The HETS or heavy equipment transport system is a logistics vehicle that was used by the military to transport and deploy armored personnel carriers or tanks. This term has also been infused into the world of construction as there are now heavy equipment transporters that are being hired to do the exact same thing as their military counterparts—transport. The big difference, though, is that heavy equipment transporters now carry machineries and construction equipments. Some of the most common machines that these movers transport are:
- backhoes
- Boring machines
- Articulated haulers
- bulldozers
- Concrete mixers
- compactors
- Concrete pumps
- Cranes
- Crushers
- Drilling rigs
- Ditch diggers
- Dump trucks
- Earth movers
- excavators
- forklifts
- Lifts
- Generators
- Light towers
- Log loaders
- Motor graders
- Pipe layers
- Oilfield drills
- Plow trucks
- Railroad equipment
- Road widening equipment
- Scrapers
- Snow equipment
- Skid steer loaders
- Stone slingers
- Tanks
- Trailers
- Tractors
- Utility equipment
- Water trucks
- Vacuum trucks
- Water towers
- Welders wheel loader and others.
The quotes that are given to customers all depend upon the size and type of the heavy equipment that is going to be transported. The quote would also add such aspects as the distance of the destination from the site where the heavy equipment will be loaded. There are also heavy machines that require special handling so there is also an additional fee for such.
Here is a comprehensive list of the types of heavy equipment transporters or haulers that are being used:
- Flatbeds—it can legally carry loads that weigh from 40-48 thousand kilos.
- Extendable Flat or Stretch (40-44 thousand kilos of legally allowable load)
- Dropdeck (40-46 thousand kilos of legal load capacity).
- Extendable Stepdeck (40-44 thousand kilos allowable load).
- Double Dropdeck (35-40 thousand kilos allowable weight).
- Double Extendible Drop (35-40 thousand kilograms of allowable load).
- Double Drop or Lowboy (36-42 thousand kilograms of allowable load).
- 35-Ton Lowboy
- 50-Ton Lowboy
- 75-Ton Lowboy
Leading Heavy Equipment Transporters in the UK:
- Mechanical Services (Dunstable) Ltd. (Dunstable/Berfordshire, UK)
- Advanced Machinery Relocations Ltd. (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK)
- King Lifting Ltd. (Bristol, UK)
- Projector Lifting Service Ltd. (Olney, Buckinghamshire, UK)
- Brendon International Ltd. (Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, UK)
- Euro Dismantling Services (EDS) Ltd. (Sheffield, UK)
- Armquest Industrial Services Ltd. (Manchester, UK)
- Tyne Trees Lifting Ltd. (Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, UK)
- John Sutch Cranes Ltd. (Manchester, UK)
- John Sutch Cranes North West (Liverpool, UK)
- It’s Your Move (Eastleight, Hampshire, UK)
These are just some of the leading names in equipment hauling across the UK. These companies’ services have been tested many times and most of them offer specialized services for each customer’s specifications.