# Heavy haulage & machinery transport: what it costs and how to get quotes

Source: https://worklanded.com/find/heavy-haulage (read 2026-11-13)

Across 5 firms that publish a price on their own pages, the middle is £50, half charge between £40 and £50, and the range is £37.50 to £66. Read October 2026, from 69 firms' pages, 64 of which publish no price.

## What happens to an enquiry sent here

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Typical cost | £50 middle price (£40 to £50 for half of 5 firms) |
| What that price is for | What does moving plant and machinery cost per mile, per day and per job, by machine class and trailer type, and which UK operators publish a rate at all? |
| What you pay us | Nothing. Sending an enquiry is free and you agree prices with the firm. |
| Who gets your details | Up to three heavy haulage and machinery transport operators, chosen by Worklanded. They contact you directly. |
| You are told | Each firm's name, by email, as your details go to it, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them. |
| What firms pay us | £23 per enquiry in the UK, a fixed price published on our lead price index. Never a share of what you pay them. |
| What a firm sees before it pays | The job and the area, without your name or contact details. |
| Where it is offered | the UK |

## Published prices (5 firms, read October 2026)

| Firm's page | Price |
| --- | --- |
| [trucksandtractors.co.uk](https://www.trucksandtractors.co.uk/department/trailer-hire/) | £37.50 + VAT |
| [granthamhire.com](https://granthamhire.com/trailers) | £40.00 |
| [arbhirescotland.co.uk](https://www.arbhirescotland.co.uk/products/ifor-williams-10-x-5-plant-trailer) | £50 |
| [trailersangus.com](https://www.trailersangus.com/services-4) | £50.00 |
| [agrocotrailers.co.uk](https://www.agrocotrailers.co.uk/plant-trailer-hire) | £66 |

## What a firm will ask you

- What is being moved? (Plant or construction machinery / Industrial machine or production equipment / Steel, beams or fabricated structure / Tank, vessel or silo / Modular or portable building / Transformer, generator or heavy electrical / Something else oversize or overweight)
- Do you already know it is an abnormal load? (Yes, it is definitely abnormal / Probably, but nobody has confirmed it / No idea, that is what I need telling)
- Delivery postcode or area
- When does it need to move? (Within a week / Within two to four weeks / More than a month away / Date not fixed, pricing a project)
- Who loads and unloads? (It can be driven or tracked on and off / We have lifting at both ends / Lifting needed at one end / Lifting needed at both ends / Not sure yet)
- Company

## What happens after you send it

1. Your enquiry is checked for spam and its contact details are checked so a firm can reach you.
2. Worklanded chooses up to three heavy haulage and machinery transport operators that cover the area. A firm sees the job and the area before it decides to take it.
3. As your details go to each firm, we email you its name, with a link that stops any more firms receiving them.
4. The firms contact you directly. You agree the price and the work with them; Worklanded takes no part of that.

Send an enquiry: https://worklanded.com/find/heavy-haulage#get-quotes (free). An AI agent can send one with the submit_enquiry tool at https://worklanded.com/mcp; the person confirms it by email before it goes anywhere.