(414) 279-5510 Call Bobcat Towing · Hales Corners, Milwaukee County
An S-Series loader due back at the rental counter, a T-Series compact track loader won at auction, an E-Series mini excavator headed in for dealer service, or a machine that quit mid-job with the auger still hung — MKE Towing & Recovery moves Bobcat-brand compact equipment on flatbeds and equipment trailers, fully insured. Chained at the lugs, attachment down or riding secured on its own, winch loading built into the quote for dead machines. ~25-min typical response on Hales Corners calls, exact price online before we roll.
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Sized by the machine’s weight band with winch loading included when you flag it — an over-range machine gets a dispatcher’s custom price, never a fake online number.
MKE Towing & Recovery — open 24/7. Need a Bobcat moved in Hales Corners? MKE Towing & Recovery hauls Bobcat-brand compact equipment — S-Series skid-steer loaders, T-Series compact track loaders, and E-Series mini excavators, attachments handled — on flatbeds and equipment trailers, fully insured. Most compact machines run 5,000–10,000 lb; we confirm weight and balance, chain at the lugs, and control it on and off the deck. Winch loading for dead machines, ~25-minute typical Hales Corners response, exact price online in about 60 seconds. Call (414) 279-5510.
Instant quote — free, no phone call needed
Answer the sizing questions dispatch would ask anyway, and the exact Hales Corners price is on screen in about 60 seconds — itemized, with a reference number (Q-XXXXXXXX) you can hand the dispatcher. If the move needs specialty rigging or permits, dispatch confirms the details by phone before a truck leaves.
Tell dispatch the model — S-Series loader, T-Series track machine, or E-Series mini excavator — what attachment is on it, and whether it starts. A real Hales Corners dispatcher answers live, confirms weight and balance, and the winch rides along if it’s dead.
Local to Hales Corners
Every Bobcat transport call in Hales Corners, Milwaukee County gets planned around the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
US-45 and WIS-100 run overlapped along Lovers Lane Road / South 108th Street until they meet Forest Home Avenue (WIS-24) and Janesville Road at the historic crossroads — three signalized crossings in a row (Lovers Lane at Forest Home, at Janesville, and at Grange) where everything funnels through and volume peaks 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM. Forest Home carries steady through-traffic onward toward Greenfield and Milwaukee, and the Forest Home & Grange crossing runs uncontrolled. One set of crossroads sets the tempo.
~10 road miles from our South Side yard, with coverage across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. Live ETA confirmed on the call.
Around Hales Corners, Bobcat work runs between the rental counters, dealer lots, and job sites and the routes out to US-45 (S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd), WIS-100 (S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd), WIS-24 (Forest Home Ave / Janesville Rd), CTH OO (Forest Home Ave), and CTH N — rentals due back on the clock, auction and dealer pickups, and machines dead mid-job with the attachment still on. We chain them at the lugs, handle the attachment, and run them to the counter, the dealer, or the next site. We run the S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd (US-45 / WIS-100) crossroads, Forest Home Avenue (WIS-24) corridor, and Janesville Road corridor and the streets between them — Hales Corners Bobcat work, day or night.
Winter snow & ice (Nov–Mar) — full inland accumulation
Wisconsin's legal limits on the interstate run 8'6" wide, 13'6" high, and 80,000 lb gross — anything over needs a WisDOT oversize/overweight permit, and we pull it.
Wisconsin's spring thaw brings posted weight restrictions (“frost laws”) on local roads from roughly March into April — we know which routes are posted and plan the legal way in.
Little lake moderation reaches Hales Corners, one of the more inland southwest-county suburbs, so the humid continental swing — cold and snowy at one end of the year, warm and humid at the other — lands unsoftened: winter snowfall accumulates, overnight cold runs deep, and hard freeze-thaw cycles pit the pavement and kill batteries. Winter does the damage here.
Serving Hales Corners ZIP codes: 53130
Sound familiar?
The rented machine is due back and the trailer fell through. Yard-to-site or site-to-yard — we load at the lugs and have it at the counter before the next billing day.
Won a T-Series at auction or bought a used S-Series off a listing. Have the release ready, confirm site access, and the quote reference keeps the paperwork clean.
A new machine from the dealer to your site, or one headed in for service or warranty work. Scheduled, insured, COI for the file.
A machine that won’t start with the job half done. Winch loading is a first-class part of the quote — controlled angle, rated line, no drama.
Buckets, augers, pallet forks, breakers — on the machine or moving on their own. Standard attachments ride lowered flat; tall or wide ones detach and ride secured separately.
The machine has to be on the next Hales Corners-area site by morning — and set down where the crew needs it, not just dropped at the gate.
Running or not, we load it
A running machine loads under power at the right deck angle — attachment down, transport lock set, grade-70 chain at the lugs, four-point, so it can’t shift, tip, or score its own finish.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Flag it when you price the move and winch loading is included up front — a controlled angle up the tilt-bed on a rated line. A dead Bobcat is a routine load, not a surcharge surprise.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A machine parked somewhere tight or bogged on site gets the approach planned before the truck rolls — jobsite access width checked, recovery gear on the truck, then loaded and secured.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.
Bobcat’s wheeled loaders, small frame to large. Most compact machines run 5,000–10,000 lb and carry it nose-heavy — we confirm weight and balance before the deck angle is set.
Rubber-tracked machines load slow on the steel deck to protect the undercarriage, transport lock set, chained at the lugs the same four ways.
Compact excavators ride with the house straight and the boom lowered to the deck, blade down, chains at the machine’s rated points — never loose.
Buckets and forks ride lowered flat; augers, breakers, and wide snow attachments detach and ride chained on their own. A machine over the listed range gets a dispatcher’s custom price — said honestly, up front.
What Bobcat transport covers
One honest note first: Bobcat is a brand, and this page is about the machines it builds. Run a Case, Cat, Kubota, or Deere instead? Same trailers, same lug-point securement — see our skid steer transport page below.
The final trailer and rigging are confirmed from the model, the attachment, and the site access on the call — a picker, not a promise.
Secured, not dragged
Attachment down, grade-70 chain at the lugs — the rated attachment points built into the frame — front and rear, so nothing shifts, tips, or scores its own finish on a US-45 (S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd) haul.
Most compact machines run 5,000–10,000 lb and carry it nose-heavy. We confirm the weight and balance, rig to the machine, and control it on and off the deck.
A standard bucket or forks stays on, lowered flat to the deck; an auger, breaker, or wide attachment comes off and rides chained on its own — never swinging on the coupler.
A machine that won’t start comes up the tilt-bed on a rated line at a controlled angle — a first-class option in the quote, not an improvised drag.
What it costs & why
No price table here, because the honest number depends on the machine: the sizing answers (which series, which weight band), winch loading if it’s dead, the measured route, and the time of day. The calculator above prices all four in about 60 seconds — computed by the same live engine our dispatchers quote from.
Answer the machine’s sizing questions, say whether it starts, and the itemized price is on screen — winch loading included up front when you need it. Machines over the listed range get a dispatcher’s custom price instead of a number we can’t stand behind.
See my Hales Corners priceWhich machine and which weight band — a small-frame S-Series and a large T-Series are different trailers and different prices.
A dead machine loads by controlled winch, not luck — flag it in the quote and the price includes it from the start.
Priced on the actual pickup-to-drop-off miles, not a zone guess — a cross-town rental return and a cross-Milwaukee County dealer run price differently.
A scheduled daytime transfer is the low end; a night or weekend call runs a premium the quote shows before you commit.
Getting help in Hales Corners
Where the machine sits and where it’s going — the route is measured, not zoned.
Series, weight band, attachment. No car questions — equipment flows skip year/make/model and ask only what prices the move.
Winch loading is a first-class option — flag it and the price includes it up front, no on-site renegotiation.
The exact number on screen with a Q-XXXXXXXX reference — hand it to the dispatcher and we pick up right where you left off.
Chained at the lugs, attachment handled, delivered to the counter, the dealer, or the next site — COI for the file.
Why Hales Corners renters & machine owners call MKE
A real ETA from the closest unit on a dead-machine or rental-clock call — not a canned promise.
Skid-steer loaders, compact track loaders, and mini excavators — plus the attachments — moved by one crew.
Years of equipment moves across Milwaukee and Waukesha. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.
Your online quote carries a reference number — and contractors moving machines every week get scheduled transports, live ETAs, and consolidated billing.
Bobcat Towing in Hales Corners
Fast enough that most Hales Corners callers are surprised: around 25 minutes typical, 15 on a clear run, up to 35 in weather or rush hour. If the move can wait, we schedule it for the day you want. The dispatcher at (414) 279-5510 quotes the real ETA before anything rolls.
Bobcat transport in Hales Corners is a flat price quoted before we roll — the machine’s sizing answers (series and weight band), winch loading if it’s dead, the measured route, and the time of day set it. The calculator on this page walks the same questions our dispatcher asks and shows the exact number in about 60 seconds — or call (414) 279-5510 and hear the same price.
Hales Corners's US-45 (S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd), WIS-100 (S 108th St / Lovers Lane Rd), and WIS-24 (Forest Home Ave / Janesville Rd) corridors carry most of our heavy routes, with regular work around Janesville Road / S 108th Street service strip. We deliver to your site, your shop, or your own yard. Loads past legal width, height, or weight move on a WisDOT oversize/overweight permit with a surveyed route, and the widest or heaviest add pilot-car escorts — our paperwork, not yours. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. Winch loading is built into the quote: a controlled angle up the tilt-bed on a rated line, then chained at the lugs, four-point. A dead Bobcat is a routine load, not a complication.
Constantly — yard-to-site, site-to-yard, and auction lots. Have the release or receipt ready and confirm site access (gate width matters more than people expect); the quote reference number keeps the paperwork clean at both ends.
No — Bobcat is the brand this page is about, but we haul every skid-steer and compact-loader brand the same way: Case, Cat, Kubota, Deere, Takeuchi. Same trailers, same rated-point securement, same instant quote — see our skid steer towing page.
A standard bucket or pallet forks stays on, lowered flat to the deck. An auger, breaker, or wide snow attachment comes off and rides chained on its own — secured separately beats swinging on the coupler.
Over-range machines get a dispatcher’s custom price — the quote tells you honestly instead of showing a number we can’t stand behind. Call (414) 279-5510 and dispatch prices it person-to-person.
Answers reviewed July 2026 — pricing model, hours and ETAs are checked quarterly.
Jump back to the calculator — free, no phone call, and your quote reference (Q-XXXXXXXX) holds your place with dispatch.
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Every brand — Case, Cat, Kubota, Deere — hauled the same way.
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Learn moreOnto your trailer or off a carrier — winch and tilt deck.
Learn moreTrucks & heavy iron beyond the compact class.
Learn moreThe calculator prices the move in about 60 seconds — winch loading included if it’s dead — and a live dispatcher at (414) 279-5510 picks up your Q-reference. Contractors with recurring moves: ask about scheduled transports and consolidated billing.