Need reliable heavy machinery & industrial equipment movers in Brantford, Ontario? Rigging-Busters moves production equipment for plants from the Braneida Business Park on the city’s east side to the Northwest Business Park beside Highway 403. Our machinery movers and riggers plan the lift, the haul and the set-in-place as one job, whether it is a single press or a complete food line.
We specialize in industrial machinery moving, heavy equipment rigging, lifting, erecting, loading/unloading, relocation, and transportation services in Brantford, ON and the surrounding area, including Brant County, Six Nations, Haldimand and Norfolk.
- Machinery, not furniture: we only move industrial and plant equipment.
- A single point of contact: the same crew rigs, transports, sets, levels and installs.
- Replies in 2–4 business hours on every quote request.
- Coverage: Brantford, the County of Brant and the Highway 403 corridor from Hamilton to Woodstock.
For a ballpark before you send the details, run the job through our Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Every move starts with the numbers. Weight, centre of gravity, lifting points and the floor rating decide whether a machine rolls out on skates, rises on a hydraulic gantry, climbs on jack-and-roll or needs a lift by a licensed crane partner.
Food plants add their own conditions: wash-down floors, sanitation sign-off and tight shutdown windows. We agree the method with your maintenance and quality teams before the crew arrives.
Estimates are free. Send photos and the nameplate, and we will reply with a method, a schedule and a price.
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How We Move Heavy Machinery in Brantford
Here is how a Brantford machinery move runs, and who handles each part:
- Scope the job: you send the machine list, weights, photos and both addresses; for an auction purchase, add the removal deadline and the auctioneer’s rules.
- Walk the route: our crew checks doors, floor slabs, trench drains, overhead piping and the truck dock, on site when the photos leave questions.
- Book the permits: County of Brant roads need a permit at least five business days ahead for oversize loads, Highway 403 needs an MTO oversize permit, and city streets need a municipal permit from the City of Brantford.
- Make it safe to move: your licensed electricians isolate and disconnect power, and your team drains oils and coolant, disconnects air, steam and water, and signs off sanitation on food lines.
- Rig it out: the crew jacks, skates or gantry-lifts the machine to the door and loads it, then blocks and chains it for the road.
- Haul it on a trailer chosen for the weight and height, with escorts where the permit requires them.
- Set, level and hand over: the machine lands on its new pad, our millwrights level and align it, and your electricians and the OEM bring it back online.
Heavy Moving Equipment Our Crew Uses
We have all the necessary tools for moving heavy equipment and machines, plus forklifts, transport and the relocation skills to handle bulky business projects, however complex. For Brantford jobs that usually means:
- Hydraulic gantry systems to pick machines where no overhead crane exists
- Skates, rollers and dollies to roll loads across plant floors
- Jacks, cribbing and jack-and-roll gear for staged lifts of very heavy equipment
- Forklifts and heavy lift trucks for loading and placing machines and skids
- Lowboy, flatbed and tilt-deck trailers for the haul
- Crane lifts by licensed crane partners when nothing else fits
Machinery Transport and Permits in Brantford and Brant County
As heavy equipment movers we look after the haul as well as the lift. Highway 403 runs through Brantford and past both main business parks, so most loads use it, and oversize loads on provincial highways need an MTO permit, which Ontario asks carriers to request at least 5 business days ahead. City streets need a municipal permit from the City of Brantford.
Roads in the County of Brant, around Paris, Burford and St. George, have their own rules. A permit is needed above 2.6 m wide, 4.15 m high, 12.5 m long for a single vehicle, 14.65 m with a semi-trailer or 23 m for a combination, or above the Highway Traffic Act weight limits, and it must be in hand at least five business days before the move. Single-trip permits are not valid on weekends, statutory holidays or at night, and the County does not issue overweight single-trip permits in March or April, so spring moves of heavy machines need early planning.
Millwright Installation and Levelling
Many moves need millwright work at the other end. Our millwrights set the machine on its pad, level and align it, re-assemble sections that were split for transport and leave it ready for start-up, so there is no gap between the riggers leaving and the installers arriving.
Looking for rigging companies in Brantford for a lift without transport? See industrial rigging services in Brantford, or all our services in Brantford.
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Machines We Move: Food Lines, Presses and Heavy Fabrication
Our Brantford machinery movers handle:
- Food and beverage processing equipment: mixers, ovens, conveyors, fillers and packaging machines
- Stamping and blanking presses, metal forming equipment and cutting tools
- Welding machines and heavy fabrication equipment
- CNC machines, lathes and precision machines
- Plastic and rubber machines, including injection moulding presses
- Commercial printing machines, printing presses, folding and paper cutting machines
- Machines for the automotive, aerospace and textile industries
- Transformers, generators, switchgear and refrigeration units
- Heavy lab and medical equipment
Industries We Serve in Brantford
Brantford’s two big employment areas sit on Highway 403. The Braneida Business Park on the east side covers about 1,500 acres and, by the City’s 2018 estimate, some 265 companies and 6,900 jobs, from Tigercat Industries, Gates Canada and Keeprite Refrigeration to Samuel Metal Blanking. The Northwest Business Park adds more than 1,300 acres, with Ferrero Canada, Mitsui High-tec, GIZEH Packaging, Custom Injection Molders and P&G / DHL. We move machinery for plants like these: food, packaging, plastics, metal fabrication, heavy equipment manufacturing and distribution.
Food processing is adding capacity. In April 2025 Ferrero announced a 445 million dollar expansion of its Brantford plant, with new lines for Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares and Nutella Biscuits and 500 new jobs on top of a workforce of more than 1,300. Barry Callebaut’s 409,000 sq ft building at the Granite Telephone City Logistics Centre, a project of more than 100 million US dollars, adds more. New lines like these mean equipment to unload, rig into place, level and connect.
Food and Packaging Line Moves
Food lines move on a schedule set by sanitation and production. We plan the sequence with your production and quality teams, protect stainless surfaces and wash-down floors, match-mark conveyors and transfers, move each unit and reset it to its marks, then level it so your electricians, the OEM and your sanitation crew can bring the line back. Moving a whole plant? See factory and plant relocation in Brantford.
How We Move CNC Machines and Presses
For a CNC machine, your team or the OEM saves the parameters and empties the coolant, and we lock the axes, block the spindle and secure loose tooling. For a press, the die comes out first and the ram is blocked down. Either machine then travels on skates, a gantry or a forklift and is levelled on arrival for recommissioning. More on CNC machine moving in Brantford.
Auction Purchases, Closures and Heavy Machinery Removal
Bought a machine at a Brantford-area auction, or clearing out a plant? We handle the heavy machinery removal: rigging out, loading and hauling to your site or into storage. Auctioneers often set a removal deadline and may require approved movers with safety and insurance documents sent in advance, so send us the lot list and the auction terms with your request.
or give a call +1-647-846-5179
Machinery Moving Cost in Brantford: What Affects the Price
Every Brantford job is estimated individually, from the details you send or a site visit. These drive the price:
- What is moving: weight, dimensions, structure and the number of machines
- Getting it out: how far and how complex the skidding path is, floor condition, stairs, ramps and door sizes
- Lifting method: skates, gantry, jack-and-roll or a partner crane (crane time is included in your quote), and the hours each is needed
- People: the number of movers, riggers and erectors
- Added work: loading and unloading, crating and packing, dismantling and re-assembly, levelling and millwright installation
- The road: distance, trailer, County, City and MTO permits, escorts, and the spring limits on County roads
- Storage or freight when the new site is not ready
- Schedule: shutdown windows, nights, weekends and auction deadlines
Quotes are in Canadian dollars (CAD). When you compare machinery movers’ prices in Brantford, check that each quote covers the same scope: rigging, transport, permits and set-in-place. For a quick range, use the Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator.
Areas We Cover in Brantford and Brant County
Our Brantford machinery movers cover about 50 km around the city, shown on the map below: the Braneida and Northwest business parks, Paris, Burford and St. George in the County of Brant, Six Nations of the Grand River (Ohsweken), Caledonia and Hagersville in Haldimand County, Simcoe, Waterford and Delhi in Norfolk County, and Woodstock, Cambridge and Ayr.
Key Cities We Serve Around Brantford
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Brantford | Ontario | Canada |
| Ayr | Ontario | Canada |
| Burford | Ontario | Canada |
| Burlington | Ontario | Canada |
| Caledonia | Ontario | Canada |
| Cambridge | Ontario | Canada |
| Cayuga | Ontario | Canada |
| Delhi | Ontario | Canada |
| Guelph | Ontario | Canada |
| Jarvis | Ontario | Canada |
| Hagersville | Ontario | Canada |
| Hamilton | Ontario | Canada |
| Kitchener | Ontario | Canada |
| Norwich | Ontario | Canada |
| Ohsweken | Ontario | Canada |
| Port Dover | Ontario | Canada |
| Puslinch | Ontario | Canada |
| Simcoe | Ontario | Canada |
| Tillsonburg | Ontario | Canada |
| Waterford | Ontario | Canada |
| Woodstock | Ontario | Canada |
Further out, the Highway 403 and 401 corridors take us to machinery movers in Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo machinery movers and machinery movers in London, and we arrange cross-border transport to the United States. See machinery movers across Ontario for every city we serve.
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Why Brantford Plants Hire Us
- Industrial only: plant equipment, never household goods.
- One mobilization: rigging, transport, set-in-place, levelling and millwright work by one crew.
- Methods that suit the floor: gantries, skates and jack-and-roll, with licensed crane partners for overhead lifts.
- Food-plant aware: moves planned around sanitation, shutdowns and production restarts.
- Permits covered: County of Brant, City of Brantford and MTO, including the County’s spring limits.
- Fast and free project estimates, with replies within 2–4 business hours.
A good fit: small machines and single presses, food and packaging lines, auction pick-ups and plant clear-outs, and new equipment that needs unloading and installing.
Not a fit: house, apartment or office moves, sheds, pianos and safes, crane or forklift rental, and equipment repair.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
To price a Brantford job quickly, include these in your quote request:
- Scope: a single machine, a full line, or a plant move, closure or auction pick-up
- Machine data: make, model, serial plate photo, weight and footprint
- Sites: both addresses, dock or grade-level door, door height and width, floor type
- Timing: the shutdown or sanitation window, and any auction or lease deadline
- Extras: transport, storage, crating, levelling or millwright installation
- Pictures: the machine from all sides and the path to the door
Other Services in Brantford
Related work from our Brantford crew, or browse all our services in Brantford, Ontario:
- Heavy & Industrial Rigging Services in Brantford, ON
- Factory & Plant Relocation Services in Brantford, ON
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Brantford, ON
- Forklift Moving Service in Brantford, ON
- CNC Machine Movers in Brantford, ON
- Printing Press Movers in Brantford, ON
- Electrical Transformer Moving Services in Brantford, ON
Location of our sales office:
340 Henry St, Brantford, ON N3S 7R5, Canada
Brantford Machinery Moving: FAQ
They are crews that relocate heavy plant equipment: presses, CNC machines, ovens, conveyors and whole production lines. People also call them heavy movers, machine movers or commercial equipment movers. The job covers rigging the machine, skidding it out, hauling it and setting it level at the new site. In Brantford, much of that work happens in the Braneida and Northwest business parks.
There is no flat rate, because every move is different. The price depends on the weight and size of the machine, how hard it is to get out, the lifting method, the distance and permits, and when the work has to happen. A small single machine costs far less than a line. For a rough range, try our Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator.
Usually, if the load is over the Highway Traffic Act limits. County of Brant roads need a permit at least five business days ahead, single trips cannot run on weekends, statutory holidays or at night, and overweight single-trip permits are not issued in March or April. Highway 403 needs an MTO permit, and city streets need a municipal permit from the City of Brantford.
Riggers are the specialists who get a heavy machine off the floor and moving without damage. They calculate the weight and centre of gravity, pick the lifting points and rated gear, and use gantries, jacks, skates or a crane to lift, skid and lower the load. Need rigging without transport? See our industrial rigging services in Brantford.
Yes. We plan the move around your sanitation and production schedule, protect stainless equipment and wash-down floors, and match-mark conveyors so every unit goes back in order. Your electricians and the OEM handle power and start-up, and our millwrights level and align the line. For a full facility move, see factory and plant relocation in Brantford.
Yes. We rig out, load and haul machines bought at auction or cleared from a closing plant, to your site or into storage. Auctioneers usually set a removal window, and some require approved movers to send safety and insurance documents in advance, so include the lot numbers, the auction terms and your deadline when you ask for a quote.
Yes, as part of a move. After rigging and transport, our millwrights set the machine on its new footprint, level and align it, and re-assemble anything that travelled in sections. Your licensed electricians make the power connections, since Ontario requires a Licensed Electrical Contractor for electrical work done for hire, and the OEM recommissions the controls where needed.
Because the risk sits with the machine and your building. A tipped lathe, a cracked slab or a damaged press frame costs far more than the move itself. Professional movers calculate the load, use rated rigging, skates and gantries, plan the route and the permits, and set the machine level, so your line in Brantford restarts on schedule.
Brantford and roughly 50 km around it: Paris, Burford and St. George in the County of Brant, Six Nations of the Grand River, Caledonia and Hagersville in Haldimand County, Simcoe, Waterford and Delhi in Norfolk County, plus Woodstock, Cambridge and Ayr. Longer moves run along Highway 403 east to Hamilton and west towards London.
No. We only move industrial machinery and plant equipment, such as presses, CNC machines, ovens, conveyors and transformers. For a home or office move, or for a garden shed, a residential mover or shed mover is the right call. We also do not rent cranes or forklifts or repair equipment. For a machine, a line or a plant, we are ready to quote.
