(414) 279-5510 Call Heavy Equipment Hauling · Muskego, Waukesha County
A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next Muskego 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, ~28-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 Muskego? 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 Muskego dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Local to Muskego
What a crew that works Muskego every week pays attention to: the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Rush hours concentrate on Janesville Road (CTH L), the main east–west route through the city, which knots up at the signalized Tess Corners junction (Janesville & Tess Corners Drive) and again where Janesville meets Racine Avenue (CTH Y) — an uncontrolled crossing that's the city's central choke. Drivers bound for Milwaukee or Waukesha jump to I-43 along the north edge — the fastest link out — while US-45, WIS-36 (Loomis Rd) and WIS-164 (Big Bend Dr) absorb commuter loads. After a snowstorm the picture inverts: the lake areas and long rural collectors like Woods, Crowbar and Oakwood leave lightly-traveled stretches where stranded vehicles turn up regularly.
~12 road miles from our South Side yard, with coverage across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. Live ETA confirmed on the call.
Around Muskego, equipment work runs between the job sites, plants, and rental yards and the routes out to I-43 (northern edge), US-45 (Loomis Rd / S 124th St / North Cape Rd), WIS-36 (Loomis Rd), WIS-164 (Big Bend Dr), and Janesville Rd (CTH L) — machines bogged in soft fill, units relocating between sites, and dealer deliveries. Whether it sits near Janesville Road (CTH L) corridor or out on I-43 (northern edge), US-45 (Loomis Rd / S 124th St / North Cape Rd), and WIS-36 (Loomis Rd), we recover and haul them, pulling any WisDOT oversize permit before the load moves. The Moorland Road / Janesville Road commercial corridor anchors most Muskego equipment runs; the rest come off Janesville Road (CTH L) corridor, Tess Corners (Janesville & Tess Corners Dr), and Big & Little Muskego Lake and Idle Isle areas.
Winter ice & snow (Nov–Mar) — rural two-lane roads drift and freeze
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.
Fall mornings start it: fog off Muskego's three lakes and extensive wetlands hanging over the roads. Winter turns the open rural stretches between those waters into blowing-and-drifting-snow territory whenever the wind moves, and night-time cold runs genuinely deep — Lake Michigan is too far off to moderate much this far inland. Spring brings the morning fog back. Underneath it all is a humid continental pattern typical of inland southeastern Wisconsin: snowy, cold winters against warm, humid summers.
Serving Muskego ZIP codes: 53150
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 Muskego-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-43 (northern edge) 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 Muskego 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 Muskego 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 Waukesha County adds time and gear over a clean curbside load.
Getting help in Muskego
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 Muskego.
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 Muskego 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 Muskego
Same-day for most moves, staged from our South Side yard ~12 miles away. Muskego's work sites — the Muskego Commerce Center, road-repair crews on Janesville Road and Racine Avenue, and municipal grounds at Muskego County Park — are reachable off the truck routes, 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 and attachments — winched, driven or craned onto a rollback, Landoll or lowboy and chained to rated points. Commerce-center site moves, dealer deliveries, municipal-grounds work and 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 Ryan Road's ~3-ton posted limit forces heavy iron onto Janesville Road (CTH L), WIS-164 and US-45. Escorts arranged where required; the paperwork is on us. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a dead machine at a dock, yard 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 ~28-min typical response on Muskego downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.