Texas Heavy Equipment Transport

What Are Texas's Major Cities And Roadways?

Texas is the second largest state in the country, after Alaska. Texas is more than 650 miles wide at its widest and almost 800 miles long at its longest The major east/west interstates include I-10, which runs from New Mexico to Louisiana through San Antonio and Houston., and I-20, which travels from west Texas, through Dallas and into Arkansas. On the north/south axis, I-35 runs between Dallas to San Antonio while I-45 travels between Dallas and Houston.

With more than 2 million people, Houston is the most populous city in Texas. San Antonio and Dallas each have more than a million residents. Dallas and Fort Worth were two of the fastest growing cities in the country in 2018. The 10 largest cities in Texas are:

1. Houston;
2. San Antonio;
3. Dallas;
4. Austin;
5. Fort Worth;
6. El Paso;
7. Arlington;
8. Corpus Christi;
9. Plano;
10. Laredo.

What Are The Height, Weight, & Width Restrictions In Texas?

Transports that exceed the state restrictions for weight, height, width or length must obtain oversize permits to travel in Texas. Texas permits loads that are about ½-foot taller than allowed in most states. The limit in Texas is 14 feet, while most states restrict loads to 13-feet 6-inches in height.

The dimensional restrictions in the state of Texas include:

• Maximum weight: 80,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW);
• Maximum height: 14 feet;
• Maximum width: 8 feet 6 inches.

What Are Texas's Length Restrictions?

Texas permits trailers to be slightly longer than is allowed most states. Yet total length limits in the state remain fairly conservative. The state allows rear overhang of four feet in the rear and front overhang of two feet. Travel trailers are restricted to 28 feet 6 inches in Texas.

Trailer length maximums in Texas include:

• Total length: 65 feet;
• Trailer length: 59 feet;
• Motor home length: 45 feet.

What Are The Oversize Transport Permits In Texas?

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles allows oversize loads to travel from ½-hour before sunrise to ½-hour after sunset each day of the week. Loads that are less than 100-feet long can travel at night only on interstates in Texas. If your load can travel within the state without using an interstate, the maximum width allowed is 20 feet. Otherwise, 16 feet is the limit. Loads taller than 18-feet 11-inches require route surveys for permits.

Restrictions for permitted oversize loads in Texas include:

• Maximum Weight: 240,000 pounds;
• Maximum Length: 180 feet total;
• Maximum Height: 18 feet 11 inches;
• Maximum Width: 16 feet.

What Are Texas's Major Auction Houses?

Ask Freedom Heavy Haul to transport your heavy equipment to or from any auction house in Texas. Opened in 2016, the Houston location of Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers has become one of the busiest heavy equipment auction houses in the country. The nationwide company also operates an office in Fort Worth. Likewise, Alex Lyon and Sons has a Fort Worth location. Equify Auctions, based in Ft. Worth, has auction facilities in Cisco, Wills Point and Sealy.

Other major equipment auction houses in Texas include:

• J. Kane, Waxahachie;
• Beazley Auctioneers, Plano;
• Berryhill Auctioneers, Hurst;
• Noonday Tractor and Auctions, Flint;
• Terrapoint, Lakeway;
• Fojtik Auction and Equipment, Mathis;
• Catching Brothers, Sherman;
• Mark Switzer Auction, Sealy.

What Are Some Major Rental Centers In Texas?

Turn to Freedom Heavy Haul to ship your heavy equipment to or from any rental center in Texas. In addition to operating equipment rentals at Lowe’s stores, Sunbelt Rentals has around a half dozen rental centers in Texas that specialize in oil-and-gas and pump-and-power equipment. Sunbelt also operates a central service facility in Fort Worth.

Rent-A-Center has multiple locations throughout the state. Herc Rentals has a couple locations in Texas, and Aztec Rental runs two stores in southeastern Texas. Other prominent equipment rental centers in Texas include:

• A-1 Rental, Jacksonville and Tyler;
• ABC Equipment Rental, Dallas;
• Bandera Rentals, Bandera;
• Blue Line Rental, Midland;
• Hendershot Equipment, Decatur;
• Redtail Equipment Rental, College Station;
• Safe Way Rental, Austin and Round Rock;
• Tejas Equipment Rental, New Braunfels.