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Heavy Haul Trucking Transportation: Don’t Take Your Search Lightly

When you need to utilize the services of heavy haul trucking services, you need to know that the company you plan to hire will be able to handle the large task safely. Generally, you will want to provide a professional company that has specialized services and great customer service, but that is only a few things that you need to place at the beginning your list.

If you are getting frustrated with your search for heavy-haul trucking services, you suggest that you keep the following things in mind:

Reputation Does Matter

Sometimes people can underestimate the power of one’s reputation. The reputation of a company in the transportation industry should never be underestimated. Any heavy haul equipment transportation service you are thinking about hiring should have multiple people willing to provide their feedback and opinions, preferably positive. If you receive feedback or if you read reviews, we encourage you to consider everything you have been told.

Experience Counts For Something

It does not matter what promises the transportation service make, the results are what matter the most. You should choose a transportation service that employs people who love what they do. When you choose a transportation service that loves their job, they will take pride in their work.

If the transportation service you are considering is experienced, they will be capable of being flexible and versatile. A transportation service that has various capabilities will be able to handle every job with accuracy. Do not take your transportation search lightly. You should choose a transportation service that will have a professional team of people, great communication, and excellent customer service.

December 22, 2017 | | Category: Heavy Haul

Make Transporting Your Heavy Machinery Convenient with an Experienced Trucking Service

If heavy machinery is an essential part of your business, then finding the right company that can support all of your transportation needs is just as important. Cargo loads that exceed maximum weights and sizes require additional paperwork, attention to detail, and safety considerations, and using a transportation service instead of moving the equipment yourself can make the task much easier.

How can Great Western Transportation make transporting heavy machinery easier for your company?

You don’t have to worry about maintaining the permits and insurance for transporting oversize loads. Navigating the regulations and permit requirements for transporting heavy machinery can be tricky, especially if you don’t regularly transport goods across state lines. By using a transport service to transport oversize and overweight equipment, your company isn’t held liable for any transportation risks or damage.
Our logistics experts can find the best routes to deliver your machinery safely and quickly. Different states have different laws for oversize cargo, and picking the right interstate route is a matter of evaluating both the costs of transportation along a direct but heavily regulated route and a less direct delivery. Whether you need oversized cargo delivered in a matter of hours or you have customized cargo that other trucking companies won’t ship, we can find the best way to get it to its destination.

No matter what you need to move, Great Western Transportation can transport it safely, quickly, and conveniently. Go to our site here to learn more about our services for oversize and overweight cargo.

December 13, 2017 | | Category: Heavy Haul

2 Key Questions to Ask a Trucking Company Before Hiring Them to Transport Your Heavy Machinery

Transporting heavy machinery probably isn’t a daily need for you or most people, but when you hire professional truck drivers, you’re going to want to find one who has extensive experience moving heavy machinery and equipment. If you end up with a less qualified driver with little experience, it puts your machinery at risk for being damaged during transport. Let’s take a look at two key questions to ask a trucking company before you hire them to transport your heavy machinery.

What Protective Measure do You Take to Ensure My Equipment is Safe? Clearly, you wouldn’t just trust the average guy off the street to move your machinery; that’s why you are looking for a professional company in the first place. But don’t just take professionals at their word. Make sure to ask them what procedures they will take to ensure your equipment is safely put into the truck, transported to the next destination, and removed from the truck. Being a highly skilled truck driver isn’t enough; they must also be experts at protecting your machinery on the road.
What Makes Your Drivers Qualified to Transport Heavy Machinery? Transporting heavy machinery is a specialized skill which obviously means that whoever is driving the heavy machinery must be well-versed in that skill. However, skill alone is not enough. You also want to ensure that the driver has received the proper education and driving in order to transport the equipment and that they have the correct licensing and certification. Ask the company want makes the drivers qualified to move your equipment before hiring them.

For more info, contact us today!

November 30, 2017 | | Category: Flatbed

Happy Thanksgiving

The team at Great Western Transportation would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Holiday weekend!

November 22, 2017 | | Category: General

Transporting Equipment Bought at an Auction: Make Sure Your Equipment Reaches Its Destination

There are various things that you will have to consider when you are involved with equipment transportation, especially if these are items that have been purchased in an auction. Unfortunately, many people do not think about all the details. Instead, they only think about a few of the details. After you have placed the winning bid, you will have many things to address, including the following:

confirmation of delivery
deadlines
agreements
weather

One of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to finding transportation for equipment is confirming the address. You waited hours in the pouring rain or the scorching sun just so you can bid on the piece of equipment you really wanted. After waiting for your item to be placed up for auction, you make the winning bid. After you have paid for the item you really wanted, you have to find an equipment transportation company to take the item to its destination.

Did you give the transportation company the right information? Does the transportation company know who they are supposed to contact if there is a problem? No one wants to think negatively, but emergencies do happen, the weather is unpredictable, and there can be numerous traffic delays. When problems arise, will everyone be on the same page? It is very important that you remember to give the correct information the transportation service who will be responsible for transporting your equipment.

When you win an auction, the equipment you purchased has to get to your home, your business’s premises, a warehouse, etc. safely and carefully. This is why it is important for you to find the right transportation service. It is also important that you get all the details correct, regardless of how small you think the details may be.

November 16, 2017 | | Category: Flatbed, Heavy Haul

Benefits of Outsourcing Refrigerated Trucking Services to Trucking Companies

For many industries that deal with perishable goods, the refrigerated trucking industry forms an important part of their activities. Apart from transporting their goods across the country, the refrigerated trucking ensures their goods reach the destination safe and fresh.

In many cases, while a company may own its refrigerated truck, companies still opt to outsource trucking services to established trucking companies in transporting their goods for reasons such as:

Increased flexibility in schedules and load sizes

When it comes to matters of flexibility, businesses that own their trucks are on a far disadvantage in that it is expensive to transport a truckload that is only half-full. The main benefit of outsourcing refrigerated trucking services is that the trucking company contains all trucks of different sizes for any load size. Refrigerated Freight and LTL Trucking

Tracking shipments and deliveries

Another efficiency accorded by trucking companies is tracking of their drivers to monitor and ensure the goods get delivered under the stipulated time. In many cases, most of the perishable goods like foods need to meet a certain deadline to serve its purpose in the destination e.g. The fruits getting transported will get served at a party on the said day of delivery.

Experienced personnel

One of the most assuring things a shipper wants to hear is that the driver has vast experience. A company may have its truck, but if the driver lacks experience many factors could go wrong on the way that could compromise the cargo. However, trucking companies offer you the most experienced personnel to handle your load, and hence you rest a while knowing nothing will happen to your goods.

November 8, 2017 | | Category: Refrigerated Trucking

Looking for a Shipping Company that Does Heavy Haul Trucking?

When you work in an industry that needs to move oversized or heavy materials you have to find a shipping company that does heavy haul trucking that you can trust. At Great Western Transportation, we offer heavy haul shipping all throughout the U.S. and Canada and we have been serving clients with their heavy haul shipping needs for decades. If you have questions about heavy haul shipping, here are some common questions and answers.

What can I do when my shipment is too wide, too tall, or too heavy for a flatbed trailer?

This is something we see all the time at Great Western Transportation and we are equipped to transport your shipment regardless. Our truck trailers can be equipped with an oversized trailer permitted to carry a heavy and/or oversized load.

How do I know if I have an oversized load?

An oversized load, including the tractor and trailer, is a load that exceeds the standard legal dimensions of 13′ 6″ in height and 8′ 6″ in width. The length of an oversized load varies from state to state. If a load can be reduced below these dimensions it does not qualify as an oversized load.

Does my oversized load need special permitting?

The permitting varies from state to state, but we are used to hauling heavy haul loads and we can help you navigate the permitting process at Great Western Transportation.

Who can I trust with my heavy haul load?

At Great Western Transportation, we have shipped it all. Between our employees, we have over 100 years of shipping experience and we will haul your load with confidence and expertise. For more information, contact us today.

October 25, 2017 | | Category: Heavy Haul

Builders! Shipping Construction Equipment is Easy With Great Western Transportation

People outside of the building industry would probably never give a second thought to how the construction equipment building the new movie theater down the street or tearing down the old grocery store in their neighborhood got to that construction location. But as a builder, the transportation of construction equipment is a logistical challenge you deal with day in and day out.

At Great Western Transportation, we ship construction equipment all over the United States and Canada. We have a number of shipping methods we use for various freight. But for the transportation of construction equipment there are several methods we typically use.

For heavy and oversized construction equipment, we used our shipping expertise to Heavy Haul the items where they need to go. Our experienced team is used to working with the special equipment required to haul your over-sized or overweight items as well as any permitting required to travel with those items. Permits vary from state to state and we are used to handling the logistics that go with Heavy Hauling. If you aren’t sure whether your construction equipment is overweight or oversized, check out the dimensions and weight parameters laid out on our website or contact us and we would be happy to help.

If you have items to ship that aren’t Heavy Haul, we can help with that too. We offer LTL trucking (trucking for smaller shipments that consolidates your shipment with other small shipments), a full truckload, and flatbed trucking as well. To start working with Great Western Transportation to ship your construction equipment, contact us today.

October 20, 2017 | | Category: Flatbed, Heavy Haul