(414) 279-5510 Call Heavy Equipment Hauling · Greenfield, Milwaukee County
A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next Greenfield 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, ~20-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 Greenfield? 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 Greenfield dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Local to Greenfield
What a crew that works Greenfield every week pays attention to: the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
I-894 — the Airport Freeway, carrying US-45 — bisects Greenfield. No corridor in the city moves more traffic, and it feeds the Hales Corners Interchange (I-894 / US-45 / I-43 at 108th Street) on the southwest edge. Freeway breakdowns cluster at the exits: Exit 5 (76th St / Forest Home), Exit 9 (27th St), and Exits 3 and 7 (Loomis Road). Off the freeway, stop-and-go runs worst through the 27th Street auto row, around Southridge Mall at 27th & Layton, along the 76th & Layton retail corridor, and on Loomis Road (WIS-36). Those are the fender-bender and dead-battery spots, peaking in the 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM windows and on retail weekends.
Live ETA confirmed when you call — Greenfield sits 7 road miles from our yard, and we cover both counties.
From Southridge Mall out to I-894, Greenfield keeps the job sites, plants, and rental yards busy — and with them, machines bogged in soft fill, units relocating between sites, and dealer deliveries. Whether it sits near Southridge Mall (27th & Layton) or out on I-894, US-45, and I-43, we recover and haul them, pulling any WisDOT oversize permit before the load moves. We run the Southridge Mall (27th & Layton), 27th Street auto row, and 76th & Layton retail corridor and the streets between them — Greenfield equipment work, day or night.
Winter snow & ice (Nov–Mar) — the I-894 overpasses at 76th, 92nd and 108th Street 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.
A few miles separate Greenfield from Lake Michigan, and that gap costs it most of the lake's moderation the lakefront enjoys. The climate is humid continental — snowy and cold through winter, humid and warm through summer — and winter lands at full strength here: heavy snow accumulation and hard overnight freezes. Frequent freeze-thaw cycles crack the pavement and strand batteries.
Serving Greenfield ZIP codes: 53219 · 53220 · 53221 · 53227 · 53228 · 53129
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 Greenfield-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-894 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 Greenfield 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 Greenfield 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 Greenfield
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 Greenfield.
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 Greenfield 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 Greenfield
Same-day for most moves, staged from our South Side yard ~7 miles away. We run the 108th Street (WIS-100) and South Lovers Lane truck routes and the I-894 / US-45 freight corridors into and out of Greenfield, so dealer 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 and attachments — winched, driven or craned onto a rollback, Landoll or lowboy and chained to rated points. Dealer trades along the 27th and 108th Street rows, plant moves, auction hauls: all routine. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. Over-legal loads move on a WisDOT oversize/overweight permit with a surveyed route — which matters here, where posted weight limits on South 35th, 60th and 68th Street bridges force heavy iron onto the 108th Street and I-894 / US-45 truck routes. Escorts arranged where required; the paperwork is on us. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a dead machine at a yard, dock or 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 ~20-min typical response on Greenfield downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.