Low Loader Hire in Colchester

Colchester Road Haulage offers Low Loader Hire and other solutions to those in Colchester, Essex and around the surrounding areas.

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Low Loader Hire in Colchester

Need a digger moved from a site in Chelmsford to a yard in Clacton, or a telehandler taken back to the depot at the end of a contract? Our low loader hire in Colchester gives you a trailer, a tractor unit and a driver for the job. The driver loads the machine, secures it, drives it and unloads it at the other end. We do not offer self-drive hire, so you never need your own HGV driver or operator licence to get plant moved.

We work for groundworks firms, plant hire companies, builders, landscapers, farms and manufacturers across Colchester, north Essex and the wider county. All of our vehicles operate under the goods vehicle operator licensing rules, and our drivers carry the licences needed for articulated low loaders.

What you get when you book

Each booking is for a complete movement. We choose the trailer from your machine's measurements, check the route, and send notice to the police and highway authorities when the load requires it. The driver arrives at the agreed time, oversees loading, secures the load with chains and binders, and delivers it. Our price covers the job from collection to delivery.

Common loads in Essex

• Excavators and mini diggers moving between building plots
• Dumpers, rollers and compaction equipment
• Telehandlers and forklifts going on or off hire
• Tractors and agricultural machinery between farms
• Cherry pickers and boom lifts
• Generators, compressors and tall site equipment

For machines that fit comfortably on a standard flatbed, our plant machinery transport in Colchester may be the simpler and cheaper choice. We will point you that way if it fits.

How we pick the trailer

The machine's travelling height, its weight, the length of the deck it needs and its track width all feed into the choice. Step-frame trailers handle most construction plant. Low beds are for taller loads. Extendable trailers take long items such as beams or crane booms. If the machine can drive itself up the ramps, we check its ground clearance and the ramp angle first. If it cannot, we plan how it will be lifted on.

Wide and heavy loads

Plant wider than 3 metres, or a total weight over 44 tonnes, means the move is no longer standard. Notice has to be given in advance, an escort may be needed and the route must avoid structures that cannot take the load. Our abnormal and wide loads service takes care of the wide and oversize side, while our heavy haulage service plans the weight-led jobs.

On-hire and off-hire runs

A large share of our low loader work in Essex is plant going out on hire or coming back at the end of a contract. Hire companies need machines delivered on the day the contract starts, and contractors want them gone the day the work finishes, so off-hire charges stop. We fit around those dates where we can and tell you straight away if a slot is not possible. For multi-machine deliveries to one site, we can plan the order so the first machine on site is the one the gang needs first. If a machine is coming back from site damaged or will not start, let us know before the driver arrives so the loading method can change. That kind of detail is what keeps a low loader job to the time it was booked for rather than turning into a half day of waiting around.

Areas covered

We supply low loaders with drivers across Colchester, Chelmsford, Braintree, Clacton, Harlow, Basildon, Southend and Sudbury, and on into Suffolk, London and the rest of the UK. A lot of our work starts or finishes on the A12 and A120 corridors, but we go wherever the machine needs to be.

Why choose our low loader hire

• A professional driver comes with every low loader
• Trailer sized to your machine from the measurements you give us
• Route planned around low bridges and weight limits
• Notices sent to the police and highway authorities when required by law
• Collection to delivery covered in one price

If the job is moving workshop or factory machines between premises, our machinery movers in Colchester are set up for exactly that.

Frequently asked questions

Is self-drive low loader hire available?

No. We only supply low loaders with our own drivers. That way the loading, securing and driving all sit with people trained to do it.

Can you move plant at short notice?

Sometimes. It depends on vehicle availability and the size of the load. Loads that need authority notice cannot move until the notice period has passed, which is at least two clear working days.

What happens if the machine is wider than the trailer?

We plan for it. A wider load may need a different trailer and advance notice to the authorities. Give us the overall width, including tracks or stabilisers, so we can plan correctly.

Do I need to be on site when the low loader arrives?

Someone needs to be there to show the driver the machine and confirm the delivery point, and to hand over keys if the machine is driving onto the trailer.

What details should I send?

The machine's weight and dimensions, the collection and delivery addresses, the date and any access problems. A photo and model number are always useful.

Book low loader hire in Colchester

Send us the machine details and both addresses, and we will confirm the trailer and give you a price. Call us or use the contact form.