Haulage.

Buzzard provides reliable haulage for a wide range of loads, including plant, equipment, construction materials and specialist or abnormal loads.

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What we move.

Specialist haulage is for loads that need more than a standard lorry, whether that’s plant, machinery, steelwork or high-value equipment. Some are abnormal loads that need permits and escorts, and many aren’t. We move both for construction, energy and industrial clients across the UK. Typical loads include:

Plant & machinery- excavators, crushers & generators.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports plant and machinery, including excavators, crushers and generators, to sites across the UK. With careful planning and experienced operatives, we manage every movement from collection to delivery.

Structural steelwork & fabrications.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports structural steelwork and fabrications, including beams, columns and trusses, to sites across the UK. Working with site teams, we plan every delivery around the programme, ensuring long, awkward loads arrive secure and ready for installation.

Tanks, pressure vessels & pipework spools.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports tanks, pressure vessels and pipework spools to sites across the UK. With route planning and secure load restraint, we deliver large, delicate and high-value process equipment safely and on schedule.

Modular buildings, cabins & containers.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports modular buildings, cabins and containers to sites across the UK. Combining haulage with crane hire, we deliver and position units in one operation, saving valuable time and simplifying site logistics.

Transformers & other electrical plant.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports transformers and other electrical equipment to sites across the UK. With careful planning, secure load restraint and controlled handling, we protect sensitive, high-value components from collection through to final positioning.

Components for energy & process-industry projects.

Buzzard’s specialist haulage service transports components for energy and process-industry projects to sites across the UK. Working to demanding programmes, we plan every movement in detail, delivering heavy, complex, high-value loads safely and on time.

Lifted and delivered by one team?

Because we’re a lifting company as well as a haulier, we can load your goods, move it and set it down at the other end. That means one booking and one point of contact, rather than a crane firm and a haulier to coordinate.

For more complex lifts at either end, we can arrange a contract lift, where we plan and manage it for you, or crane hire if you have your own Appointed Person.

Coordinating load movements.

Operating nationwide, we plan and manage complex equipment movements where careful route planning and coordination are required.

Our experience includes working closely with local councils, police and the Highways Agency to secure permits, escorts and traffic management where necessary.

Safe & efficient transportation.

For abnormal or restricted route movements, we coordinate routes enabling works such as the temporary removal and reinstatement of street furniture and other infrastructure to ensure equipment can be transported safely and efficiently.

Utilising our advanced long-reach and heavy-load Hiab lorry loaders, we ensure precision and efficiency in lifting/shifting various objects, including:

Industrial Machinery & Materials (e.g. Compressors/Generators)
Containers (All sizes)
Site Accommodation
Mobile Homes and Static Caravans
Hot Tubs
Boats

Our experience in both lifting and transport allows us to deliver coordinated solutions where equipment needs to be collected, transported and installed on site.

Whats included?

Moving a large or abnormal load isn’t the same as booking a wagon, and the difference usually shows up on the day, not before it.

Wide, heavy and oversized loads need more than a trailer to carry them; they need a route survey, the right permits and notices and escorts where the load demands it. Our haulage team plans these moves for exactly this kind of load, day in and day out, and know where an abnormal load run usually comes unstuck

How specialist haulage works.

1. Get a Quote

Tell us what’s moving, its weight and dimensions, the collection and delivery addresses, and when it needs to move. We’ll check the route and send you a quote. If it needs lifting on or off, we can quote for that too.

2. Book your Move

Once you’re happy with the quote, we agree a date and book it in. Bigger loads need more notice for permits, so book as early as you can.

3. Route planning & Permits

We plan the route, apply for any permits the move needs and notify the police and highway authorities. For the largest loads, that can also mean escorts, road closures and working with the local authority to temporarily remove street furniture.

4. On the Day

The vehicle, driver and any escorts arrive for collection at the agreed time. We secure the load, move it along the planned route and get it signed for on delivery.

Our sectors:

What our clients say.

VERTEX and the INDUSTRO Engineering Group had a specific need for steel loads to be safely transported to site, and then lifted in to place in a logistically challenging environment. We needed to engage with a team with the capability and experience to deliver both aspects seamlessly, who were also lean enough to offer the flexibility that a project of this nature requires. Buzzard offered us an integrated specialist haulage and lifting solution, offering logistical ease and bringing cost saving solutions as we could deal with them as the sole provider of these services. The project was delivered flawlessly.

Will Brown
Managing Director
VERTEX Civil Engineering

The INDUSTRO Engineering Group has worked closely with Buzzard Lifting across a wide range of complex lifting operations, and they have become a trusted partner for all our lifting requirements. Our projects regularly involve challenging environments, including top-tier COMAH sites, live operational plants and marine/jetty facilities, where safety, planning and professionalism are absolutely critical and non-negotiable. Buzzard Lifting consistently demonstrate a high level of technical competence and professionalism, from initial planning through to safe execution on site. Their team works seamlessly alongside our own project teams and clients, always maintaining the high standards of safety and conduct we and our clients expect. We have complete confidence in their ability to support INDUSTRO and its wider group both on routine and complex lifting operations and would have no hesitation in recommending them.

John Betts
CEO & Founder
INDUSTRO Engineering Group

Buzzard have handled numerous haulage jobs for us without fail. Every load has arrived exactly when promised, and if we’ve ever needed something arranged at short notice, they’ve responded quickly and sorted it. Health and safety is clearly built into how they operate, not just talked about, which matters a lot to us. They’re straightforward and easy to deal with throughout, and that reliability is exactly why we keep coming back to Buzzard.

Matt Peverell
Operations Director
Teesside Industrial Services

FAQ's.

Planning

We regularly plan and manage complex movements that require coordination with the Highways Agency and local authorities. This includes route planning, permits, street furniture removal, escorts and traffic management where necessary. By combining lifting, transport and planning expertise, Buzzard delivers a complete service that reduces risk, minimises disruption and ensures operations are delivered safely and efficiently.

Safety

We develop safe and practical lifting strategies in close collaboration with our clients. This allows us to provide efficient, controlled and cost-effective lifting solutions from planning through to execution.

Experience

Our experience covers a wide range of heavy, complex and high-value loads where careful planning and specialist lifting techniques are required.

Need to transport a specialist load?

Send us the load, the site and the window. We’ll come back with a plan and a price.

Rising to Challenges, Delivering Solutions.