Minnesota To Wisconsin Heavy Haulers Equipment Transport Service

Wisconsin is more than 300 miles long and more than 250 miles wideWisconsin maintains more than 110,00 miles of public roadways. Interstate highways account for just 750 miles of highway in the state, but nearly 12,000 miles of federal and state highways are connected to the interstates. I-94, the major interstate in Wisconsin, runs diagonally east/west between the Minnesota border and Milwaukee, then heads south into Illinois. I-43 goes north/south between Green Bay and Milwaukee. I-94 links Madison and Milwaukee.

Wisconsin has almost 6 million residents. It’s the 23^rd largest state. With more than 600,000 people, Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin. Madison, the second most populous city in the state, has less than half the population of Milwaukee. Hobart, a small village near Green Bay, was the fastest growing city in the state in 2017. The 10 largest cities in Wisconsin are:

1. Milwaukee;
2. Madison;
3. Green Bay;
4. Kenosha;
5. Racine;
6. Appleton;
7. Waukesha;
8. Eau Claire;
9. Oshkosh;
10. Janesville.

Heavy equipment shipments that exceed the dimensional maximums must apply for travel permits to operate in Wisconsin. Some counties in the state don’t allow travel after noon on Saturday through Sunday. Friday rush hours are restricted, too. On weekdays, oversize travel is allowed between sunrise and sunset. The state has Frost Laws that restrict the transportation of oversize loads during periods of cold and ice from March 15 until May 15.

The dimensional restrictions in the state of Wisconsin include:

Maximum weight: 80,000 Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW);

Maximum height: 13 feet 6 inches;

Maximum width: 8 feet 6 inches.

Rules restricting the length of tractor-trailer combinations are slightly more lenient in Wisconsin than in other states. Though single vehicles are restricted to 45-foot long trailers, double trailers are allowed to be as long as 75 feet. The state allows a 3-foot overhang in the front and a 4-foot overhang in the rear.

Trailer length maximums in Wisconsin include:

Total length: 75 feet;

Trailer length: 48 feet;

Motor home length: 45 feet.

You can obtain oversize permits to travel on Wisconsin roads from the Department of Transportation. As long as they’re less than 100-feet long, 12-feet wide and 14-fett 6-inches tall, oversize loads are allowed to travel at any time. Larger loads are restricted to daylight hours, with further rules governing the movement of oversize loads in the state’s large cities. With special route planning, you can ship loads as tall as 15 feet 6 inches.

The maximum dimensions for oversize loads in Wisconsin include:

Maximum Weight: 150,000 pounds;

Maximum Length: 130 feet total;

Maximum Height: 16 feet;

Maximum Width: 14 feet.

Let Freedom Heavy Haul ship your heavy equipment to or from any auction house in Wisconsin. Two nationwide auction services companies maintain auction showrooms in the state: Alex Lyons & Sons operates out of Mt. Pleasant, while J.J. Kane has an operation in South Beloit

Other independent equipment auction houses in Wisconsin include:

• Auction Specialists, Fond du Lac;
• Badger Corporation, Lomira;
• Bruce Hill, Viroqua;
• Great Lakes Auction, Milwaukee;
• Hanson & Young, Prairie Farm;
• Nitke Auction Center, Kronenwetter;
• Powers Auctions, South Wayne;
• Wisconsin Tractor, Columbus.

Contact Freedom Heavy Haul to transport your heavy equipment to any rental center in Wisconsin. United Rentals, the largest rental-center company in the country, runs nearly 10 stores in Wisconsin. Sunbelt Rentals has about a half dozen locations in the state. Farrell Equipment also operates six rental equipment stores in the Wisconsin.

Other major equipment rental centers in Wisconsin include:

• 1^st Choice Equipment, Kenosha;
• Badgers Contractors Rentals, Madison;
• Boss Equipment, St. Croix Falls;
• Brooks Tractor, Plover;
• Kelbe Brothers, Madison and Butler;
• Midstate Equipment Rental, Columbus;
• Wood Street Rental Center, Stevens Point;
• YES-JCB, Milwaukee.