Concrete Equipment Transport Services
Concrete construction equipment presents some of the most challenging heavy haul scenarios in the industry. Truck-mounted boom pumps have extremely long overall lengths. Mobile concrete batch plants include multiple interconnected components. Slipform pavers and texturing machines are wide, heavy, and delicate. R&RM LLC has been hauling this specialized equipment since 2011, and we know how to do it right.
Whether you're relocating a concrete pump between high-rise construction projects, moving a portable batch plant to a remote infrastructure job, or transporting a slipform paver across multiple states after a highway project wraps up, we provide the right trailer, the right permits, and the right experience. Our team handles oversize load permitting in all 48 states so your equipment is legal and moving on schedule.
Concrete Equipment We Transport
Truck-Mounted and Stationary Concrete Pumps
Concrete pumps are among the most common heavy haul requests in the construction sector. Large truck-mounted boom pumps — particularly 5-section and 6-section models — often exceed legal length limits due to the folded boom extending behind the rear axle. We regularly transport:
- Truck-mounted boom pumps: Schwing, Putzmeister, Alliance, and other manufacturers. 47M through 65M boom lengths. Overall transport lengths up to 50 feet or more require careful routing and pilot car coordination.
- Stationary concrete pumps: Trailer-mounted and skid-mounted pump units for high-volume pours. These haul easily on flatbed trailers but may exceed weight limits when configured with full hopper and hydraulic systems.
- Placing booms and mast-climbing systems: Tower-mounted placing boom assemblies, base sections, and counter-jib components transported to high-rise jobsites.
- Concrete pump components: Boom sections, outrigger pads, and pipeline and delivery components for owners maintaining multiple machines.
Mobile Concrete Batch Plants
A mobile concrete batch plant is not a single piece of equipment — it's a system of interrelated components that must all arrive at the project site in proper sequence. Moving a complete portable plant typically requires multiple loads:
- Aggregate bins and feed systems: Multiple bin hoppers on a common base, often requiring wide-load permits due to overall width.
- Mixer and drum units: Central mix drums, twin-shaft mixers, or drum-type transit mix units weighing 40,000–80,000 lbs.
- Cement silos: Vertical silos 30–60 feet tall when erected, transported horizontally on flatbed trailers. Heights in transport typically require oversize permits.
- Control buildings and electrical systems: Skid-mounted control houses, pneumatic systems, and switch gear.
- Water tanks and admixture systems: Supporting components for water supply and concrete additives.
- Radix or ELKON batch plant packages: Fully configured portable plant modules designed for rapid deployment at remote project sites.
Concrete Mixers and Transit Mix Equipment
Beyond pump trucks, ready-mix and transit mix equipment requires transport for repairs, fleet repositioning, and auction moves:
- Rear-discharge and front-discharge mixer trucks: Disabled units requiring transport to repair facilities or auction sites. Standard flatbed if the unit rolls; RGN trailer if it cannot be driven aboard.
- Volumetric mixer trucks: Mobile concrete mixers (Cemen-Tech, McNeilus, London) that blend concrete on-site. These are longer and heavier than standard transit mixers.
- Concrete mixer drums and components: Replacement drum assemblies shipped from manufacturers to repair shops or direct to owner fleets.
Slipform Pavers and Concrete Finishing Equipment
Concrete paving equipment is purpose-built for highway and airfield construction — wide, heavy, and highly specialized. After a project completes, these machines often travel hundreds or thousands of miles to the next contract:
- Slipform concrete pavers: Wirtgen, GOMACO, Caterpillar, and Power Curbers machines. Track-mounted pavers can exceed 30 feet in working width and weigh 80,000–150,000+ lbs. Transport requires overweight permits and often multi-axle trailer configurations.
- Concrete curb and gutter machines: GOMACO, Power Curbers, and Terex curb machines. Narrower than pavers but still typically classified as oversize loads due to width and overall length.
- Texture and cure machines: Finishing equipment that follows behind the paver. Spreaders, vibrators, and curing compound applicators hauled on flatbed trailers.
- Stringline and grade equipment: Sensor masts, grade control equipment, and ancillary paving support machinery.
Precast Concrete Equipment and Forms
Precast manufacturing facilities require specialized hauling for production equipment:
- Prestressing beds and bulkheads: Long, heavy steel forms for prestressed concrete beams and double-tees.
- Self-stressing forms and abutments: Fixed and traveling form systems for precast production.
- Precast bridge beams and girders: Up to 200 feet long and 80 tons — among the most technically demanding oversize transports on the road. We coordinate with structural engineering firms on load calculations and with state DOTs on route approval.
- Precast vaults, manholes, and culverts: Lighter units that move on flatbed but can stack to overweight when loaded heavy.
Transport Methods for Concrete Equipment
Each type of concrete equipment calls for a different transport approach:
- RGN Trailers: The go-to for self-propelled concrete pavers, large stationary pumps, and mixer truck bodies. The detachable neck allows ground-level loading without cranes.
- Flatbed Trailers: For batch plant components, cement silos laid flat, and individual equipment loads that can be fork-loaded or crane-set.
- Step Deck Trailers: For truck-mounted boom pumps with high center sections or batch plant hoppers that clear standard height limits on the lower deck.
- Multi-Axle Lowboy Trailers: For the heaviest slipform pavers and prestressing bed sections that require maximum weight distribution to stay within per-axle load limits.
- Beam Trailers: Extending trailers for extremely long precast concrete members when standard trailer lengths are insufficient.
Permitting for Concrete Equipment Moves
Concrete equipment regularly triggers oversize or overweight permit requirements. Slipform pavers are almost always overweight and often oversized in both width and height. Large boom pumps frequently exceed legal length. Our permit team manages all state DOT applications, route surveys, and curfew scheduling so your move proceeds without delays.
For cross-country moves involving multiple state lines, we coordinate permits simultaneously to prevent one state's approval lag from bottlenecking the entire move. We've moved construction equipment of all types across every state in the continental U.S. and understand the quirks of each state's permit process.
Common Concrete Equipment Transport Scenarios
- Concrete pump rental company repositioning boom pumps between major metro markets
- Highway contractor moving slipform paver from a completed interstate project to the next bid-winning contract in another state
- Ready-mix producer relocating a portable batch plant to serve a remote infrastructure project
- Precast manufacturer delivering large bridge girders to state DOT project sites
- General contractor arranging transport of a disabled transit mixer truck to a repair facility
- Equipment dealer delivering a new concrete pump to a buyer's shop
Why R&RM LLC for Concrete Equipment Transport
Since 2011, R&RM LLC has earned its reputation for handling technically demanding loads that other carriers won't touch. Concrete equipment — from long boom pumps to wide slipform pavers — falls squarely in that category. We understand that your concrete pump is a revenue-generating asset every day it's working and a cost center every day it's sitting. That's why we prioritize prompt communication, accurate ETAs, and careful handling from pickup to delivery.
Call us at (404) 987-6225 or use the quote form below to tell us about your concrete equipment move. Provide the equipment make, model, approximate dimensions and weight, pickup location, and destination, and we'll get back to you with pricing and availability.