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Heavy Equipment Transport in Indianapolis, IN

Machines picked up in Indianapolis and across Marion County, from the jobsite, the yard or the dealer, on the trailer each one needs and with the permits arranged before pickup.

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At a glance

Shipping in Indianapolis, IN at a glance

The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.

Highways
  • I-65
  • I-69
  • I-70
  • I-74
  • I-465
Oversize permit officeIndiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services (Indiana DOR)Official permit page ↗
Legal height13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)before a permit is needed
Legal width8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Maximum gross weight80,000 lb (36,287 kg) Source ↗

Moving machinery in and out of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, the Crossroads of America, sits where I-65, I-69, I-70 and I-74 meet and is ringed by I-465, with a very large trucking and warehouse base and a major overnight air cargo hub at its international airport. Machines leave Indianapolis on I-65, I-69, I-70, I-74 and I-465, and a load taller than 13 ft 6 in needs a Indiana DOR permit for the exact route.

Rules of the road

What shapes a move in Indiana

  • When oversize loads can travel

    In Indiana, permit loads up to 10 ft wide, 110 ft long, 13 ft 6 in high and under 200,000 lb may travel continuously seven days a week, larger loads are limited to daylight hours, and no permit movement is allowed on state highways from noon on the last weekday before New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas until half an hour before sunrise the day after. Source ↗

Rules change. The specialist on your move checks the current ones for your exact route before anything is booked.

Heavy Equipment Transport in Indiana: every rule, with its source →

Mexico

Shipping from Indianapolis to Mexico

Loads from Indianapolis bound for Mexico are coordinated through the Texas crossings at Laredo and Pharr. The nearer one, Laredo, is about 1140 miles from Indianapolis in a straight line, and customs brokers on both sides of the border handle the paperwork.

Heavy equipment to Mexico → The Laredo crossing →

Questions about shipping in Indianapolis, IN

Who handles permits for a machine leaving Indianapolis?

In Indiana they come from the Indiana Department of Revenue, Motor Carrier Services (Indiana DOR), and if the route crosses other states each one issues its own. They are arranged before pickup, for the exact route.

Can you pick up at a jobsite in Indianapolis?

Yes. Tell us whether there is a ramp, a forklift or a crane for loading and what the access is like; the carrier confirms it with you before arrival.

What if the machine leaves Indiana?

Each state on the route issues its own permit. From Indianapolis, the closest neighbor is Ohio: Cincinnati is about 100 miles away, and that leg's permit comes from the Ohio Department of Transportation, Special Hauling Permits (ODOT). Kentucky is next, through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers (KYTC).

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.

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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