(414) 279-5510 Call Heavy Equipment Hauling · West Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
A loader sunk to the axles in mud, a dozer that has to be on the next West 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, ~15-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 West Milwaukee? 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
Tap in the pickup, the drop-off, and the machine's sizing answers — the same questions our dispatcher asks — and your exact price is on screen in about 60 seconds, with a quote reference (Q-XXXXXXXX) dispatch picks right up. On complex recoveries and specialty rigging, a dispatcher confirms the details by phone before anything rolls.
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 West Milwaukee dispatcher answers live and we bring the right rig the first time.
Local to West Milwaukee
Every heavy equipment transport call in West Milwaukee, Milwaukee County gets planned around the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Barely 1.1 square miles, yet the village carries a real load: Miller Park Way (WIS-175) is its one-way spine, threading five signalized intersections — at Greenfield Avenue (a five-way), National Avenue & Brewers Boulevard, Mitchell Street, and 43rd & Lincoln — before feeding I-94 at the Stadium Interchange just past the north village line. National Avenue carries WIS-59 across the south half, and the 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM peaks stack both. Game days add surges up Miller Park Way toward American Family Field, just north of the village, and the uncontrolled crossings at Burnham Street and Grand Lane catch drivers off guard year-round.
Coverage spans both counties, and West Milwaukee is a 5-mile run from our yard — the dispatcher reads you the live ETA.
Across West Milwaukee, equipment calls come from the job sites, plants, and rental yards around Masterson industrial zone, National & Lincoln Avenue legacy manufacturing belt, and First Student fleet depot & USPS warehouse blocks — 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 Miller Park Way retail spine, National Avenue (WIS-59) corridor, and Greenfield Avenue corridor to the WIS-175 (Miller Park Way) shoulder. Whether it sits near Target on Miller Park Way or over by Miller Park Way retail spine, National Avenue (WIS-59) corridor, and Greenfield Avenue corridor, we bring the trailer to it and strap it to rated points.
Winter ice & snow (Nov–Mar) — the one-way Miller Park Way (WIS-175) pair and the WIS-59/National Ave lights ice 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 dense, mostly-paved square mile a few miles inland from Lake Michigan, West Milwaukee gets the metro's full humid continental swing — cold, snowy winters and warm, humid summers — without much lake moderation. Hard freezes crack its truck-worn pavement, winter ice settles first on the one-way Miller Park Way pair, and summer downpours pond briefly on the flat industrial blocks.
Serving West Milwaukee ZIP codes: 53214 · 53215 · 53219 · 53295
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 West 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 a WIS-175 (Miller Park Way) 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 West 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 West Milwaukee 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 County adds time and gear over a clean curbside load.
Getting help in West Milwaukee
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 West 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 West Milwaukee 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 West Milwaukee
Same-day for most moves, staged from our South Side yard ~4.6 miles away. The village packs a dozen truck-traffic generators into its square mile — the Masterson industrial zone, the First Student depot, the USPS warehouse, the big-box docks — and we work all of them. Call (414) 279-5510 24/7.
Transport is priced by weight band — up to 10,000 lbs, then 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. Plant moves out of the Masterson zone, dealer deliveries, 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 the arterials run one-way and the tightest blocks don't forgive a wrong turn. 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.
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.
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One call reaches a live dispatcher — lowboy, RGN, Landoll, or double-drop, wrecker and rotator recovery, oversize permits handled, a ~15-min typical response on West Milwaukee downtime calls, and a flat price quoted before we roll.