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Vehicle & Equipment Loading · Cudahy, Milwaukee County

Need it loaded onto your trailer in Cudahy — or off a carrier? We winch it on and strap it down.

Bought a non-runner, a carrier's inbound, or a machine needs to ride on your trailer in Cudahy? MKE Towing & Recovery brings a tilt deck and winch to load dead, locked, AWD, and heavy collateral — or unload it off a carrier with no ramps — and secure it carefully. On-hook insured, soft straps & wheel nets, flat load fee quoted before we start.

On-hook & garage-keepers insured 4.3 · 373 reviews Flat load fee, no surprises Onto your trailer or off a carrier

Cudahy load transport
$150–$250
Tilt deck & winch — runs or not
Soft straps & wheel nets — no marks
On-hook insured, flat fee quoted before we start
Get your Cudahy quote

Flat per-unit fee quoted before we start — vehicles $150, equipment $200, custom items $250. Count the items, know the price. COI on request.

Need a vehicle or piece of equipment loaded or unloaded in Cudahy? Loading & unloading is when the job is getting it on or off a trailer or carrier — not a point-to-point tow. MKE Towing & Recovery brings a tilt deck and winch to load non-running cars, motorcycles, and machinery onto your trailer or carrier — or off it — and strap it down safely. Flat load fee, quoted before we start. On-hook insured. Call (414) 279-5510.

  • Licensed & insuredUSDOT 4272551 · MC 1659521
  • 4.3 ★ rating373 Google reviews
  • ~24-min arrivaltypical in Cudahy
  • Family-run since 2019local, not a call center
  • Upfront flat pricingno surprise after-hours fees
  • 5-truck fleet3 flatbeds · 2 wreckers

A carrier waiting to be unloaded is detention charges ticking.

A carrier idling in your driveway is a clock you can’t stop. Tell dispatch the vehicle or machine, where it is, and what it’s going onto — a real Cudahy dispatcher answers live and we bring the tilt deck and the right tie-downs.

Local to Cudahy

We know Cudahy — the driveways, the yards, the wait.

What a crew that works Cudahy every week pays attention to: the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.

Freight corridors we run in Cudahy

WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue)WIS-794 (John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway)CTH-Y (Layton Avenue)CTH-ZZ (College Avenue)

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.

Typical response

15min best
24min typical
35min busy

~7 road miles from our South Side yard, with coverage across Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. Live ETA confirmed on the call.

Where Cudahy loads & unloads happen

Patrick Cudahy / Smithfield meatpacking complexPackard Avenue industrial corridorWIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue)WIS-794 (John R. Plewa Memorial Lake Parkway)CTH-Y (Layton Avenue)

From Sheridan Park out to WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue), Cudahy keeps driveways, yards, and lots busy — and with them, a non-runner bought online, a carrier inbound, or a machine that has to ride on your trailer. We bring the tilt deck and winch to wherever it sits and strap it down on-hook insured, or unload it off a carrier with no ramps, coming in on WIS-32 (S Lake Drive / E College Avenue). We run the Packard Avenue downtown (Cudahy Center, Packard Plaza) and Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) corridor and the streets between them — Cudahy loading work, day or night.

Winter is the busy season for Cudahy loads — dead batteries, project cars that won’t start, and auction buys that have to come off a carrier in the cold. We winch them on without a running engine, any time.

Industrial areas we serve

Patrick Cudahy / Smithfield meatpacking complexPackard Avenue industrial corridor

Permits & legal limits

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.

Cudahy conditions we plan for

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.

  • Winter ice & lake-effect snow (Nov–Mar) — Lake Drive and Sheridan Park roads freeze first
  • Dense lake fog off the bluff at Sheridan Park
  • Freeze-thaw potholes along Packard and Layton Avenues
  • Summer thunderstorms and stalled vehicles near the airport interchange

Serving Cudahy ZIP codes: 53110

Sound familiar?

The load calls we take in Cudahy.

Non-running & project cars

Dead, locked, or out of gear in Cudahy. We winch it onto your trailer — the most common load we run.

AWD / 4WD & EVs

Never flat-towed on the wheels. A full flatbed or dollies and skates so the wheels never turn — protects the drivetrain and battery pack.

Motorcycles

Bikes, trikes & scooters upright in a wheel chock, strapped to the frame — never cranked down by the bars or levers.

Classics & low-clearance

Show cars, lowered, and exotic. A shallow angle so the splitter and exhaust clear — nothing on the body.

Heavy equipment & machinery

A skid steer, forklift, or mini-ex rigged to the rated lift points and chained and binder-secured.

Auction & online buys

Copart, IAA, or a marketplace pickup. We meet the carrier or hit the yard, winch it on, condition documented at the load.

Running or not, we load it

Tow, load-and-go, or transport?

That’s loading & unloading.

Getting it on or off your trailer or a carrier is exactly what we do — tilt deck and winch, soft straps and wheel nets, a flat load fee quoted before we start.

Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510

Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.

What we haul.

Dead, locked, or out of gear — the tilt deck drops to the ground and the winch pulls it straight on. No running engine or steering needed.

TrailerTilt deck + winch
LoadWinch on
Permit

What loading & unloading covers

Done right — and we're straight with you.

Loading & unloading is the load, not the haul — getting it on or off your trailer or a carrier, carefully and on-hook insured. We winch what won't run and strap it without leaving a mark.

What we load & unload
  • +Non-runners and project cars onto your trailer, a U-Haul auto-transport, or a carrier
  • +Off a carrier with no ramps — controlled down, not let to roll
  • +AWD / 4WD and EVs on a flatbed or dollies, motorcycles, classics, and lowered cars
  • +Heavy equipment — skid steer, forklift, mini-ex, scissor lift, generator
  • +Auction and online non-op pickups, and out of a basement garage with a GoJak
Worth knowing
  • !This is the load, not a point-to-point tow — that’s our towing service
  • !We don’t haul cross-country; a transport carrier does, and we load it at either end
  • !AWD / 4WD and EVs should never be flat-towed on their wheels

Indoor and basement loads are case-by-case — tell us the access and we’ll say straight whether we can do it, before any truck rolls.

Secured, not dragged

How your load rides.

Tilt deck + winch

The bed drops to the ground and the winch pulls a dead, locked, or out-of-gear vehicle straight on — no running engine or steering needed.

Soft straps & wheel nets

Secured to rated points with over-the-tire wheel nets — never chains on the body, so it leaves no mark.

Dollies, skates & GoJak

For AWD, EVs, seized wheels, or a tight basement garage, we roll it on without turning or dragging the wheels.

On-hook insured

Handled like it’s ours and insured if it isn’t — on-hook and garage-keepers coverage, Licensed & Insured in Wisconsin.

What it costs & why

A price before we dispatch — never after.

A Cudahy load is a flat per-unit fee — vehicles $150, equipment $200, custom items $250 — quoted before we start, not per-mile. Count the items and you know the price. You hear the number before any truck rolls.

per unit $150–$250

The flat load fee covers the trip and getting it on or off, strapped and documented. A tight access, after-hours work, or heavy equipment moves the number — always quoted first, no surprises.

Get your Cudahy price

Ballpark it now — live estimate

What changes the price

Weight & class

Vehicles are $150 a unit, equipment $200, custom items $250. Anything over 10,000 lbs gets a crane and special-gear assessment up front.

Winch difficulty

A free-roller loads fast; a dead, locked, AWD, or seized vehicle takes dollies, skates, and setup.

Access & space

A curbside load is quick; a tight incline, a narrow lot, or an indoor or basement pull with a GoJak adds work.

After-hours & securing

A late-night or scheduled load, plus the securing materials — wheel nets, soft straps, binders — factor into the fee.

We show the factors, never fabricate a number, and the rate holds. COI on request; consolidated billing on accounts.

Getting help in Cudahy

How we move your load without damaging it.

1 Call

Tell us what & where

The vehicle or machine, the location in Cudahy, and what it’s going onto. A real person answers, no menus.

2 Position

Spot & set up

We spot the trailer or carrier, set the ramps or tilt deck, and clear the path.

3 Load

Winch or lift on

We winch a non-runner, roll an AWD on dollies, or crane equipment — under control, never rushed.

4 Secure

Strap & verify

Soft straps, wheel nets, and rated tie-downs, and the driver checks every point before anything moves.

5 Done

Loaded or unloaded

Verified for the haul, or on an unload, set down exactly where you want it.

Why Cudahy buyers & shippers call MKE

Why Cudahy counts on MKE for loading & unloading.

$150–$250

Per-unit fee

Vehicles $150, equipment $200, custom items $250 — quoted before we start, not per-mile. Count the items, know the price.

~35–45 min

Typical Cudahy arrival

Prioritized when a carrier is waiting in your driveway; book a window for planned loads.

On-hook

Insured

On-hook and garage-keepers coverage — handled like it's ours. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.

No marks

Soft-strap method

Soft straps and over-the-tire wheel nets, never chains on the body — a documented load that leaves no mark.

Rated 4.3 / 5 across 373 Google reviews

Online buyers, dealers, and shippers across Cudahy and the Milwaukee metro trust MKE Towing & Recovery to load and unload non-runners on-hook insured. Read what real customers say on Google — or call and find out yourself.

Vehicle & Equipment Loading in Cudahy

Vehicle & Equipment Loading in Cudahy, WI — your questions, answered

Same-day for most jobs, scheduled to your window — Cudahy's sites (the Patrick Cudahy plant, the Packard Avenue industrial corridor, the retail docks) are only ~7 miles from our yard. Call (414) 279-5510 24/7.

A flat per-unit fee quoted before we start — vehicles $150, equipment $200, custom items $250 — not per-mile, not hourly. Count the items and you know the price; anything over 10,000 lbs gets a crane and special-gear assessment up front. COI on request. Call (414) 279-5510.

Yes — when a trailer or box truck can't finish its run on Packard Avenue or a Patrick Cudahy plant delivery, we move the freight to your replacement unit at the roadside or a safe lot and get the load back on schedule. It pairs with our truck towing so one call handles both. Call (414) 279-5510.

Yes — cars onto carriers ($150 a unit), boats and skid steers, forklifts and mini-ex onto trailers ($200), and awkward custom items ($250), rigged to rated points with the right wrecker or crane. Lakefront boat moves, plant equipment and dealer trades are all routine. Call (414) 279-5510.

Yes — the Patrick Cudahy plant and the Packard Avenue industrial docks are exactly why we stage the truck's angle before it arrives. We bring the winch, forks or crane the job needs and keep the dock open. Tell dispatch what's moving and where it sits. Call (414) 279-5510.

Dispatching now · Cudahy

Carrier in the Cudahy driveway? We’ll load it and strap it down safely.

One call reaches a live dispatcher — a flat load fee before we start, on-hook insured handling, and a ~35–45-min typical arrival across Cudahy. Planning ahead? Book a load window.

Cudahy load to move? Call — (414) 279-5510