Heavy Equipment Transport in Kansas
Excavators, dozers, loaders and tractors moved across Kansas on the trailer each machine needs, with the state's oversize permits arranged before pickup.
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At a glance
Shipping in Kansas at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- I-70
- I-35
- I-135
- I-435
- I-235
- I-635
How freight moves in Kansas
Freight in Kansas runs on I-70, I-35, I-135, I-435, I-235 and I-635. The state's economy leans on agriculture (wheat, corn, sorghum, cattle), beef packing and meat processing, aircraft and aerospace manufacturing and oil, natural gas and wind energy, and that is most of what moves on its roads.
Rules of the road
What shapes a move in Kansas
- When oversize loads can travel
In Kansas, oversize vehicles under a special permit may not operate from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise, while overweight-only permit loads may run around the clock except on icy or snowy roads. Source ↗
- Escort vehicles
Kansas requires escort vehicles for loads wider than 14 ft, superloads and large structures, and on highways with fewer than four lanes both a front and a rear escort are required. Source ↗
- Seasonal conditions
Kansas permit loads may not be moved when visibility is under one-half mile, in moderate to heavy rain, sleet, snow, fog or smoke, or when the road surface is slippery from ice, packed snow or rain.
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 Kansas
Every state a load crosses issues its own oversize permit. These are the offices next door, closest first, with their legal limits.
Missouri
MoDOT · Missouri Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Services
Legal height: 14 ft on Interstates and designated highways (13 ft 6 in on other roads)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Oklahoma
ODOT · Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Size and Weight Permits
Legal height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Nebraska
NDOT · Nebraska Department of Transportation, Permits Office
Legal height: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Colorado
CDOT · Colorado Department of Transportation
Legal height: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Legal width: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Cities
Heavy Equipment Transport by city in Kansas
These are the busiest pickup points. Any address in Kansas works, including the towns between them.
Kansas CityWyandotte County
Kansas City, Kansas is in the Kansas City metro where I-70, I-35, I-435 and I-635 meet, with large rail yards and an automobile assembly plant.
- I-70
- I-35
- I-435
- I-635
Overland ParkJohnson County
Overland Park is the second-largest city in Kansas, in the southern Kansas City metro along I-35 and I-435, with corporate offices, healthcare and distribution employers.
- I-35
- I-435
- US-69
TopekaShawnee County
Topeka, the state capital, is in northeast Kansas where I-70 meets I-470 and the Kansas Turnpike (I-335), with rail yards and food manufacturing.
- I-70
- I-470
- I-335
- US-75
WichitaSedgwick County
Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, sits on the Kansas Turnpike (I-35) and I-135 and is known as the Air Capital of the World for its aircraft manufacturing and aerospace supplier base.
- I-35
- I-135
- I-235
- US-54
Dodge CityFord County
Dodge City, in southwest Kansas on US-50, US-283 and US-400, is a beef-packing and cattle-feeding center on the western plains.
- US-50
- US-283
- US-400
Garden CityFinney County
Garden City, in southwest Kansas on US-50 and US-83, is a major beef-packing and feedlot hub with heavy livestock, feed grain and refrigerated truck traffic.
- US-50
- US-83
- US-400
OlatheJohnson County
Olathe, on I-35 southwest of Kansas City, is a fast-growing Johnson County city near Logistics Park Kansas City, a large intermodal rail terminal and industrial park in Edgerton.
- I-35
- I-435
- K-10
- US-56
SalinaSaline County
Salina sits in central Kansas where I-70 and I-135 meet, a grain-handling and food-processing city that works as a regional trucking stop between Kansas City, Wichita and Denver.
- I-70
- I-135
- US-81
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 Kansas
Who issues oversize permits in Kansas?
The Kansas Department of Transportation, Oversize/Overweight Permits (K-TRIPS) (KDOT). 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 Kansas?
In Kansas, oversize vehicles under a special permit may not operate from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise, while overweight-only permit loads may run around the clock except on icy or snowy roads.
When does Kansas require escort vehicles?
Kansas requires escort vehicles for loads wider than 14 ft, superloads and large structures, and on highways with fewer than four lanes both a front and a rear escort are required.
Are there seasonal restrictions in Kansas?
Kansas permit loads may not be moved when visibility is under one-half mile, in moderate to heavy rain, sleet, snow, fog or smoke, or when the road surface is slippery from ice, packed snow or rain.
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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