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A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next Greater Milwaukee site by Monday, a forklift that won't start, or a dealer machine due for delivery — MKE Towing & Recovery hauls and recovers excavators, dozers, loaders, forklifts, skid steers & more on lowboy, RGN, Landoll & double-drop trailers, fully insured. Drive-on if it runs, winch-on if it doesn't, recovered with a wrecker or rotator if it's down. Oversize permits handled, ~38-min typical response on downtime calls, flat price quoted before we roll.
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Flat price quoted before we roll — we show the factors, never fabricate a number. COI on request.
MKE Towing & Recovery — open 24/7. Need a machine moved, recovered, or delivered in Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County? MKE Towing & Recovery hauls excavators, dozers, loaders, forklifts, skid steers & more — drive-on if it runs, winch-on if it's disabled, recovered with a wrecker or rotator if it's stuck, sunk, or overturned — on lowboy, RGN, Landoll & double-drop trailers, fully insured. We pull your oversize permits and confirm a flat price before we roll. Call (414) 279-5510.
Instant quote — free, no phone call needed
Answer the sizing questions dispatch would ask anyway, and the exact 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.
An idle crew and a downed machine both cost money by the hour. Tell dispatch the make, model, weight, where it is, and whether it drives or has to be winched — a real Greater Milwaukee dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Across Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
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.
The Marquette Interchange (I-94/I-43/I-794) takes the worst of it, with the Zoo Interchange (I-94/US-45) and the Mitchell Interchange (I-94/I-43/I-894 by the airport) close behind — locals navigate by freeway names: the North-South Freeway (I-43/I-94), the East-West Freeway, the Zoo Freeway (US-45/I-894), the Fond du Lac Freeway (WIS-145), the Lake Freeway (I-794) and the Airport Freeway. All of them stack up 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM, and the Hoan Bridge racks up more than its share of breakdowns. Off the freeways, the long arterials grind — North 76th Street, Capitol Drive, Silver Spring Drive, Fond du Lac Avenue, South 27th Street — and event nights surge around Fiserv Forum's Deer District, American Family Field and the Summerfest grounds at Henry Maier Festival Park.
Live ETA confirmed when you call — our yard is local to Greater Milwaukee, and we cover both counties.
From Milwaukee Art Museum out to I-94, Greater Milwaukee keeps the job sites, plants, and rental yards busy — and with them, machines bogged in soft fill, units relocating between sites, and dealer deliveries. Our trucks come through Marquette Interchange, and we recover and haul them, pulling any WisDOT oversize permit before the load moves. We run the Downtown (East Town & Westown), Historic Third Ward, and Deer District and the streets between them — Greater Milwaukee equipment work, day or night.
Winter ice & roughly 39.5 inches of snow a year (Nov–Mar) — bridges and overpasses freeze first
Port Milwaukee (Jones Island) handles heavy and project cargo nearby.
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.
Lake Michigan sets the terms: it moderates Milwaukee's humid continental weather, but the lakefront still takes lake-effect snow and dense fog, and temperatures by the water can swing sharply from inland readings. The city averages about 39.5 inches of snow a year, so winters come in cold and snowy; summers, warm and humid.
Sound familiar?
A loader buried to the axles, a dozer in a trench, a machine off a creek bank. We winch it out first — a wrecker or rotator on the heavy ones — then load.
A dozer or excavator due on the next Greater Milwaukee-area site by Monday so the crew isn’t idle. Lowboy or RGN, secure, permit, deliver metro-wide — scheduled and insured.
Won't start, hydraulics down, a track thrown, no drive. We winch it onto a Landoll or lowboy to the shop or dealer — never towed dead on its tracks or wheels.
A new, used, or rented machine dropped or picked up with the clock running. On-time, oversize permit pulled, COI on request for the yard’s file.
A machine on its side or rolled in a trench. We upright it with a wrecker or rotator and rated rigging on a plan, then load — without adding damage.
Bought at auction or online, or coming off lease. We pick up, permit, secure, and deliver — mini to superload, every brand.
Running or not, we load it
A running machine drives up the ramp or over the RGN neck under control, attachments lowered, then chained at the factory tie-down points.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A dead machine comes up a rated winch line onto a Landoll or lowboy. We never tow heavy equipment on its own tracks or wheels — it’s carried, not towed.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Sunk, bogged, or overturned, we winch it out or right it with a wrecker or rotator and rated rigging on a plan, inspect, then load and secure.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.
Tracked machines from minis to mass-excavation class — boom and blade down, tracks walked on slow, lowboy or RGN sized to the weight.
Wheel loaders, backhoes, and graders — driven on or winched, bucket and attachments lowered, chained at factory tie-down points.
Forklifts, telehandlers, skid steers, and compact track loaders ride a rollback, Landoll, or equipment trailer — running or dead.
Cranes, aerial lifts, paving and ag equipment, and superloads move on a multi-axle lowboy with a permit, route survey, and escorts.
What heavy equipment transport covers
Heavy equipment is carried, not towed — never dragged on its tracks or wheels. We drive-on or winch-on to rated points, recover first when it's down, and right-size the trailer to the machine.
A picker, not a promise — the final trailer and permit are confirmed from the exact weight, attachments, height, and route on the call.
Secured, not dragged
Blade, boom, bucket, or forks lowered and the load kept low, then grade-70 chain at the factory tie-down points — rated to the real weight.
House swing and track travel locks are set so nothing rotates or creeps on an I-94 haul.
Tracks and tires are walked on slow over a steel deck, the undercarriage protected — carried, not towed.
Oversize, overweight, and superload permits, route surveys, and escorts are arranged before the move — our paperwork, not yours.
What it costs & why
A Greater Milwaukee equipment haul is a flat price quoted before we roll — a compact machine that drives on for a local move is the low end; a large machine mud-recovered and moved as a permitted superload is the high end. We show the factors and the flat price holds.
The flat price covers the dispatch and haul, quoted before a truck leaves. Recovery, permits, escorts, and any disassembly are itemized and confirmed up front — no lowball-then-add-on.
See my exact priceA compact loader and a 40-ton dozer are different hauls — trailer, tractor, and rigging are sized to the real weight.
A machine that drives on loads fast; a dead or stuck one is billed by the winch and recovery work it takes.
Over legal gets the WisDOT permit, a route survey, and any pilot-car escorts — quoted up front.
A soft pad, a tight gate, or a long haul across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties adds time and gear over a clean curbside load.
Our anti-damage process
Tell dispatch the make, model, weight class, and whether it drives. We confirm the lowboy or RGN, rigging, and any permit before a truck leaves Greater Milwaukee.
Sunk, bogged, or overturned machines are winched out or righted with a wrecker or rotator and rated rigging before anything goes on the deck.
Runners drive up the ramp or over the RGN neck; dead units come up on a rated winch line onto a Landoll. Never towed on tracks or wheels.
Attachments lowered, travel and swing locks set, grade-70 chain at the factory tie-down points, sized to the real weight.
To the next site, yard, dealer, or shop — with clean paperwork and a COI for your file.
Why contractors call MKE
A real ETA from the closest unit on a downtime or recovery call — not a canned promise.
Rollback to multi-axle lowboy, with a wrecker and rotator for recovery — the right rig the first time.
Years of equipment moves across Milwaukee and Waukesha. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.
We pull the WisDOT oversize/overweight and superload permits, survey the route, and arrange escorts.
Heavy Equipment Hauling across Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Plan on roughly 38 minutes for an emergency call, 30–45 by traffic. Being based in Greater Milwaukee keeps the run short, and scheduled equipment moves can be booked ahead. A live dispatcher confirms the number at (414) 279-5510.
Heavy Equipment Hauling in Greater Milwaukee is a flat price quoted before we roll — it moves with the weight and class, whether it rolls or has to be winched, distance and site access, and any oversize permit. The calculator on this page walks the same sizing 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 Greater Milwaukee moves ride I-94, I-43, and I-41/US-41 past Menomonee Valley and 30th Street Industrial Corridor. 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.
Excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, backhoes, skid steers, CTLs, telehandlers, forklifts, scissor and boom lifts, cranes, generators, tool boxes, air compressors, and paving and ag equipment — running or dead, mini to superload. Give us the make, model, and weight to match the trailer.
Yes — routinely. A Landoll or low deck lets us winch a dead machine on with a rated line, loaded low and chained at the factory tie-down points. We never tow heavy equipment on its own tracks or wheels.
Yes — one of our most common calls. We winch it out with rated rigging and a plan, upright overturned units with a wrecker or rotator, then load and secure. Tell us how it’s stuck so we bring the right recovery gear.
Yes — it’s our paperwork, not yours. Oversize/overweight and superload permits, route surveys, and pilot-car escorts are arranged as part of the move; thresholds are route-specific and confirmed before we roll.
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.
Heavy Equipment Hauling across Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
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One call reaches a live dispatcher — lowboy, RGN, Landoll, or double-drop, wrecker and rotator recovery, oversize permits handled, a ~38-min typical response on Greater Milwaukee downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.