Heavy Equipment Transport in Lafayette, IN
Machines picked up in Lafayette and across Tippecanoe 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 Lafayette, IN at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- I-65
- US-52
- US-231
Moving machinery in and out of Lafayette
Lafayette is on I-65 about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis and across the Wabash River from West Lafayette and Purdue University, with automotive assembly, agriculture and research employers. Machines leave Lafayette on I-65, US-52 and US-231, 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 →
Distances
Heavy Equipment Transport from Lafayette to nearby cities
Straight-line distances. The road is longer, and your specialist confirms the real route.
Nearby cities
Indianapolis, IN
about 60 miles
Gary, IN
about 85 miles
South Bend, IN
about 95 miles
Joliet, IL
about 100 miles
Elkhart, IN
about 100 miles
Fort Wayne, IN
about 100 miles
Major metros
Mexico
Shipping from Lafayette to Mexico
Loads from Lafayette bound for Mexico are coordinated through the Texas crossings at Laredo and Pharr. The nearer one, Laredo, is about 1150 miles from Lafayette in a straight line, and customs brokers on both sides of the border handle the paperwork.
Questions about shipping in Lafayette, IN
Who handles permits for a machine leaving Lafayette?
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 Lafayette?
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 Lafayette, the closest neighbor is Illinois: Joliet is about 100 miles away, and that leg's permit comes from the Illinois Department of Transportation, Oversize/Overweight Permit Office (IDOT). Michigan is next, through the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
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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