit.

We haul up to 82,000 pounds. Send a weight ticket when you have one. Night windows help when the drop is toward Orlando. Say the hour the site will take the machine.

Construction Equipment Transport in Clermont

New houses and retail strips keep loaders moving. We drop and leave. A trailer on a Clermont collector at 3 p.m. makes everyone angry.

If the next pad is Orlando, we can take the machine that far on the same ticket. Send both addresses up front. Superintendents who want iron on the ground before the crew clocks in should call the day before.

The same trailer and driver also cover other jobs. If yours is different, see our heavy equipment transport pages.

Heavy Equipment Hauling in Clermont

If the next pad is Orlando, we can take the machine that far on the same ticket.

Hauling here is often a US-27 rental yard sending a unit into Orange or back south into Polk. Early morning is cleaner than afternoon 27 for a long deck.

Equipment Transport for Contractors and Rental Companies in Clermont

US-27 rental yards use us when their truck is already in Orange. Send the hours the site will accept the machine. We will tell you if we can hit it.

Email a week list to [email protected]. 863-632-7302.

Yellow excavator on a red lowboy trailer behind a white Kenworth tractor

Clermont Hills and Tall Load Routing on US-27 and SR-50

Clermont is not flat. Lake County has real hills, and a long deck on a grade behaves differently from the same deck on a Polk flat. US-27 and SR-50 cross the city, and both have commercial cuts, lights, and turn lanes close together.

We plan the climb and the drop. A loaded lowboy needs room to start from a stop on a grade. A driver who has to stop at the bottom of a hill with a wide load wants a long gap in traffic. We pick the road with that in mind.

Height still matters under signs, signal arms, and the Turnpike overpass. We tape the machine at the shop and match it to the route. Short loaders and compact tracks usually fit anywhere. Tall excavators and cab-guard dozers get checked twice.

A lowboy trailer is the safer choice for most tall machines. Send the make, model, and height with the cab on. Call 863-632-7302 with the pickup street, and tell us if the lot is on a slope.

Clermont Wide Load Permit Timing and Early Morning Moves

A permit gives us the road and the rules. It does not give us an empty road. In Clermont, the traffic on US-27, SR-50, and the Turnpike ramps decides when the load should move. Early morning is usually the cleanest window for a wide deck.

We check the permit rules for the route before we confirm a date. If the load is over 8 ft 6 in wide, over 13 ft 6 in tall, or over 80,000 lb, it needs a permit. When the width requires an escort, we add one.

Timing is where customers can help. Tell us when the site opens, who will meet the truck, and whether a school bus route or a retail entrance sits near the drop. These details change the plan more than the machine does.

Our oversized load transport page has the general rules. For Clermont, the main job is picking a window that matches the permit and the pad. Call 863-632-7302 with the dimensions and the date you want, and we will say what fits.

Compact Track Loader and Skid Steer Hauling in Clermont

Clermont has a steady supply of small and mid-size jobs. House pads, driveway cuts, drainage work, and retail strips all call for compact track loaders, skid steers, and mini excavators. These machines move often, sometimes several times in a week.

A small machine does not always need a full lowboy, but it does need a trailer rated for the weight and chains in the right spots. We haul them with the same Kenworth and RGN or lowboy as bigger iron. Where two compact machines fit on one deck, we can run them together.

Attachments matter. A grapple, a bucket, or a forestry head changes the length and sometimes the width. Send us a photo of the machine as it will ride. If the attachments ride on the deck, we need to know the count.

Rental yards use us for the next-day move. A unit goes out in the morning and another comes back at night. Standing text threads work well for that. Call 863-632-7302 and give us the first address and the machine list.

Clermont Subdivision and Retail Pad Drop-Offs

New roads in Clermont often end before the lot does. A subdivision entrance can be narrow, a retail pad can sit behind a curb cut that is too tight, and a model home street may have a sign, a median, or a parked truck in the way.

We look at the drop before we load. We ask for a photo of the entrance, the surface under the pad, and any overhead lines. Fresh fill and sandy shoulders are common on new work. If the surface will not hold a kneeling RGN, we meet on firmer ground and you walk the machine in.

Before the truck comes, check these:

  • The gate or curb cut is open and wide enough
  • The person who signs for the machine is on site
  • Cones or a flagger can hold traffic during the unload
  • The pad has room for the trailer to stop straight

A late afternoon unload on a busy collector makes everyone angry, so we try for earlier hours. Call 863-632-7302 and tell us what the entrance looks like.

Oversized tank chained to a lowboy trailer for transport

Hauling Between Clermont, Lake County, and Orlando

Many Clermont jobs do not end in Clermont. A machine may come from a yard in Orange County, work a pad in Lake County, and go back to Orlando when the job is done. We run that loop with the truck from Frostproof.

Lake County has its own towns and its own sites. If your job crosses into Minneola, Groveland, or another part of the county, see the Lake County page for the wider picture. For the drop on the Orlando side, see Orlando.

Send both addresses when you call. We can price one trip with two stops better than two separate trips. If the machine will sit for a month and come back, say so. Booking the return early gives us a chance to fit it into the schedule.

A site that has to open at dawn or close at dusk is a normal request. We plan for it. We do not promise an arrival time, but we do work out a window with you. To start, request a quote or call 863-632-7302.

Also Serving Lake County and Orlando

Both have their own pages. This page is Clermont.

How a haul works

Three steps from the first call to the drop

  1. 01

    Call or send the load

    Give dispatch the machine, weight, pickup city, and drop-off city.

  2. 02

    We plan the route

    We check height, width, and Florida oversize permits. You get a price from the machine and the two cities.

  3. 03

    We pick up and haul

    A Kenworth with an RGN or lowboy runs from Frostproof. Dispatch answers 24 hours.

Cities we serve

Heavy haul on the I-4 corridor

We haul in Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Plant City, and Kissimmee. Call if the pickup or drop is in a nearby town.

Also Serving Central Florida

We dispatch from Frostproof. These towns run on the same 24-hour clock. We run the same Kenworth and the same RGN or lowboy. Name the town when you call so dispatch can route the truck.

  • Alturas
  • Auburndale
  • Bartow
  • Lake Alfred
  • Haines City
  • Lake Wales
  • Indian Lake Estates
  • Avon Park
  • Sebring
  • Bowling Green
  • Wauchula
  • Frostproof

Find us

Dispatch from Frostproof

Request a heavy haul quote

Dispatch answers 24 hours. We call back with a price for this load.

Step 1 of 2 · Load

Before you call

Questions we get on dispatch

Heavy equipment and oversized loads on an RGN or lowboy. That includes excavators, tanks, farm machines, and similar freight.

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