(414) 279-5510 Call Scissor Lift Towing · New Berlin, Waukesha County
A rough-terrain lift sunk in mud on a New Berlin site, a slab lift due on a job Monday, a unit that won't power up to drive onto the deck, or a rental that needs picking up — MKE Towing & Recovery hauls slab and rough-terrain scissor lifts on low-angle Landoll, tilt-deck & flatbed trailers, fully insured. Driven on if it runs, winch-loaded if it's dead, recovered if it's stuck or tipped. Oversize permits handled, ~30-min typical response on downtime calls, flat price quoted before pickup.
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Flat price quoted before pickup — we show the factors, never fabricate a number. COI on request.
Need a scissor lift moved, recovered, or delivered in New Berlin? MKE Towing & Recovery hauls slab (electric) and rough-terrain lifts — driven on if it runs, winch-loaded if it's dead, recovered if it's stuck or tipped — on low-angle Landoll, tilt-deck & flatbed trailers, fully insured. We pull any oversize permit for wide RT units and confirm a flat price before pickup. Call (414) 279-5510.
An idle crew and a downed lift both cost money by the hour. Tell dispatch the make, model, weight, and whether it drives or has to be winched — a real New Berlin dispatcher answers live and we bring the right low-angle deck the first time.
Local to New Berlin
You're not calling a national call center — you're calling a crew that knows the corridors we run, the industrial areas we serve, and how fast a rig reaches you.
Trouble spots, in order: I-43 (the Rock Freeway) across the city's southeast, worst near the Moorland Road, Racine Avenue / County Y and National Avenue interchanges (Exits 57, 54 and 59), mornings 7–9 and afternoons 4–6. Truck volume: heavy commercial rigs concentrate around the New Berlin Industrial Park in the city's north. Surface arterials — most of them county trunk highways — carry the rest: Moorland Road (CTH-O), National Avenue (CTH-ES), West Cleveland Avenue (CTH-D), Greenfield Avenue (WIS-59) and Racine Avenue (CTH-Y). The signalized choke points cluster on Moorland at Cleveland and at Grange; several big arterial crossings (Barker & Greenfield, Moorland & Beloit, Calhoun & Beloit) are uncontrolled or stop-controlled.
The run in is about 12 road miles from our South Side yard — both Milwaukee and Waukesha counties covered. The dispatcher confirms a live ETA on the call.
In New Berlin, the calls cluster along I-43, WIS-59, and WIS-24, plus the yards around New Berlin Industrial Park — RT lifts mired in soft ground, slab lifts coming off an indoor job, and rental delivery and pickup. We move them on a low-angle deck so a low-clearance lift never high-centers, coming in on I-43. Around the Moorland Road (CTH-O) retail corridor, National Avenue (CTH-ES) corridor, and Greenfield Avenue (WIS-59) corridor, New Berlin scissor lift moves get the same drill: rated rigging, an insured haul, the price fixed on the call.
Winter ice & snow (Nov–Mar) — I-43 (the Rock Freeway) overpasses and ramps freeze 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.
Lake Michigan sits roughly 13 miles east, which buys New Berlin some relief from direct lake-effect snow — not immunity, and less than the lakeshore suburbs get. Heavy snow still lands. Freeze-thaw cycles still chew pavement. Morning fog settles along the I-43 and Moorland Road corridors. Baseline: humid continental, the inland southeastern Wisconsin standard — cold winters heavy with snow, warm and humid summers.
Serving New Berlin ZIP codes: 53146 · 53151
Sound familiar?
Drop a slab lift at a New Berlin job site Monday, pick it up when the job wraps. We coordinate with the rental yard on a low-angle Landoll, insured.
An RT lift must be on the next New Berlin-area site by morning. Drive on or winch, chain at the chassis points, and run it across the metro.
A flat battery, hydraulics down, or a controller fault. We winch it on with a rated line, platform pinned, and haul it to the shop or dealer.
An RT sunk in soft ground or tipped on a grade — that's a recovery, not a haul. We winch it out or right it, inspect, and load safe.
A unit in for service and back, or a dealer delivery. Slab or RT, every major brand, COI on request.
A lift stuck on a low-clearance level or an upper deck. A low-profile trailer and the right rigging get it out — no scraping.
Running or not, we load it
A running lift drives up a low-angle deck under power — low ground clearance means a steep ramp would high-center it, so we always load it flat.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510A dead lift is winch-loaded on a rated line, platform fully lowered and pinned, then chained at the chassis tie-down points.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Stuck or tipped, we winch it out or right it with rated rigging on a plan, inspect it, then load and secure — never forced.
Call dispatch — (414) 279-5510Do you handle mine? Almost certainly.
Indoor electric lifts, roughly 1,500–6,000 lb — narrow, they drive onto a low-angle Landoll or flatbed and usually need no permit.
4WD outdoor units, roughly 6,000–10,000 lb — they ride a Landoll or flatbed, and the wider decks may need an oversize permit we pull.
Large RT units around 11,000–13,000+ lb and up to ~8 ft wide move oversize on a heavy Landoll with a permit and flags.
A battery or hydraulic failure, a controller fault, or a tipped or stuck unit — winched on with a rated line or recovered first. No machine is too dead to move.
What scissor lift transport covers
A scissor lift is loaded flat, not forced — low ground clearance high-centers on a steep ramp, so we use a low-angle deck and secure to rated chassis points every time.
A picker, not a promise — the final trailer and any permit are confirmed from the exact weight, width, height, and route on the call.
Secured, not dragged
The platform is fully lowered and the scissor stack pinned so nothing rises or settles on an I-43 haul.
Grade-70 chain at the chassis tie-down points front and rear, rated to the real weight — never a strap and a guess.
The battery is disconnected and the controls locked out so nothing creeps or powers up in transit.
Loaded on a low-angle deck so a low-clearance lift never high-centers — flat and secure, not forced up a ramp.
What it costs & why
A New Berlin scissor lift haul is a flat price quoted before pickup — a slab lift driven onto a trailer for a local move is the low end; a large RT unit recovered and moved oversize 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 and any oversize permit are itemized and confirmed up front — no lowball-then-add-on.
Get your New Berlin priceBallpark it now — live estimate
A 2,800-lb slab lift and a 13,000-lb large RT unit are different hauls — the deck and rigging are sized to the real weight.
A running lift drives on fast; a dead one is winch-loaded and billed by the work it takes.
A wide RT unit over legal width gets the WisDOT permit and flags — itemized, never a surprise.
Soft ground, a tight gate, a parking deck, or after-hours work adds time over a clean curbside load.
Getting help in New Berlin
Tell dispatch the make, model, weight, slab or RT, and whether it drives. We confirm the Landoll or flatbed, rigging, and any permit before a truck leaves New Berlin.
A stuck or tipped lift is winched out or uprighted with rated rigging before anything goes on the deck.
Running units drive up a low-angle deck; dead units come up on a rated winch line. We never high-center it on a steep ramp.
Platform lowered and pinned, battery disconnected, grade-70 chain at the chassis points, sized to the real weight.
To the next site, yard, dealer, or shop — with clean paperwork and a COI for your file.
Why New Berlin rental yards & GCs call MKE
A real ETA from the closest unit on a downtime or recovery call — not a canned promise.
Low-angle Landoll and tilt-decks load low-clearance lifts flat — driven or winched, never forced.
Years of lift and equipment moves across Milwaukee and Waukesha. Licensed & Insured — USDOT# 4272551.
Certificate of insurance on request, with consolidated billing on rental, contractor, and dealer accounts.
Scissor Lift Towing in New Berlin
Same-day for most moves from our South Side yard ~12 miles out — retail resets at the Costco, Walmart Supercenter and Target, warehouse work in the New Berlin Industrial Park, and facility maintenance at City Hall and the office parks. We slot into your window. Call (414) 279-5510 24/7.
Lift moves start at $150 for units up to 10,000 lbs and $250 for 10–15,000 lbs, quoted flat before we roll. Electric slab lifts sit at the low end; rough-terrain units ride a Landoll and any wide-load permit is priced up front. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — we deliver to the exact spot your facilities team names, from the Costco, Walmart and Target sales floors to the industrial-park warehouses and City Hall. Electric lifts roll off under their own power; dead ones get winched. Call (414) 279-5510.
Slab electric scissors (19–40 ft), rough-terrain 4WD units, and vertical mast lifts. Slabs ride a rollback; RT lifts go Landoll or flatbed, drive-on or winched. Tell dispatch the model and platform height so the right trailer comes. Call (414) 279-5510.
Yes — end-of-job rental returns to any metro yard, quoted flat, with condition photos at pickup if your PM wants them. One call and the lift is off your New Berlin site and off your invoice. Call (414) 279-5510.
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