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3 Things That Should Happen When Your Heavy Equipment Is Picked Up By A Transportation Service

19 February 2019

Rose Perkins

After carefully looking over the numbers and weighing out the pros and cons of transporting your own heavy equipment versus hiring a heavy equipment transportation service, you might have decided that hiring a service is going to be the better way to get your heavy equipment to the next place where it needs to go. If you've never used one of these services and aren't sure of the steps that will be taken after the professionals who work for the service arrive, then be prepared for these three steps.

1. Explaining Final Details of the Contract

First of all, when you first decided to contact a heavy equipment transportation service to send someone out to transport your heavy equipment, you might have already talked about pricing and about the process of having your equipment moved. However, in many cases, things are finalized at the site where the heavy equipment is picked up. After all, heavy equipment transportation professionals often can't finalize a quote until they see the equipment that they are moving in person. Therefore, when someone from one of these companies arrives at your place of business, he or she will probably tell you a little more about the services that the company offers and will probably finalize the quote and go over the contract and paperwork with you. Make sure that an authorized individual is available to help with this and to sign the necessary documents to have your heavy equipment transported, or you could experience delays.

2. Checking Over Equipment

Before loading and moving any heavy equipment, professionals who are used to this job should carefully check over your equipment for any damage. They will also generally check your equipment to make sure that it's in proper condition and is prepared to be moved. Of course, it's good to get your equipment ready to move before these professionals arrive, but they should take a last look before loading your equipment for best results.

3. Carefully Loading Equipment

Once your heavy equipment transportation crew has carefully looked everything over, then they should begin carefully loading your heavy equipment to prepare it for transport. This should be a relatively quick process, but of course, it should be done carefully. Once your equipment has been loaded on a truck or trailer, it should be strapped down or otherwise secured so that it will stay in place. Then, those who are handling the transportation equipment can leave your premises and head toward the destination where they will be dropping off your heavy equipment, such as at a work site that your company might be working on.

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