(414) 279-5510 Call Heavy Equipment Hauling · Shorewood, Milwaukee County
A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next Shorewood 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, ~26-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 Shorewood? 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 Shorewood dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Local to Shorewood
Every heavy equipment transport call in Shorewood, Milwaukee County gets planned around the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Picture a weekday around 5 PM: the Capitol Drive and Locust/North Avenue interchanges — the feeds toward Shorewood off I-43, which runs just west across the Milwaukee River (the interchanges themselves sit on the Milwaukee side of the line) — are at their peak backups, and they hold that way through 6, just as they did from 7 to 9 that morning. On the surface grid, Oakland Avenue, Capitol Drive (WIS-190) and Lake Drive (WIS-32) do the heavy lifting; the signalized choke points all sit on Capitol Drive at Wilson, Oakland, Downer, Lake and Maryland, while Edgewood Avenue's crossings at Lake and Oakland are uncontrolled. Extra volume gathers around the Oakland Ave business district and, on warm-weather weekends, Atwater Park & Beach.
Dispatch runs out of our South Side Milwaukee yard, about 9 miles out, covering Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. You get a live ETA, not a guess.
In Shorewood, the calls cluster along WIS-32 (Lake Drive), WIS-190 (Capitol Drive), and I-43 (just west, across the Milwaukee River) — 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 — anywhere from Oakland Avenue business district, Atwater, and Lake Bluff to the WIS-32 (Lake Drive) shoulder. Around the Oakland Avenue business district and Capitol Drive (WIS-190) corridor, Shorewood equipment moves get the same drill: rated rigging, an insured haul, the price fixed on the call.
Winter ice & lake-effect snow (Nov–Mar) — Lake Drive and the lake bluff freeze and fog 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 typical January stretch in Shorewood: snow bands rolling in off the water, fog thickening along the bluff, temperatures swinging sharply within a short distance of the shore. Lake Michigan forms the village's eastern border and strongly moderates the humid continental pattern — winters stay cold and snowy, summers warm. Lake Drive and the bluff streets can ice and fog over quickly when conditions push in off the water.
Serving Shorewood ZIP codes: 53211
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 Shorewood-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 (Lake Drive) 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood
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 Shorewood.
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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood
Same-day for most moves, staged from our South Side yard ~9 miles away. Shorewood's work sites — Milwaukee River park projects, municipal grounds, and Oakland Avenue build-outs — are all reachable off Capitol Drive, 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. Municipal projects, park-and-river site moves and tree-service crew gear: all routine. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes. Over-legal loads move on a WisDOT oversize/overweight permit with a surveyed route — which matters in a dense village where the narrow residential grid forces heavy iron onto Capitol Drive (WIS-190) and I-43 just west. Escorts arranged where required; the paperwork is on us. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — a dead machine at a park, a municipal yard 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 ~26-min typical response on Shorewood downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.