Heavy Equipment Guides

Reference guides for planning a heavy equipment move

Each guide takes the manufacturers' published weights and dimensions for named models and shows what they mean on the road: the trailer the machine needs, its gross weight on a truck, and whether it crosses the 80,000 lbs federal limit.

• Excavator Weight Chart →Operating weights for 11 excavators from the Cat 305 CR to the 395, size classes, and which ones need overweight permits.
• Bulldozer Weight Chart →Operating and shipping weights for 13 dozers from compact models to the Cat D11, with blade-on and blade-off widths.

How do you read a machine weight chart?

Spec sheets give two figures that matter for transport. Operating weight is the machine ready for work, and shipping weight, when the maker publishes one, is lower because parts such as the bucket, blade or counterweight travel apart. Each chart in these guides shows both and says which figure a model's number is.

A permit looks at the gross weight of truck, trailer and machine together, not the machine alone. Add roughly 35,000 to 45,000 lbs for a tractor and RGN to any weight in the charts and you can see at once whether a move stays under the 80,000 lbs federal limit.

When are published weights not enough?

Options change the numbers. A long-reach boom, a heavier counterweight, wider tracks or a cab guard can add thousands of pounds, and two machines with the same model name can need different permits.

For a quote, send the model, the options fitted and the serial number if you have it. The carrier's permit service files on the machine's actual dimensions and weight, so exact figures keep the permit and the trailer choice right the first time.