Heavy Equipment Transport in Alaska
Excavators, dozers, loaders and tractors moved across Alaska on the trailer each machine needs, with the state's oversize permits arranged before pickup.
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At a glance
Shipping in Alaska at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- Glenn Highway
- Parks Highway
- Richardson Highway
- Seward Highway
- Alaska Highway
- Dalton Highway
- Port of Alaska (Anchorage)
How freight moves in Alaska
Freight in Alaska runs on Glenn Highway, Parks Highway, Richardson Highway, Seward Highway, Alaska Highway and Dalton Highway. Ocean and river cargo moves through Port of Alaska (Anchorage). The state's economy leans on oil and gas, commercial fishing and seafood, mining and air cargo and Pacific freight, and that is most of what moves on its roads.
Rules of the road
What shapes a move in Alaska
- When oversize loads can travel
Over-width loads are limited to daylight hours unless the permit authorizes travel in darkness with extra lighting and reflective tape, and permits can bar movement after noon on Saturday, all day Sunday and during the Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day holiday periods. Source ↗
- Escort vehicles
Alaska requires at least one pilot/escort vehicle for loads wider than 10 feet 6 inches, two above 12 feet, three above 14 feet and four above 18 feet, and a front escort with a height pole for loads taller than 17 feet. Source ↗
- Seasonal conditions
Spring breakup brings seasonal weight restrictions that usually run from mid to late March through late June in Interior Alaska, can cut allowable gross weight by as much as 50 percent for vehicles over 10,000 pounds, and may apply to all state routes, including the Dalton Highway.
The state transportation department tells permitted carriers to check the 511 road conditions service before moving a load.
Rules change. The specialist on your move checks the current ones for your exact route before anything is booked.
Cities
Heavy Equipment Transport by city in Alaska
These are the busiest pickup points. Any address in Alaska works, including the towns between them.
AnchorageMunicipality of Anchorage
Anchorage is Alaska's largest city and its freight gateway: the Port of Alaska handles about half of the state's inbound cargo, and the state's main rail line, the Glenn, Seward and Parks highways and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport all converge here.
- Glenn Highway
- Seward Highway
- Parks Highway
FairbanksFairbanks North Star Borough
Fairbanks is the hub of Interior Alaska, linked to Anchorage by the Parks Highway and to the Lower 48 by the Alaska Highway through Canada, and it is the staging point for freight headed north on the Elliott and Dalton highways toward the North Slope.
- Parks Highway
- Richardson Highway
- Steese Highway
- Elliott Highway
JuneauCity and Borough of Juneau
Juneau, the state capital, has no road connection to the rest of Alaska or to Canada, so vehicles, equipment and freight arrive by barge, ocean freight or ferry and by air.
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 Alaska
Who issues oversize permits in Alaska?
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Compliance (DOT&PF). A load over the legal limits (15 ft (4.57 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 Alaska?
Over-width loads are limited to daylight hours unless the permit authorizes travel in darkness with extra lighting and reflective tape, and permits can bar movement after noon on Saturday, all day Sunday and during the Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day holiday periods.
When does Alaska require escort vehicles?
Alaska requires at least one pilot/escort vehicle for loads wider than 10 feet 6 inches, two above 12 feet, three above 14 feet and four above 18 feet, and a front escort with a height pole for loads taller than 17 feet.
Are there seasonal restrictions in Alaska?
Spring breakup brings seasonal weight restrictions that usually run from mid to late March through late June in Interior Alaska, can cut allowable gross weight by as much as 50 percent for vehicles over 10,000 pounds, and may apply to all state routes, including the Dalton Highway. The state transportation department tells permitted carriers to check the 511 road conditions service before moving a load.
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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