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For something to be considered truly versatile it has to possess the ability to adapt to many different functions or activities. Let’s consider the flatbed truck. When you focus on its primary purpose – i.e. transporting multiple types of cargo – there’s no other method of ground transportation that allows shippers the flexibility provided by flatbed trucks, especially when it comes to   construction equipment transport . Shippers across North America rely on flatbed shipping companies for multiple reasons. Dry van shipping and refrigerated transport certainly have their place in the menu of services provided by trucking companies and their 3PL counterparts. However, flatbed shipping providers are called on for a truly wide variety of transportation needs. Here are just a few of the industries and reasons why demand on flatbed transport companies is increasing every day. Construction Equipment Shipping: Large, heavy, and often oversized industrial construction equipment has to make...

The manufacturing of large-scale construction equipment is not an industry available in every country. Vehicular and equipment manufacturing requires incredible technology, appropriate infrastructure, and competent labour. Transporting such large pieces of industrial equipment also takes specialized expertise. It’s why there are very few companies able to handle the logistics involved in national or international   construction equipment transport . How Do You Get a Crawler Crane from One Place to Another? The Liebherr LR 13000 Crawler Crane can hoist the equivalent of 30 blue whales – an approximate load of 3000 tons. Unfortunately, not many transportation options can accommodate such massive construction equipment shipping. Even freight transportation companies that are equipped to handle oversized and heavy loads would have a hard time handling the transportation of a Liebherr crane across the country. Simply put, it presents some challenges. That said, somebody has to do it, an...