We have the experience to ship your heavy haul reliably to or from Louisiana
Freedom Heavy Haul can assist with any type of sized Heavy Hauling tasks to or from the great state of Louisiana or anywhere within the USA.
Freedom Heavy Haul Trucking, Transport Hauling, Shipping and Movers is an industry leader in safe and efficient heavy haul shipments to and from Louisiana.
Our devices ranges from Flat Deck, Step Deck, multi-axle stretch RGN/Lowboy, Perimeter, Beam, Landoll, and much more. We have the experience as well as capability to deliver any kind of oversized, over-dimensional, or overweight items anywhere in Louisiana or within the entire USA.
Think about Freedom Heavy Haul as your leading choice to help if you're requiring aid shipping your building devices or heavy machinery to Louisiana.
We've obtained decades of in-house experience with Heavy Haul Trucking, delivering a range of over-dimensional lots around the State of Louisiana, as well as we just work with the best as well as most reliable Heavy Haul carriers on the road.
Whatever the situation as well as questions you have, we have answers and also the capability to do the job. We'll work both tough as well as clever to deliver your equipment or machinery to any kind of place you want!
How it works
Schedule online or by phone for your heavy haul shipment
Set up a heavy haul shipment with Freedom Heavy Haul, and also you'll be amazed at just how easy it is! All you have to do is enter your get in touch with and also delivery details right into our on-line kind. Or give that info to one of our devoted transportation representatives over the phone. Simply provide your pickup/delivery zip codes and also the kind of thing you require to be moved with dimensions.
We focus on helping you choose the best trailer to fit your needs. Our agents have skilled expertise regarding flatbed trailers, step-deck trailers, and RGN trailers.
Based upon the dimensions, we pick the proper equipment to match your shipment.
One of our professional Heavy Haul Trucking, Transport Hauling, Shipping and Moving organizers will deal with you to organize a devices pickup date and also time which works ideal for you. We do our extremely best to work around your timetable when you ship your equipment straight with Freedom Heavy Haul!
Depending on the delivery size, we might fill the very same day! For bigger deliveries, we could require a little even more time for journey preparation and oversized allowing. For super tons, a route survey might be necessary to identify the carrier's path before traveling. Whatever is needed, we can manage it! Among our specialist Heavy Haul coordinators will certainly work with you to guarantee that we pick the very best option to obtain your work done as rapidly and, most notably, cost-effectively.
Our Heavy Hauling Trucking carriers will deliver your shipment to its destination.
You can call your heavy haul transporter any time during your delivery to ask questions about arrival times and also anything else that might be on your mind. Our heavy haul truckers undertake strenuous security and also step-by-step training to make sure that your cargo is secure every action of the method! You or a person you appoint will certainly perform a final shipment examination, approve a Bill of Lading, and you're done!
Heavy Hauling is complex, and also you should only rely on a person with the proper understanding as well as experience. Contact Freedom Heavy Haul today.
Learn more about the great State of Louisiana
Choose Freedom Heavy Haul to haul your heavy equipment between Louisiana and any other state in the union.
Louisiana is one of the most important agricultural states in the country. With more than 7,700 miles of coastline, the state also produces about a quarter of the seafood harvested in the US each year. Louisiana is a major producer of rice, corn, soybeans and sugar cane. The state has nearly 30,000 farms, all of which require heavy agricultural equipment transportation from time to time. A big logging state, Louisiana maintains more than 14 million acres of forest. John Deere builds motor scrapers, sugarcane harvesters, sugarcane loaders and landscape loaders at its plant in Thibodeaux.
Louisiana features 14 ports, with seven on the Mississippi River and two on the Gulf of Mexico;
- Port of Alliance;
- Port of Baton Rouge;
- Port of Bellevue;
- Port of Fourchon;
- Port of Gramercy;
- Port of Krotz Springs;
- Port of Lake Charles;
- Port of Morgan City;
- Port of New Orleans;
- Plaquemines Port;
- Port of Shreveport/Bossier;
- Bernard Port;
- Port of S. Louisiana;
- Port of Terrebonne.
New Orleans
390,845 residents
Baton Rouge
224,149 residents
Shreveport
192,035 residents
What Are Louisiana's Major Cities And Roadways?
Louisiana is the 31st biggest state in the union by acreage. The state is nearly 380 miles long and almost 130 miles wide. Louisiana only has about 60,000 miles of public roadways, less than 1,000 miles of which is interstate highway. In the northern portion of the state, I-20 runs east/west between and Mississippi and Texas. I-10 also travels east/west across the state, linking New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette in the southern portion of the state. Louisiana’s main north/south interstate is I-49, which runs between Lafayette and Shreveport.
With more than 350,000 people, New Orleans remains the largest city the in the state. But Baton Rouge and Shreveport each have more than 200,000 residents. Surprisingly, New Orleans, which has added nearly 50,000 residents since 2009, was the fastest growing city in Louisiana in 2017. The 10 largest cities in Louisiana are:
- New Orleans;
- Baton Rouge;
- Shreveport;
- Metairie;
- Lafayette;
- Lake Charles;
- Kenner;
- Bossier City;
- Monroe;
- Alexandria.
What Are The Height, Weight, & Width Restrictions In Louisiana?
Heavy equipment shipments that exceed the maximum dimensions established by the state must obtain oversize permits to use the roads in Louisiana.
The dimensional restrictions in the state of Louisiana include:
Maximum weight: 80,000 Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW);
Maximum height: 13 feet 6 inches;
Maximum width: 8 feet 6 inches.
What Are Louisiana's Length Restrictions?
Overall length restrictions in Louisiana are similar to rules in other southern states. On designated routes, the maximum length is 59 feet 6 inches. Notice that the trailer-length limit, at 50 feet, is slightly shorter than the normal 53 feet. Twin trailers are limited to 30 feet in length. Â The state permits overhang of four feet in the front and eight feet in the rear.
Trailer length maximums in Louisiana include:
Total length: 65 feet on non-designated routes;
Trailer length: 50 feet;
Motor home length: 45 feet.
What Are The Oversize Transport Permits In Louisiana?
Permits to ship oversize loads in Louisiana can be obtained from the state Department of Transportation and Development. The movement of oversize loads is allowed from between ½-hour before sunrise to ½-hour after sunset on weekdays on Monday through Saturday. Loads that are less than 100,000 pounds, 9o-feet long and 12-feet wide can travel from ½-hour before sunset until 1 p.m. on Sundays. No transportation of oversize equipment is permitted on major holidays. Oversize loads must avoid bridges near New Orleans during morning and evening rush hours.
Oversize shipments that exceed dimensional regulations must apply for Super Load permits. The maximum oversize dimensions that Louisiana allows include:
Maximum Weight:Â 152,000 pounds;
Maximum Length: 110 feet total;
Maximum Height:Â 14 feet;
Maximum Width:Â Â 14 feet.
What Are Louisiana's Major Auction Houses?
Ask Freedom Heavy Haul to ship your heavy equipment to or from any auction house in Louisiana. There are no national auction houses in Louisiana, which opens up room for independent businesses to operate.
The most prominent equipment auction houses in Louisiana include:
- Action Auction, West Monroe;
- Bonnette Auction, Alexandria;
- Bruchhaus & Bruchhaus, Elton;
- Guinn Auction, Jennings;
- Henderson Auctions, Livingston;
- Mid South Machinery, West Monroe;
- Pederson & Pederson, Lake Charles;
- Sunbelt Auction, Winnsboro.
What Are Some Major Rental Centers In Louisiana?
Call Freedom Heavy Haul to transport your heavy equipment to or from any rental center in Louisiana. United Rentals has more than 15 locations in the state. Sunbelt Rentals also operates nearly 15 stores in Louisiana. Scott Equipment operates a dozen rental locations spread throughout the state. General Rental Center has two stores in the state, in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Herc Rentals runs a store in Baton Rouge.
Other independent equipment rental centers in Louisiana include:
- Amite Rent All, Amite City;
- Blue Line Rental, Alexandria;
- Everything Rental Center, Opeiousas;
- H&E Equipment, Baton Rouge;
- Oge’s Rental Center, Lafayette;
- Lafayette Rental Center, Lafayette;
- Louisiana Cat, Reserve;
- New Orleans Rental Center, Kenner.
