Heavy Haul Equipment Shipping in Ontario

Heavy haul equipment shipping is used for machinery or freight that exceeds standard legal size or weight limits. Common examples include excavators, loaders, cranes, industrial machinery, modular components, and oversized manufacturing equipment. These shipments often require specialized trailers, load securement, route planning, permits, and sometimes escort vehicles to move safely and compliantly.

The right trailer depends on the equipment’s length, width, height, weight, ground clearance, and loading method. Sims Global Solutions supports open-deck options such as flatbeds, step decks, RGN lowboys, multi-axle trailers, and double drops. For taller or heavier machinery, lower deck heights and axle configurations help manage legal height limits and road weight restrictions.

Yes. Heavy haul and oversized transportation often requires permits based on state, provincial, municipal, bridge, and route restrictions. Sims Global Solutions works with permitting and route planning teams to identify required approvals, assess road conditions, account for seasonal restrictions, and help coordinate escort services when load dimensions or regulations require them.

Transit time depends on the load dimensions, permit approval timelines, escort requirements, weather, route restrictions, and distance. Oversized moves can take longer than standard freight because certain routes, travel windows, or daylight-only restrictions may apply. Planning early helps reduce delays, especially for Ontario-area moves affected by winter conditions or congested industrial corridors.

Pricing is based on equipment dimensions and weight, trailer type, origin and destination, permits, escorts, crane or rigging needs, route complexity, and delivery timing. A complete quote typically requires make and model details, photos if available, loading requirements, and site access information so the team can match the shipment with suitable capacity.

Yes. Sims Global Solutions offers crane and rigging services that can be paired with heavy haul transportation. This helps support a start-to-finish move, including site assessment, lift planning, rigging, securement, and coordination with route and permitting teams so the equipment can be positioned safely at the final job site.

SimsTrak, the company’s Transportation Management System, provides real-time shipment tracking, updates, consolidated billing, and reporting. For heavy haul moves, this visibility helps customers monitor progress, stay informed about milestones, and reduce uncertainty when equipment is moving across long distances, through regulated routes, or on a tight project schedule.

Sims Global Solutions serves customers across North America and internationally through extensive carrier relationships, asset-based capabilities, and multimodal logistics support. The company’s network includes over 150,000 carriers and specialized capacity for oversized, overweight, and high-value freight, helping customers move complex equipment across regional, national, and cross-border lanes.