(414) 279-5510 Call Forklift Towing · Glendale, Milwaukee County
A dead lift blocking your only dock in Glendale, a relocation between sites, a unit tipped off a loading dock, or a reach stacker that needs a lowboy and a permit — MKE Towing & Recovery hauls forklifts and material-handling equipment on rollback and lowboy trailers, fully insured. Running or dead, indoors or curbside. ~32-min typical response on Glendale downtime calls, flat price quoted before we roll.
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Need a forklift towed or moved in Glendale? MKE Towing & Recovery hauls forklifts, telehandlers, and material-handling equipment — running or dead, indoors or curbside — on rollback and lowboy trailers, fully insured. Glendale-area dispatch, ~32-minute typical response on downtime calls, scheduled moves any time, and a flat price quoted before we roll. Call (414) 279-5510.
A dead forklift behind your only dock backs up freight by the hour. Tell dispatch the unit, the weight, the fuel type, and whether it rolls — a real Glendale dispatcher answers live and we bring the right trailer the first time.
Local to Glendale
Here's how we run forklift transport in Glendale, Milwaukee County — the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Weekday peaks (roughly 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM) load I-43 — the North-South Freeway — through Glendale at Exits 77 to 80, backing up the Port Washington Road and Silver Spring Drive approaches to Bayshore Town Center. The five-way where the Milwaukee River Parkway meets Silver Spring Drive is uncontrolled, as are the Port Washington & Green Tree and Range Line & Good Hope crossings — prime fender-bender geometry. Weekends and the holiday shopping season push the pressure onto Port Washington Road and the Bayshore parking garages. WisDOT work along the I-43 corridor can keep the Silver Spring, Good Hope and Hampton ramps shifting, so we check current conditions on the call.
Coverage spans both counties, and Glendale is a 10-mile run from our yard — the dispatcher reads you the live ETA.
What strands a forklift in Glendale? Usually dead lifts blocking a dock, units relocating between sites, and rental returns — spread across the warehouses, docks, and distribution floors and the I-43 (North-South Freeway), WIS-57 (N Green Bay Ave), and WIS-190 corridors. Our trucks come through the I-43 (North-South Freeway) ramps, and we winch them out of tight bays and run them on to the dealer, the shop, or the next yard. The Green Bay Avenue (WIS-57) light-industrial corridor anchors most Glendale forklift runs; the rest come off Bayshore, Glen Hills, and Kletzsch Park area.
Winter ice & lake-effect snow (Nov–Mar) — the I-43 ramps at Silver Spring, Good Hope and Hampton 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.
Early morning is when Glendale roads bite: fog settles in on occasion, and the I-43 overpass and river-bridge decks glaze over before the surface streets do. A few miles off Lake Michigan as an inner North Shore suburb, the city sits squarely in lake-effect snow band territory. Expect cold, snow-heavy winters and warm summers — a continental, humid climate the nearby lake softens somewhat.
Serving Glendale ZIP codes: 53209 · 53211 · 53212 · 53217
Sound familiar?
The only forklift quit behind your dock and freight is backing up. We winch it out and haul it to your shop or the dealer — downtime priority.
A new purchase, a sale, an auction win, or a rental return. We load, secure, and deliver your unit across Glendale or across the metro — scheduled, insured.
A unit on its side or dropped off a loading dock. We upright it with rated rigging, then load it — without adding damage.
Behind a 9-ft door, down a narrow aisle, dead where it sits. We winch it out, then load on the bed outside — the right rigging the first time.
A telehandler, reach stacker, or container handler too heavy or tall for a standard bed. Lowboy or step-deck, oversize permit handled.
New or used units from the dealership to the buyer, or fleet swaps between yards. Scheduled, insured, COI on request for your file.
Running or not, we load it
A running forklift is driven or winched up the tilt-bed under control, forks lowered, then chained at the rated lift points — never up a steep ramp that would high-center it.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A dead or seized lift comes up a tilt-bed on a rated winch line, or onto a flatbed. Solid tires drag and flat-spot, so a forklift is carried, not towed.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A tipped or off-dock unit is uprighted with rated rigging on a plan, inspected, then loaded — without adding damage.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.
Class I–V warehouse forklifts, from 3,000-lb electric walkies to 15,000+ lb pneumatics — most ride a rollback, heavy pneumatics step up to a lowboy.
They ride tall and long — boom lowered and pinned, hauled on a lowboy or step-deck, with an oversize permit if the load goes over legal.
Port-class top picks and empty handlers run heavy and oversize — almost always a lowboy or multi-axle with an oversize permit and a routed haul.
Flat solid tires, blown hydraulics, a seized transmission, no neutral — it still loads. Rated winch line up a tilt-bed, forks down, chained at rated points. No machine is too dead to move.
What forklift transport covers
A forklift can't be flat-towed — no free-wheel neutral, no car-style tow points, and solid tires that drag instead of roll. So we winch and secure to rated points, every time.
A picker, not a promise — the final trailer and any permit are confirmed from the exact weight, height, and access on the call, so we come right the first time.
Secured, not dragged
Forks lowered to the deck and chained with grade-70 at the unit’s rated lift points — sized to the real weight, never a strap and a guess.
The mast is lowered and the counterweight strapped for the road, so nothing shifts on an I-43 (North-South Freeway) on-ramp.
The traction battery is protected or the LPG tank secured before the unit moves — the way a forklift has to travel.
Solid and cushion tires drag and flat-spot, so the lift rides on the deck — winched on, never dragged behind a truck.
What it costs & why
A Glendale forklift haul is a flat price quoted before we roll — a 5,000-lb electric that rolls onto a rollback is the low end; a 30,000-lb reach stacker that needs a lowboy and a permit is the high end. We show the factors and the flat price holds.
The flat price covers the dispatch and the haul, quoted before a truck leaves. Recovery, indoor extraction, and any oversize permit are itemized and confirmed first — no lowball-then-add-on.
Get your Glendale priceBallpark it now — live estimate
A 5,000-lb electric and a 30,000-lb reach stacker are different hauls — trailer and rigging are sized to the real weight.
A unit that rolls onto the bed loads fast; a dead or seized one billed by the winch and recovery work it takes.
A curbside pickup is straightforward; an indoor pull down a narrow Glendale aisle or off a dock adds time and gear.
A telehandler or reach stacker over legal gets the WisDOT permit and routing — a real cost, quoted up front so the flat price holds.
Getting help in Glendale
Tell dispatch the unit, weight, fuel type, and whether it rolls. We confirm the trailer, rigging, and any permit before a truck leaves Glendale.
We lower the forks and mast, handle the battery or LPG, and clear the access — a door, an aisle, a dock — before anything moves.
Running units load under power where safe; dead or seized units come up a tilt-bed on a rated winch line. We never drag a forklift.
Forks down, chained at the unit’s rated lift points, mast and counterweight strapped for the road — sized to the real weight.
To your yard, the dealer, the auction, or the shop — with clean paperwork and a COI for your file.
Why Glendale warehouses call MKE
A real ETA from the closest unit — downtime priority on a dead-lift call, not a canned promise.
Walkie to reach stacker, we right-size the deck to the machine — never a guess and a strap.
Years of equipment moves across Milwaukee and Waukesha. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.
Certificate of insurance on request for the yard’s file, with consolidated billing on dealer and fleet accounts.
Forklift Towing in Glendale
Same-day in most cases, and typically 30–45 minutes to your dock — Glendale is ~10 road miles from our South Side yard, and its working sites (the Sprecher Brewery, the Johnson Controls campus, the Green Bay Avenue industrial parcels, the Bayshore retail backrooms) are easy to reach off the corridors. Call (414) 279-5510 24/7.
Equipment moves start at $150 for units up to 10,000 lbs and $250 for 10–15,000 lbs, quoted before we roll. Distance and loading method set the final figure, which you hear on the call. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a lift that won't run gets winched onto a rollback from the dock apron, rigged to its rated points. The Sprecher Brewery, Johnson Controls and Green Bay Avenue docks are familiar ground, and we plan the truck's angle before it arrives so your dock stays blocked no longer than it has to be. Call (414) 279-5510.
Class I–V counterbalance lifts from 3,000-lb electric walkies to 15,000-lb pneumatics, plus reach trucks and order pickers. Most ride a rollback; heavy pneumatics step up to a lowboy. Tell dispatch the model and the capacity-plate reading and the right trailer comes. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — recurring moves between Glendale's warehouses and the wider metro can run on an account with clean per-move billing and a COI on request. Rental returns and auction pickups are welcome too. Call (414) 279-5510 to set it up.
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