(414) 279-5510 Call Bobcat Towing · St. Francis, 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. ~20-min typical response on St. Francis 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 St. Francis? 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, ~20-minute typical St. Francis response, exact price online in about 60 seconds. Call (414) 279-5510.
Instant quote — free, no phone call needed
A few taps gets you a real number, not a range: where it sits, where it's going, and what shape it's in. About 60 seconds later the exact price is on screen with a Q-XXXXXXXX reference that holds your place with dispatch — and when a job needs specialty rigging, dispatch confirms it on the phone first.
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 St. Francis dispatcher answers live, confirms weight and balance, and the winch rides along if it’s dead.
Local to St. Francis
You're not calling a national call center — you're calling a crew that knows the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Where the John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway (WIS-794) drops below grade through St. Francis, breakdowns are frequent — and that same stretch is the main commuter artery, linking the Hoan Bridge and downtown to Mitchell Airport just south, heaviest from 7–9 AM and again from 4–6 PM. WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Avenue, East Howard Avenue and South Lake Drive) and Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) handle the local movement, feeding toward Milwaukee and Cudahy. The city's major surface crossings — East Howard Avenue at Kinnickinnic, Lake Drive and Packard, and East Layton at Pennsylvania and Whitnall — are largely uncontrolled, so watch for right-of-way fender-benders.
Live ETA confirmed when you call — St. Francis sits 5 road miles from our yard, and we cover both counties.
Bobcat work in St. Francis splits between the rental counters, dealer lots, and job sites and the Kinnickinnic Avenue (WIS-32) corridor side of town — rentals due back on the clock, auction and dealer pickups, and machines dead mid-job with the attachment still on. Our trucks come through the WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive) ramps, and we chain them at the lugs, handle the attachment, and run them to the counter, the dealer, or the next site. Around the Kinnickinnic Avenue (WIS-32) corridor, Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) corridor, and Whitnall Square / Layton Mart Center retail, St. Francis Bobcat moves get the same drill: rated rigging, an insured haul, the price fixed on the call.
Winter ice & lake-effect snow (Nov–Mar) — Lake Drive and the bluff freeze first
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.
The bluff below St. Francis Seminary is where the lake makes itself felt: dense fog and lake-effect snow settle there and along the lakefront, and shoreline roads can hold cold and ice longer than streets a few blocks inland. Sitting directly on Lake Michigan, the city runs a humid continental pattern — snowy, cold winters; humid, warm summers.
Serving St. Francis ZIP codes: 53235
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 St. Francis-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 WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive) 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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis
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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis
Plan on roughly 20 minutes for an emergency call, 12–30 by traffic. The 5-mile run from our South Side yard is a route we drive daily, and scheduled equipment moves can be booked ahead. A live dispatcher confirms the number at (414) 279-5510.
Bobcat transport in St. Francis 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.
Wherever the unit has to go — a job site, the dealer, your own yard. Most St. Francis moves ride WIS-32 (Kinnickinnic Ave / E Howard Ave / Lake Drive), WIS-794 (John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway), and CTH-Y (Layton Avenue) past Lake Parkway / Kinnickinnic Avenue commercial-industrial strip. 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. Dispatch maps the route when you 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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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.