(414) 279-5510 Call Heavy Equipment Hauling · Cudahy, Milwaukee County
A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next Cudahy 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, ~24-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.
Need a machine moved, recovered, or delivered in Cudahy? 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.
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 Cudahy dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Local to Cudahy
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.
Anyone taking the John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway (WIS-794) or Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) toward Mitchell Airport and the I-94 / Mitchell Interchange between 7 and 9 in the morning — or 4 and 6 in the evening — sits in commuter congestion. Layton stays busy the rest of the day too, loaded with airport and packing-plant trucks, while Packard Avenue handles the downtown and plant-shift crowd. WIS-32 runs the eastern side as South Lake Drive and East College Avenue. Watch 15th Avenue, posted at about 5 short tons — the city's lowest weight limit.
The run in is about 7 road miles from our South Side yard — both Milwaukee and Waukesha counties covered. The dispatcher confirms a live ETA on the call.
Equipment work in Cudahy splits between the job sites, plants, and rental yards and the Packard Avenue downtown (Cudahy Center, Packard Plaza) side of town — machines bogged in soft fill, units relocating between sites, and dealer deliveries. We recover and haul them, pulling any WisDOT oversize permit before the load moves, coming in on WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue). From Downtown Cudahy (Packard Avenue), Sheridan Park / lakefront, and Layton Avenue corridor to the WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue) shoulder, we keep Cudahy equipment moves on schedule — 7 days a week.
Winter ice & lake-effect snow (Nov–Mar) — Lake Drive and Sheridan Park roads 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.
Drivers near the water learn it fast: pavement close to the shore runs colder and icier than inland streets just a few blocks west, and the lakefront at Sheridan Park draws in lake-effect snow and dense fog. This is a humid continental stretch of the Lake Michigan shore — winters come in cold and snowy, summers warm and humid.
Serving Cudahy ZIP codes: 53110
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 Cudahy-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 a WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue) 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 Cudahy 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.
Get your Cudahy priceBallpark it now — live estimate
A 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 County adds time and gear over a clean curbside load.
Getting help in Cudahy
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 Cudahy.
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 Cudahy crews 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 in Cudahy
Same-day for most moves, staged from our South Side yard ~7 miles away. Cudahy's work sites — the Patrick Cudahy / Smithfield complex, the Packard Avenue industrial corridor, and municipal and lakefront-park projects — are all a short run, so deliveries and site moves land on schedule. Call (414) 279-5510 24/7.
Transport starts at $150 for units to 10,000 lbs and $250 for 10–15,000 lbs; anything over 10,000 lbs gets a crane and special-gear assessment up front, and bigger loads are quoted by weight, distance and permits before we roll. Call (414) 279-5510 for a scoped price.
Dozers, wheel loaders, backhoes, telehandlers, compactors, chippers and attachments — winched, driven or craned onto a rollback, Landoll or lowboy and chained to rated points. Plant and industrial machinery, municipal projects and site-development gear: all routine. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. Over-legal loads move on a WisDOT oversize/overweight permit with a surveyed route, keeping heavy iron on Packard Avenue and the Lake Parkway and off the 5-ton 15th Avenue. Escorts arranged where required; the paperwork is on us. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a dead machine at the plant, the industrial corridor or a job site gets rigged to rated points, winched or craned aboard, and hauled to your yard or the dealer. Tell dispatch the machine, weight class and access so the right trailer comes. Call (414) 279-5510.
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One call reaches a live dispatcher — lowboy, RGN, Landoll, or double-drop, wrecker and rotator recovery, oversize permits handled, a ~24-min typical response on Cudahy downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.