http://mcpheefreight.com.au/machinery-transport/ The transportation of heavy machinery McPhee Freight Pty Ltd PO Box 1400 Paradise Point QLD 4216 Email us: sales@mcpheefreight.com.au All The Reasons Why Heavy Equipment Transport Is For Professionals There are quite a few different reasons why a business would need the services of a large interstate transportation company. Sometimes it's to haul a piece of heavy equipment to a job site in order to do a construction job, other times it's hauling a delicate piece of finished machinery that has been manufactured and then sold to another company, and now needs to be delivered. Even though your company may be experts at building machinery, or doing construction jobs, the interstate transport of large heavy equipment is a difficult task, involving multiple licenses, and all the right hauling equipment as well. Let's go over some tips to you need to be aware of when looking for a heavy machinery hauling company for your needs. Depending on how large the equipment that you need to move is, there are many difficult obstacles that need to be addressed between the pickup and delivery of your equipment. An interstate heavy equipment moving company should have the right hauling trailer, certified to carry equipment that weighs more than your particular job, plus they'll need to have advance cars and follow cars for in front of and in back of the equipment as it moves down the road. Each of the drivers will need to know the specific duties as it relates to safety, awareness, communication, and any other problem that may arise during the transportation of the equipment. In addition to the drivers doing the hauling and safety cars, a quality transport company will also have additional helpers that know how to raise the altitude of low hanging electrical wires, keep an eye out for low bridges and the ways around them, plus know all the local details of every major highway before the project begins. While there are plenty of workers, and contractors doing all of the difficult hands-on jobs, the competent heavy equipment transportation company also needs highly trained supervisors that know which permits are needed to travel on which roads, the amount of insurance coverage to cover the project, plus all the weight limits of every bridge that will need to be passed, and all the height limits of all the overpasses as well. Many roads have restrictions on the hours of moving heavy equipment, depending on the size, and these restrictions need to be known ahead of time for careful planning. Once you have 20 employees, three or four vehicles, and a large piece of heavy equipment on the road, there is no room for mistakes. As you can see, moving a large piece of commercial or industrial equipment over the highways can be a very difficult and complicated task involving many highly trained professionals, permits, insurance, and advanced knowledge. If your company is in need of moving some heavy equipment it's usually best to leave it's transport to the professionals. The transportation of heavy machinery McPhee Freight Pty Ltd PO Box 1400 Paradise Point QLD 4216 Email us: sales@mcpheefreight.com.au Our Website: http://mcpheefreight.com.au/ Follow us in Google + https://plus.google.com/+McpheefreightAustralia/posts The transportation of heavy machinery http://youtu.be/b5illehF02E