To maximize your construction company’s efficiency, you’ll often need to have crews split between several job sites. However, you probably don’t have enough equipment to fully stock every job site, so you’ll rely on a heavy haul company to transport your machinery between jobs. Before the hauling team arrives, here’s how you can prepare machinery for easy, safe transport.

3 Ways to Make Construction Equipment Hauling Easier

1. Avoid Oversize Designation

While some equipment will always have to be transported as a wide load, others can be adjusted to fall within legal parameters. For example, removing the bucket from a wheel loader or removing the blade from a bulldozer can help you meet parameters. Sometimes it makes more sense to ship the body of a machine and its attachments separately. You should also lower the boom on excavators to prevent an overheight designation.

2. Prepare for Hauling

Before the machine gets loaded for transportation, clean it so that any damage that occurs during transport can be easily identified. Consult the owner’s manual to determine whether any components need to be cushioned during transport.

Detach the battery to prevent unnecessary discharge, cover the smokestack to prevent debris from entering, and latch the doors shut to keep them from swinging open during transit.

3. Communicate With Your Heavy Haul Company

Miscommunication can lead to costly downtime, so it’s important to have all your details down before the heavy haul company arrives. Know when they’re arriving at the loading site, when they plan to get to the destination, and which personnel you’ll need on-site at each location. At the destination, make sure you have someone qualified to reassemble the machinery and, if needed, skilled operators who can put it to use right away.

Hauling construction equipment doesn’t have to be a hassle when you work with Harvey Trucking Services in Indianapolis, IN. While they’re based in the Midwest, they haul all throughout the US and Canada. For over 25 years, they’ve offered affordable, safe flatbed and heavy haul transport for construction equipment. To learn more about their services, visit them online or call (317) 429-1647 to schedule transportation.