Heavy Equipment Transport in Idaho
Excavators, dozers, loaders and tractors moved across Idaho on the trailer each machine needs, with the state's oversize permits arranged before pickup.
Tell us about your shipment in 60 seconds
Your request is in the queue. Our team will text you in under 10 minutes during business hours with your custom quote.
Here is what we received. Our team reviews it and replies in under 10 minutes during business hours with your quote.
- PICKUP LOCATION
- DELIVERY LOCATION
- EQUIPMENT TYPE
- MAKE & MODEL
- WEIGHT (LBS)
- DIMENSIONS
- FULL NAME
- PHONE NUMBER
We'll text you at in under 10 minutes during business hours.
Save our number: +1 (888) 354-7402
Every carrier is vetted for operating authority and insurance, and we check the certificate before every dispatch, not once a year. USDOT 3411782 · MC 1100274
At a glance
Shipping in Idaho at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- I-84
- I-86
- I-15
- I-90
- I-184
- Port of Lewiston
How freight moves in Idaho
Freight in Idaho runs on I-84, I-86, I-15, I-90 and I-184. Ocean and river cargo moves through Port of Lewiston. The state's economy leans on agriculture (potatoes, dairy, hay, wheat), food processing, semiconductor and technology manufacturing and phosphate and mineral mining, and that is most of what moves on its roads.
Rules of the road
What shapes a move in Idaho
- When oversize loads can travel
On Idaho interstates and black-coded routes, oversize loads up to 12 ft wide, 120 ft long and 15 ft high may travel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while larger loads follow the route map restrictions, and on red-coded routes travel is limited to daylight, ends at 2 p.m. on Friday or the day before a holiday, and is not allowed on Saturday or Sunday. Source ↗
- Escort vehicles
Idaho rule leaves most pilot and escort requirements to the permit and to the ITD Pilot/Escort Vehicle Travel and Vertical Clearance of Structures Map, and a rear escort is required when the width of a load blocks the driver's view of the road 200 ft behind. Source ↗
- Seasonal conditions
ITD can post spring breakup load restrictions on state highways, limiting axle weights to 16,000, 14,000 or 12,000 lb, capping permitted width at 12 ft 6 in on affected two-lane roads, and holding trucks of 10,000 lb or more to 30 mph in critical areas.
When conditions are unsafe, ITD can require chains on commercial vehicles at Lookout Pass and Fourth of July Pass on I-90 and at Lolo Pass on US-12 (Idaho Code 49-948).
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 Idaho
Every state a load crosses issues its own oversize permit. These are the offices next door, closest first, with their legal limits.
Washington
WSDOT · Washington State Department of Transportation, Commercial Vehicle Services
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Utah
UDOT · Utah Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Division
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Oregon
ODOT · Oregon Department of Transportation, Commerce and Compliance Division
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Montana
MDT · Montana Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Services
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Nevada
NDOT · Nevada Department of Transportation, Over Dimensional Vehicle Permits
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Wyoming
WHP · Wyoming Highway Patrol, Commercial Carrier and Ports of Entry (Wyoming Department of Transportation)
Legal height: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Cities
Heavy Equipment Transport by city in Idaho
These are the busiest pickup points. Any address in Idaho works, including the towns between them.
BoiseAda County
Boise, the state capital and largest city, anchors the Treasure Valley, Idaho's most populous metro area, where I-84 links southwestern Idaho with Oregon to the west and Utah to the southeast.
- I-84
- I-184
- US-20/26
Idaho FallsBonneville County
Idaho Falls is the largest city in eastern Idaho, on I-15 along the Snake River Plain, and a regional hub for agriculture, energy research and trucking to Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
- I-15
- US-20
- US-26
- US-91
MeridianAda County
Meridian is Idaho's second-largest city, on I-84 between Boise and Nampa in the Treasure Valley, with Eagle Road (SH-55) and Meridian Road (SH-69) as its main north-south routes.
- I-84
- SH-55
- SH-69
NampaCanyon County
Nampa, in Canyon County, is Idaho's third-largest city and sits on I-84 in the western Treasure Valley, close to the Oregon line, with food processing and agricultural supply operations.
- I-84
- US-30
Coeur d'AleneKootenai County
Coeur d'Alene sits on I-90 in northern Idaho, about 30 miles east of Spokane, Washington, and is the gateway to the panhandle and to the I-90 route over Lookout Pass into Montana.
- I-90
- US-95
LewistonNez Perce County
Lewiston is the end point of the Columbia-Snake river system, about 465 miles from the Pacific, and its inland river port ships bulk commodities by barge downriver.
- US-12
- US-95
PocatelloBannock County
Pocatello, in southeastern Idaho, is where I-15 and I-86 meet and is a long-standing rail and trucking junction between the Intermountain West and the Pacific Northwest.
- I-15
- I-86
- US-30
- US-91
Twin FallsTwin Falls County
Twin Falls is the hub of the Magic Valley in south-central Idaho, on I-84 and US-93, in an area known for dairy, food processing and irrigated farming.
- I-84
- US-93
- US-30
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 Idaho
Who issues oversize permits in Idaho?
The Idaho Transportation Department, Commercial Vehicle Services (ITD). A load over the legal limits (14 ft (4.27 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 Idaho?
On Idaho interstates and black-coded routes, oversize loads up to 12 ft wide, 120 ft long and 15 ft high may travel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while larger loads follow the route map restrictions, and on red-coded routes travel is limited to daylight, ends at 2 p.m. on Friday or the day before a holiday, and is not allowed on Saturday or Sunday.
When does Idaho require escort vehicles?
Idaho rule leaves most pilot and escort requirements to the permit and to the ITD Pilot/Escort Vehicle Travel and Vertical Clearance of Structures Map, and a rear escort is required when the width of a load blocks the driver's view of the road 200 ft behind.
Are there seasonal restrictions in Idaho?
ITD can post spring breakup load restrictions on state highways, limiting axle weights to 16,000, 14,000 or 12,000 lb, capping permitted width at 12 ft 6 in on affected two-lane roads, and holding trucks of 10,000 lb or more to 30 mph in critical areas. When conditions are unsafe, ITD can require chains on commercial vehicles at Lookout Pass and Fourth of July Pass on I-90 and at Lolo Pass on US-12 (Idaho Code 49-948).
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.
How fast do you reply to a quote request?
In under 10 minutes during business hours, by text or phone for a move inside the U.S., and on WhatsApp for one going to Mexico.
Get a Free, No-Obligation Quote Today
Our logistics specialists are standing by. We reply in under 10 minutes.
Every carrier is vetted for operating authority and insurance, and we check the certificate before every dispatch, not once a year. USDOT 3411782 · MC 1100274