(414) 279-5510 Call Vehicle & Equipment Loading · Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Bought a non-runner, a carrier's inbound, or a machine needs to ride on your trailer in Milwaukee? 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
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 Milwaukee? 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.
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 Milwaukee dispatcher answers live and we bring the tilt deck and the right tie-downs.
Local to Milwaukee
What a crew that works Milwaukee every week pays attention to: the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
The Marquette Interchange (I-94/I-43/I-794) takes the worst of it, with the Zoo Interchange (I-94/US-45) and the Mitchell Interchange (I-94/I-43/I-894 by the airport) close behind — locals navigate by freeway names: the North-South Freeway (I-43/I-94), the East-West Freeway, the Zoo Freeway (US-45/I-894), the Fond du Lac Freeway (WIS-145), the Lake Freeway (I-794) and the Airport Freeway. All of them stack up 7–9 AM and 4–6 PM, and the Hoan Bridge racks up more than its share of breakdowns. Off the freeways, the long arterials grind — North 76th Street, Capitol Drive, Silver Spring Drive, Fond du Lac Avenue, South 27th Street — and event nights surge around Fiserv Forum's Deer District, American Family Field and the Summerfest grounds at Henry Maier Festival Park.
We're based right here in Milwaukee — both Milwaukee and Waukesha counties covered. The dispatcher confirms a live ETA on the call.
What strands a loading in Milwaukee? Usually a non-runner bought online, a carrier inbound, or a machine that has to ride on your trailer — spread across driveways, yards, and lots and the I-94, I-43, and I-41/US-41 corridors. 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 I-94. Coverage runs Downtown, Historic Third Ward, and Deer District and everywhere in between — a live Milwaukee dispatcher gives you a real ETA and a flat price first.
Winter is the busy season for Milwaukee 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.
Port Milwaukee (Jones Island) handles heavy and project cargo nearby.
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.
Lake Michigan sets the terms: it moderates Milwaukee's humid continental weather, but the lakefront still takes lake-effect snow and dense fog, and temperatures by the water can swing sharply from inland readings. The city averages about 39.5 inches of snow a year, so winters come in cold and snowy; summers, warm and humid.
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Sound familiar?
Dead, locked, or out of gear in Milwaukee. We winch it onto your trailer — the most common load we run.
Never flat-towed on the wheels. A full flatbed or dollies and skates so the wheels never turn — protects the drivetrain and battery pack.
Bikes, trikes & scooters upright in a wheel chock, strapped to the frame — never cranked down by the bars or levers.
Show cars, lowered, and exotic. A shallow angle so the splitter and exhaust clear — nothing on the body.
A skid steer, forklift, or mini-ex rigged to the rated lift points and chained and binder-secured.
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
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) 279-5510Moving it from one place to another is a point-to-point tow — see our towing services, where we load it, haul it, and set it down.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A cross-country move rides a transport carrier — we don’t haul long-distance, but we load it onto the hauler at either end, strapped and documented.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.
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.
Never flat-towed on the wheels — a full flatbed or dollies and skates so the wheels never turn, protecting the drivetrain and battery.
Bikes in a wheel chock strapped to the frame; classics and lowered cars on extended ramps at a low angle — about not leaving a mark.
A skid steer, forklift, or mini-ex lifted with the right wrecker, crane, or rotator, rigged to the rated lift points and binder-secured. Equipment is a flat $200 per unit; custom items $250.
What loading & unloading covers
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.
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
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.
Secured to rated points with over-the-tire wheel nets — never chains on the body, so it leaves no mark.
For AWD, EVs, seized wheels, or a tight basement garage, we roll it on without turning or dragging the wheels.
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 Milwaukee 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.
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 Milwaukee priceBallpark it now — live estimate
Vehicles are $150 a unit, equipment $200, custom items $250. Anything over 10,000 lbs gets a crane and special-gear assessment up front.
A free-roller loads fast; a dead, locked, AWD, or seized vehicle takes dollies, skates, and setup.
A curbside load is quick; a tight incline, a narrow lot, or an indoor or basement pull with a GoJak adds work.
A late-night or scheduled load, plus the securing materials — wheel nets, soft straps, binders — factor into the fee.
Getting help in Milwaukee
The vehicle or machine, the location in Milwaukee, and what it’s going onto. A real person answers, no menus.
We spot the trailer or carrier, set the ramps or tilt deck, and clear the path.
We winch a non-runner, roll an AWD on dollies, or crane equipment — under control, never rushed.
Soft straps, wheel nets, and rated tie-downs, and the driver checks every point before anything moves.
Verified for the haul, or on an unload, set down exactly where you want it.
Why Milwaukee buyers & shippers call MKE
Vehicles $150, equipment $200, custom items $250 — quoted before we start, not per-mile. Count the items, know the price.
Prioritized when a carrier is waiting in your driveway; book a window for planned loads.
On-hook and garage-keepers coverage — handled like it's ours. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.
Soft straps and over-the-tire wheel nets, never chains on the body — a documented load that leaves no mark.
Vehicle & Equipment Loading in Milwaukee
Same-day for most jobs, scheduled to your dock or site window — we run loading and transload work across the city's freight spine: the Menomonee Valley, the 30th Street Corridor, Port Milwaukee, and the two dozen distribution clusters around town. 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, we move the freight to your replacement unit at the roadside or a safe lot, palletized or loose, 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), skid steers, forklifts and mini-ex onto trailers ($200), and awkward custom items ($250) rigged to rated points with the right wrecker or crane. Dealer trades, auction lots, plant moves: all routine. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — dock-height and ground-level, alleys and older buildings included. We bring the winch, forks or crane the job needs and stage so your dock stays open. Tell dispatch what's moving and where it sits. Call (414) 279-5510.
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