Looking for heavy machinery & industrial equipment movers in Barrie, Ontario? Rigging-Busters’ machinery movers and riggers lift, skid, truck and reinstall production equipment for plants in Barrie, Innisfil, Orillia and the rest of Simcoe County, from one small machine to a full packaging line.
The work covers industrial machinery moving, machine lifting and rigging, loading and unloading, plant relocations and equipment transportation services up and down the Highway 400 corridor. Simcoe County plants make food, plastics, packaging, metal parts and auto components, and many run lines rather than single machines, so our crews are set up for both.
- Industrial work only: production machinery and plant equipment; no household or office moves.
- One team, start to finish: rigging, transport, placement, levelling and millwright installation.
- Quick answers: quotes within 2–4 business hours.
- Minimum job: 3,500 CAD. Most industrial jobs cost more, and your written quote shows the full price.
- Coverage: Barrie, ON, Simcoe County and the surrounding area, about 50 km from the city.
Want a figure before you call? The Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator works out a rough price range from a few details about the load.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Barrie plants range from newer buildings in the south-end industrial area to older shops with low doors and tight bays, so every move starts with measurements: the weight and centre of gravity, where the machine can be lifted, what the floor will carry and the clear route to the truck. Those numbers decide the method, whether skates, a hydraulic gantry, jack-and-roll or a lift by a licensed crane partner.
A planned move protects the machine, the building and the schedule, whether the equipment is going to the next bay or to a new plant in Innisfil Heights.
Estimates are free. A few photos, the machine’s model and both addresses are enough to get started.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Who We Are: Heavy Machinery Movers and Riggers in Barrie
Rigging-Busters is an industrial machinery moving company. Our crews of riggers, millwrights and heavy-duty machine movers work in plants across Barrie and Simcoe County.
Machinery relocation specialists plan each job, bring the skates, gantries, forklifts and trailers it calls for, and see it through until the machine is levelled in its new spot.
Some jobs are small: one lathe for a machine shop, a used press bought at auction, or a dealer delivery that has to be unloaded and set. Others are whole lines moving into a bigger building. Both get the same planning.
How We Move Heavy Machinery in Barrie
A Barrie move follows seven steps. Two local rules shape the calendar: City oversize permits need police sign-off, and from March 1 to April 30 load-restricted roads are limited to 5 tonnes per axle.
- Send the details: make and model, weight, size, photos, both addresses and the dates you have in mind.
- Site check: doors, docks, ramps, floor slabs, lifting points and the path out, measured on site when photos are not enough.
- Method, route and permits: crew, equipment and schedule, and the permits an oversize load needs. For Highway 400 and other provincial highways we apply for an MTO oversize/overweight permit at least 5 business days before the trip.
- Isolation: your licensed electricians disconnect and lock out power, and your maintenance team isolates air, water and process lines.
- Rigging and loading: the machine is rigged with rated slings, moved on skates, gantries or jack-and-roll, loaded and tied down.
- Transport: on a trailer suited to the load, with escorts when its size calls for them.
- Placement: set on its new footprint, levelled and handed back for reconnection, with millwright installation if you need it.
Equipment Our Crew Uses
Typical kit on a Simcoe County job:
- Machinery skates and dollies to roll equipment across shop floors
- Hydraulic gantries for lifts where no overhead crane is available
- Jack-and-roll systems to raise and lower very heavy machines step by step
- Forklifts and heavy-capacity lift trucks for docks and yard moves
- Trailers (flatbed, tilt-deck or lowboy) chosen for each load’s height and weight
- Crane lifts through licensed crane partners for roof openings, mezzanines or outdoor picks
Machinery Transport and Permits in Barrie and Simcoe County
We provide heavy equipment transport to and from Barrie and look after the permits and escorts. On City of Barrie roads, the oversize load permit is applied for online and is not issued until the City and the Barrie Police Service have signed it. Clearances on the route are checked on site 48 hours before the move, and oversize loads stay off City roads on weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., and from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise.
County of Simcoe roads need an oversized load permit once the vehicle and load are more than 2.6 m wide or 4.15 m high; the County takes at least 5 business days to issue it, and a single-trip permit is valid for 3 consecutive days. Highways 400, 11 and 26 are provincial, so the MTO permit covers them. From March 1 to April 30, spring load restrictions cap load-restricted City and County roads at 5 tonnes per axle, which can push heavy moves onto other routes or other dates.
South of the city, crews have broken ground on the Bradford Bypass, a 16.3 km four-lane highway from Highway 400 to Highway 404 that will be designated Highway 425 (link2build). Once open, it gives Simcoe County loads a direct link to the 404.
Millwright Installation and Levelling
Our millwrights set, level and align each machine and leave it ready for your electricians to reconnect. Lines and large machines that travel in pieces are reassembled at the new site, whether the job is a re-layout inside a Barrie plant or a relocation to Innisfil, Alliston or Orillia.
Looking for a rigging company for a move inside your building only? Our riggers do in-plant lifts and moves with no trucking: see industrial rigging services in Barrie. For everything else, browse all our services in Barrie.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
What We Move: CNC Machines, Presses and Production Lines
Simcoe County’s plants run on a mix of single machines and complete lines. We rig, move and set:
- CNC machines, lathes, mills and grinders for machine shops and tool rooms
- Injection moulding machines, extruders, granulators and other plastic and rubber equipment
- Fillers, mixers, ovens, conveyors and packaging machines for food and agri-food plants
- Stamping presses, press brakes, shears and welding equipment for metal fabricators
- Auto-parts production equipment for suppliers around Alliston and the Highway 400 corridor
- Woodworking and building-products machinery
- Printing presses, folders and cutters
- Transformers, generators and switchgear
- Textile, aerospace and precision manufacturing machinery
Industries We Serve in Barrie and Simcoe County
In September 2026 the City of Barrie said it is working to attract defence, security, aerospace and advanced manufacturing employers. The Innisfil Heights employment area on Highway 400, more than 1,600 acres, is planned for advanced manufacturing, agri-food processing and logistics. South-west of Barrie, Honda’s Alliston plant keeps building the Civic and CR-V, although Honda suspended its planned CAD 15 billion EV complex indefinitely in May 2026 (Barrie360). We move equipment for manufacturers and fabricators, plastics and packaging plants, food and agri-food processors, auto suppliers, distribution centres, and dealers and auction buyers.
Food, Plastics and Packaging Line Moves
Lines are moved as systems, not as separate machines. Before anything is unbolted we number each machine and connection, photograph the layout and agree the rebuild order with your team. Stainless and food-contact surfaces stay wrapped while rigging gear is on them, conveyors and frames come apart in sections, and every unit goes back on its marks and is levelled for your team or the OEM to recommission. Your licensed electricians disconnect and reconnect power. Moving the whole plant? See factory and plant relocation in Barrie.
How We Move CNC Machines
Machining centres need care before they leave the floor. Your staff or the OEM back up the control, drain the coolant and remove loose tooling; we install shipping brackets, pin the axes and secure the spindle head. We lift with a gantry or a heavy-capacity forklift, move on skates, brace the machine upright on the trailer and level it at the new site so the OEM technician can recommission it.
Downtime is the real cost of a move, so the schedule is built around your production plan and the permit calendar, including the spring load season.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
How We Estimate Machinery Moving Cost in Barrie
Every machinery move in Barrie is priced individually, from the details you send or a site visit. What drives the price:
- Weight, size and number of machines, and whether they travel whole or in sections.
- Access at both ends: doors, docks, ramps, stairs and floor capacity.
- Lifting method and equipment: skates, gantries, jack-and-roll, forklifts or a partner crane.
- Crew size and time on site.
- Distance and trailer type, plus escorts for oversize loads.
- Permits from the City of Barrie, the County of Simcoe and the MTO.
- Season: spring load restrictions from March 1 to April 30 can mean lighter loads, extra trips or a later date.
- Shutdown windows, nights and weekends.
- Crating, storage and millwright installation.
- All quotes are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
Comparing movers? Ask each one for a single price covering rigging, transport and placement. For a first estimate, try our machinery moving cost calculator.
Service Area: Barrie, Simcoe County and Nearby
The Barrie service area reaches about 50 km. In the city we work from the south-end industrial area along Highway 400 and Bayview Drive to the north end. Around Barrie we cover Innisfil and the Innisfil Heights employment area, Springwater (Midhurst, the Snow Valley lands and the Bertram Industrial Park on County Road 27), Oro-Medonte, Essa and Angus, New Tecumseth (Alliston), Bradford West Gwillimbury, Orillia, Midland and Collingwood, and south to Newmarket, Aurora and East Gwillimbury.
For moves that start or end further south, see our machinery movers in Toronto and the GTA, Brampton and Oshawa and Durham Region pages.
Key Cities We Serve Around Barrie
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Barrie | Ontario | Canada |
| Angus | Ontario | Canada |
| Aurora | Ontario | Canada |
| Beaverton | Ontario | Canada |
| Borden | Ontario | Canada |
| Brechin | Ontario | Canada |
| Cannington | Ontario | Canada |
| Coldwater | Ontario | Canada |
| Collingwood | Ontario | Canada |
| Creemore | Ontario | Canada |
| East Gwillimbury | Ontario | Canada |
| Elmvale | Ontario | Canada |
| Georgina | Ontario | Canada |
| Innisfil | Ontario | Canada |
| Midland | Ontario | Canada |
| Minesing | Ontario | Canada |
| New Tecumseth | Ontario | Canada |
| Newmarket | Ontario | Canada |
| Orillia | Ontario | Canada |
| Oro Station | Ontario | Canada |
| Port Severn | Ontario | Canada |
| Stayner | Ontario | Canada |
| Sunderland | Ontario | Canada |
| Washago | Ontario | Canada |
| Waubaushene | Ontario | Canada |
From Simcoe County we also haul machinery anywhere in Ontario and across the US border. Simcoe County restricts loads each spring, and our machinery movers across Ontario page gives those dates along with the MTO permit rules for longer hauls.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Key Advantages: Why Simcoe County Plants Hire Us
Why plants along the 400 corridor call us:
- Free estimates, with quotes back within 2–4 business hours.
- Industrial only: machines and plant equipment, never household goods.
- One crew from the first lift to levelling and millwright installation.
- Methods matched to the load: skates, gantries and jack-and-roll, with licensed crane partners for overhead picks.
- Permits handled with the City of Barrie, the County of Simcoe and the MTO, including police sign-off and spring load limits.
- Scheduled around production so your line is down for as short a time as possible.
- Insured: liability and workers’ compensation insurance (WSIB in Ontario), with a certificate of insurance on request.
A good fit: one small machine or a single CNC, presses, food and packaging lines, plastics equipment, plant moves and closures, and dealers who need delivery and installation.
Not a fit: moving homes or offices, pianos and safes, crane, forklift or scissor lift rental, and repairing equipment.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
Include these in your quote request for a faster, more accurate price:
- The job: one machine, a line or a full plant relocation
- Nameplate details: make, model, weight and dimensions (a photo works)
- Pickup and delivery addresses with access notes: dock or drive-in door, door width, stairs and floor
- Timing: preferred dates or shutdown window, and whether the move falls in March or April
- Extras: transport, placement and levelling, crating, storage or millwright work
- Photos of the machine and the way out
Other Services in Barrie
Related services in Barrie (every one of them is on all our services in Barrie, Ontario):
- Heavy & Industrial Rigging Services in Barrie, ON: in-plant lifts and repositioning
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Barrie, ON: heavy lab and process equipment
- Forklift Moving Service in Barrie, ON: lift trucks moved between sites
Location of our sales office:
30 Quarry Ridge Rd, Barrie, ON L4M 7G1, Canada
Machinery Moving in Barrie: FAQ
Industrial machinery movers relocate production equipment that household or commercial movers can’t handle. The work covers planning the lift, rigging, skidding the machine out on skates, gantries or jack-and-roll, trucking it, and setting and levelling it at the new site. Around Barrie and Simcoe County we do this for CNC machines, presses, process lines and similar equipment only.
A heavy machine moved without a plan can tip, damage the floor or injure someone. Professionals confirm the weight, centre of gravity and pick points first, choose rated rigging and the right method, check the route and secure the load for the road. For a Barrie plant that also means permits and timing that keep the line down for as little time as possible.
Machinery riggers are the crew members who rig, lift and place heavy loads. They choose rated slings and lift points, find the centre of gravity, and raise, skid or set the machine with gantries, skates or jack-and-roll. Need a rigging company for an in-plant job with no trucking? See our industrial rigging services in Barrie for a rigging-only quote.
Each machinery move is priced on its own. The main factors are the weight and size of each machine, access at both ends, the lifting method, distance, permits and escorts, and timing; in March and April, spring load restrictions can add trips or delay heavy loads. Our Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator gives a rough range, and the machine details get you an exact quote.
In most cases, yes. County of Simcoe roads need a permit above 2.6 m wide or 4.15 m high, issued in at least 5 business days and valid for 3 days. A City of Barrie permit needs City and police signatures, a clearance check 48 hours ahead and no weekday rush-hour travel. Highway 400 needs an MTO permit. We arrange all of them for you.
Yes. One lathe, a small CNC machine, a press brake or a single packaging machine is a normal job, whether it goes to another bay, another building or onto a truck. Small jobs get the same planning as big ones: send the make, model, weight and photos of the machine and the route out, and we will pick the method for your Barrie or Simcoe County site.
Yes. We move fillers, mixers, ovens, conveyors, injection moulding machines and packaging equipment as complete lines. Each machine and connection is numbered and photographed, food-contact surfaces stay wrapped during rigging, and the line is rebuilt in the agreed order, set on its marks and levelled. Your licensed electricians handle the power, and your team or the OEM recommissions.
Yes. Our millwrights set each machine on its new footprint, level and align it, and leave it ready for your licensed electricians to reconnect. Equipment that travels in sections is reassembled at the destination, so a move from Barrie to Innisfil, Alliston or Orillia finishes with every machine in position, not waiting on the loading dock.
All of Barrie and the rest of Simcoe County: Innisfil and Innisfil Heights, Springwater and Midhurst, Oro-Medonte, Essa and Angus, Alliston and New Tecumseth, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Orillia, Midland and Collingwood, plus Newmarket, Aurora and East Gwillimbury to the south. We also haul between Simcoe County, the GTA and the rest of Ontario, and across the US border.
No. We move industrial machinery and plant equipment only, such as CNC machines, presses, production lines and transformers. For a house or office move in Barrie, call a residential or commercial moving company, and for crane, forklift or scissor lift rental, a rental yard. If a machine, a line or a whole plant needs moving, send us the details.
