Heavy Equipment Transport in Alabama
Excavators, dozers, loaders and tractors moved across Alabama on the trailer each machine needs, with the state's oversize permits arranged before pickup.
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At a glance
Shipping in Alabama at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- I-10
- I-20
- I-22
- I-59
- I-65
- I-85
- I-565
- I-459
- Port of Mobile
How freight moves in Alabama
Freight in Alabama runs on I-10, I-20, I-22, I-59, I-65 and I-85. Ocean and river cargo moves through Port of Mobile. The state's economy leans on automotive manufacturing and parts, aerospace and defense, steel and metal products and forest products and paper, and that is most of what moves on its roads.
Rules of the road
What shapes a move in Alabama
- When oversize loads can travel
Permitted oversize loads may travel in daylight hours only, and not at any time on Sundays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. Source ↗
- Escort vehicles
Loads 12 to 14 feet wide need a front escort on two-lane roads or a rear escort on multilane roads, loads over 14 feet wide need both a front and a rear escort, and loads over 15 feet 6 inches tall need a front escort with a height indicator. Source ↗
- Seasonal conditions
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and Gulf storms can disrupt freight around Mobile and along the I-10 and I-65 corridors.
Permitted oversize loads may not travel when visibility drops below 500 feet or when weather makes the roads hazardous, and must park at the first safe place until conditions improve.
Rules change. The specialist on your move checks the current ones for your exact route before anything is booked.
Permits by state
If the route leaves Alabama
Every state a load crosses issues its own oversize permit. These are the offices next door, closest first, with their legal limits.
Mississippi
MDOT · Mississippi Department of Transportation, Permit & Motor Carrier Division
Legal height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Florida
FDOT · Florida Department of Transportation
Legal height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Tennessee
TDOT · Tennessee Department of Transportation, Oversize and Overweight Permit Office
Legal height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Georgia
Georgia DPS · Georgia Department of Public Safety, Oversize Permit Unit
Legal height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Cities
Heavy Equipment Transport by city in Alabama
These are the busiest pickup points. Any address in Alabama works, including the towns between them.
BirminghamJefferson County
Birmingham is the largest metro in Alabama and a crossroads where I-20, I-59 and I-65 meet, with several Class I rail lines and a large steel, metal and distribution base.
- I-20
- I-59
- I-65
- I-22
HuntsvilleMadison County
Huntsville is an aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing center in north Alabama, reached from I-65 by I-565, with an international airport and an intermodal center that move air, rail and truck freight.
- I-565
- I-65
- US-72
- US-231
MobileMobile County
Mobile is home to the Port of Mobile, Alabama's deepwater seaport on the Gulf of Mexico, with container, bulk and breakbulk terminals tied to the interior by I-10, I-65 and Class I rail lines.
- I-10
- I-65
- I-165
- US-90
DecaturMorgan County
Decatur sits on the Tennessee River and I-65 west of Huntsville, with river barge access and a concentration of chemical, metals and aerospace plants.
- I-65
- US-31
- US-72
- US-67
DothanHouston County
Dothan is the main hub of the Wiregrass region in southeast Alabama, a peanut and agricultural processing center on US-231 near the Florida and Georgia lines.
- US-231
- US-84
- US-431
MontgomeryMontgomery County
Montgomery, the state capital, sits where I-65 and I-85 meet, with an automotive assembly plant, a supplier network and regional distribution along the corridor.
- I-65
- I-85
- US-80
- US-231
TuscaloosaTuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa sits on I-20 and I-59 along the Black Warrior River in west Alabama, with an automotive assembly plant and a steel and metals industry that ship out by truck and rail.
- I-20
- I-59
- I-359
- US-82
Heavy Equipment Transport
Trailers and machines
RGN (removable gooseneck)
The neck detaches so tracked and wheeled machines drive on at deck level.
Lowboy
A deck close to the ground for tall machines that would break the legal height on a flatbed.
Step deck
For loaders, tractors and skid steers that clear the height limit on its lower deck.
Flatbed
For attachments, smaller machines and anything loaded by forklift or crane.
Questions about shipping in Alabama
Who issues oversize permits in Alabama?
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT). A load over the legal limits (13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) tall, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) wide) needs its permit for the exact route, and it is arranged before pickup so the machine does not wait at the yard.
When can an oversize load travel in Alabama?
Permitted oversize loads may travel in daylight hours only, and not at any time on Sundays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day.
When does Alabama require escort vehicles?
Loads 12 to 14 feet wide need a front escort on two-lane roads or a rear escort on multilane roads, loads over 14 feet wide need both a front and a rear escort, and loads over 15 feet 6 inches tall need a front escort with a height indicator.
Are there seasonal restrictions in Alabama?
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and Gulf storms can disrupt freight around Mobile and along the I-10 and I-65 corridors. Permitted oversize loads may not travel when visibility drops below 500 feet or when weather makes the roads hazardous, and must park at the first safe place until conditions improve.
Which trailer does my machine need?
The machine decides: its weight, height, width and whether it drives on. Tracked machines usually ride an RGN or a lowboy, loaders and tractors a step deck, attachments a flatbed. With the make, model and dimensions we tell you which before we quote.
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