Need reliable heavy machinery & industrial equipment movers in Oshawa, Ontario? Rigging-Busters’ machinery movers and riggers take plant equipment apart, lift it, haul it and put it back to work across Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington and the rest of Durham Region, whether that is a press line being retooled, a CNC cell going to a new bay or a transformer heading for a new pad.
We specialize in industrial machinery moving, heavy equipment rigging, lifting, erecting, loading/unloading, relocation, and transportation services. Our customers are the plants behind Durham’s economy: auto assembly suppliers and stamping shops, tool and die makers, plastics moulders, food processors and the manufacturers that build for the region’s energy sector.
- Plant equipment only: we don’t take household, office or furniture jobs.
- No hand-offs: the same crew rigs, hauls, sets, levels and does the millwright installation.
- Quotes in 2–4 business hours once we have the machine details.
- Where we work: Oshawa, ON and Durham Region, roughly 50 km out, plus the surrounding area listed below.
Budgeting a retool or a relocation? Our Heavy Lifting & Moving Calculator gives a rough price range in a couple of minutes, before you speak to anyone.
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In a stamping or body plant, the floor, the press pits and the overhead cranes set the limits of any move. So we start with the numbers: the machine’s mass and centre of gravity, its pick points, what the slab can carry and the clear path to the dock. Only then do we choose between machinery skates, a hydraulic gantry, jack-and-roll or a lift by a licensed crane partner.
Planned that way, a machine can cross the aisle or cross Durham Region without surprises for your building, your people or your launch date.
Estimates are free. Send a nameplate photo and both addresses, and we will come back with a method and a price.
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Who We Are: Heavy Machinery Movers and Riggers in Oshawa
We are industrial riggers, erectors and heavy-duty machine movers, and the plants of Oshawa and Durham Region are our customers. Homes and offices are not part of what we do.
The machinery relocation specialists on our crew take the load off your maintenance team: they plan the lift, bring the gear and the trucks, move the machine and stay until it sits level on its new footprint.
The crew can lift a press out of its pit, shift a robotic weld cell, truck a CNC lathe from Oshawa to a new shop in Whitby or set a dealer’s new machine in a Bowmanville fabrication shop. Small or large, one crew carries the work from the first pick to the final level check.
How We Move Heavy Machinery in Oshawa
Each Oshawa job runs through seven stages, and the paperwork starts early because City of Oshawa permits need 10 to 15 business days:
- Tell us about the machine: maker, model, nameplate, weight and footprint, with photos and both addresses.
- Walk the site: we measure door openings, dock heights, slabs, pits and overhead clearance along the way out.
- Plan, route and permits: method, crew size and dates, plus permits for oversize loads. For provincial highways we file the MTO oversize/overweight permit at least 5 business days before the trip; city and regional permits run on their own, longer timelines.
- Make it safe: your licensed electricians disconnect and lock out power, and your maintenance staff shut off air, water and hydraulics.
- Rig, skid and load: rated slings and shackles, skates, gantries or jack-and-roll take the machine out of position and onto the deck, where it is chained and blocked.
- Haul: the trailer is chosen for the load’s height and weight, with escort vehicles when the permit calls for them.
- Set and level: the machine goes onto its new footprint, is levelled and handed over for reconnection, or installed by our millwrights.
Equipment Our Crew Uses
What comes to an Oshawa job depends on the machine and the building:
- Skates and dollies for rolling a machine across a finished floor or down a narrow aisle
- Hydraulic gantries where there is no overhead crane, or the crane can’t reach
- Jack-and-roll for presses and other very heavy loads that have to rise in stages
- Forklifts and heavy-capacity lift trucks for loading, unloading and short moves inside the plant
- Rated slings, shackles and rigging hardware sized for each pick
- Flatbed, tilt-deck and lowboy trailers matched to the load
- Crane lifts by licensed crane partners when a pick needs one
Machinery Transport and Permits in Oshawa
We handle heavy equipment transport to and from Oshawa and arrange every permit on the route. The City of Oshawa requires a moving permit for oversized loads once a vehicle or load is more than 2.60 m wide, 4.15 m high or 23 m long, or over Highway Traffic Act weights, and asks for the application 10 to 15 business days before the move. If any part of the trip uses a Regional road, the Durham Region oversized/overweight permit has to come first (allow ten business days). Highway 401 and the other provincial highways are covered by the MTO permit.
Route costs shifted in 2025: tolls came off the provincially owned Highway 407 East, from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 35/115 in Clarington, on 1 June 2025. We price each trip on the route the permits allow, and we build every lead time into your schedule.
Millwright Installation and Levelling
Our millwrights finish what the riggers start. Each machine is set on its anchors or pads, levelled, aligned to its neighbours and left ready for your electricians. Equipment shipped in sections, such as a long transfer line, is reassembled and squared up at the new site, whether that is across your Oshawa plant or a new building in Whitby, Ajax or Bowmanville.
Only need a machine lifted or repositioned inside your building? That is a rigging job: see industrial rigging services in Oshawa. Everything else we do locally is listed under all our services in Oshawa.
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What We Move: CNC Machines, Stamping Presses and Production Lines
We move equipment inside one plant, between buildings, from your shop to a buyer, and off a dealer’s truck into position. In Durham Region that includes:
- CNC machines, machining centres, lathes and grinders
- Stamping presses, press brakes, shears and coil-handling equipment
- Body-shop weld cells, robots on bases, conveyors and fixtures
- Plastic and rubber machines: injection moulders, extruders and their auxiliaries
- Packaging lines and food and beverage processing machines
- Tool and die equipment and metal forming machines
- Printing presses, folders and paper cutters
- Transformers, switchgear and generators
- Textile, woodworking and aerospace manufacturing machinery
Industries We Serve in Durham Region
Oshawa grew up around the auto industry, and the industry is still investing here. The GM contract that Unifor members ratified in August 2026 includes CAD 144 million to add the next-generation Heavy-Duty GMC Sierra at Oshawa Assembly, on top of CAD 63 million committed earlier toward stamping and other upgrades in Oshawa (Unifor). Durham Region also calls itself the Clean Energy Capital of Canada, with the Darlington station and OPG’s small modular reactor build in Clarington. We move equipment for auto suppliers and stamping shops, tool and die makers, plastics and packaging plants, energy-sector manufacturers, food and dairy processors, warehouses, and dealers and auction buyers.
Moving Stamping Presses and Production Lines
A model changeover leaves a short window, so press and line moves are planned to the hour. For a stamping press we confirm the weight of the crown, slide and bed, block the slide, take the dies out and check the pit and foundation; large presses come apart and travel as several loads. For a line we tag every connection, photograph the layout and move machines in the order they will be rebuilt, then set each one to its marks and level it. Your licensed electricians disconnect and reconnect power. Moving the whole operation? See factory and plant relocation in Oshawa.
How We Move CNC Machines
With a CNC machine, preparation decides the outcome. Your team or the OEM saves the control parameters and drains the coolant and way oil; we fit the shipping brackets, lock the axes and secure the spindle and tool changer. The machine moves on skates, a gantry or a heavy-capacity forklift, rides braced on the trailer and is levelled at its new location so the OEM technician can recommission it. Details on CNC machine moving in Oshawa.
Downtime usually costs more than the move itself, so we plan backwards from your restart date and book permits, trailers and crew around it.
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How We Estimate Machinery Moving Cost in Oshawa
Every Oshawa machinery move is estimated on its own, from your details or a site visit. These are the things that move the price:
- The machine: weight, dimensions, centre of gravity and the number of pieces.
- The route inside: distance to the door, ramps, stairs, floor condition and tight turns.
- Dismantling and crating: whether it travels whole or in sections, and whether it needs crating or packing.
- Lifting method: skates, gantry, jack-and-roll or a partner crane, and how long each is on site.
- Crew size and the number of days on site.
- Transport: distance, trailer type and escort vehicles.
- Permits: City of Oshawa, Durham Region and MTO permits, and the lead time each one needs.
- Timing: changeover weekends, nights or holiday shutdowns.
- Storage if the new building isn’t ready yet.
- Millwright work at the destination.
- We quote in Canadian dollars (CAD).
One quote covering rigging, transport and set-in-place is the fair way to compare movers. For a rough number first, try our machinery moving cost calculator.
Service Area: Oshawa, Durham Region and Nearby
We cover roughly 50 km around Oshawa. In the city that means the Northwood Business Park between Taunton Road West and Highway 407 East, beside the Oshawa Executive Airport; the industrial lands along Highway 401; and the harbour area around the Port of Oshawa. Across Durham Region we work in Whitby, Ajax and Pickering, in Clarington (Courtice and the Clarington Energy Business Park, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono), in Port Perry and Uxbridge, and east to Port Hope. To the west we reach Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Newmarket, Aurora and Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Going between regions? Our pages for machinery movers in Toronto and the GTA, Mississauga and Kingston cover the neighbouring areas.
Key Cities We Serve Around Oshawa
| City | Province | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Oshawa | Ontario | Canada |
| Ajax | Ontario | Canada |
| Aurora | Ontario | Canada |
| Bowmanville | Ontario | Canada |
| Markham | Ontario | Canada |
| Newcastle | Ontario | Canada |
| Newmarket | Ontario | Canada |
| Orono | Ontario | Canada |
| Pickering | Ontario | Canada |
| Port Hope | Ontario | Canada |
| Port Perry | Ontario | Canada |
| Richmond Hill | Ontario | Canada |
| Toronto | Ontario | Canada |
| Uxbridge | Ontario | Canada |
| Vaughan | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitby | Ontario | Canada |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville | Ontario | Canada |
Loads also leave Durham for the rest of Ontario and for US plants, with cross-border transport arranged. Our Ontario machinery movers page shows where those loads can go, with a section for each region from southwestern to eastern Ontario.
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Key Advantages: Why Durham Region Plants Hire Us
What Durham plants get from us:
- A price quickly: free estimates, with quote replies within 2–4 business hours.
- Industrial focus: machinery and plant equipment is all we move.
- No hand-offs: rigging, hauling, setting, levelling and millwright installation stay with one crew.
- The right lifting method: skates, gantries or jack-and-roll, and crane picks through licensed partners.
- Permits and routes done for you on City of Oshawa, Durham Region and provincial roads.
- Your production first: the move fits inside your shutdown or changeover window.
A good fit: stamping presses and press brakes, CNC machines, weld cells and lines, retool and changeover work, plant moves and closures, and dealers who need a new machine delivered and installed.
Not a fit: house or office moves, pianos and safes, crane or equipment rental, and machine repair.
Have These Ready for an Exact Quote
Send these with your quote request and the quote comes back faster and firmer:
- The scope: a single machine, a press or weld line, or a whole plant
- Machine data: maker, model, weight and dimensions (a photo of the nameplate is enough)
- Both sites: addresses, dock or grade-level door, door size, floor and any stairs
- Your window: target dates, or the shutdown or changeover weekend
- What else you need: transport, setting and levelling, crating, storage or millwright work
- Photos of the machine and the path to the door
Other Services in Oshawa
The same crew offers the related services below. The full list is on all our services in Oshawa, Ontario.
- Heavy & Industrial Rigging Services in Oshawa, ON: lifts and moves inside your building, no trucking
- Factory & Plant Relocation Services in Oshawa, ON: whole lines and plants, moved in phases
- Lab & Medical Equipment Movers in Oshawa, ON: heavy lab and production equipment
- Forklift Moving Service in Oshawa, ON: forklifts and lift trucks between sites
- CNC Machine Movers in Oshawa, ON: machining centres, lathes and grinders
- Printing Press Movers in Oshawa, ON: presses, folders and cutters
- Electrical Transformer Moving Services in Oshawa, ON: transformers and switchgear
Location of our sales office:
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Machinery Moving in Oshawa: FAQ
They are crews that relocate plant equipment rather than household goods. Industrial machinery movers plan the lift, rig the machine, roll or raise it out on skates, gantries or jack-and-roll, truck it, and set and level it at the destination, often with millwright installation. Around Oshawa that covers presses, CNC machines, weld cells and complete production lines.
Because a dropped or tipped machine costs far more than the move. A professional crew calculates the weight and centre of gravity, checks the floor and the route, picks rated rigging and the right method, and secures the load for the road. In a busy Oshawa plant that also means working around live production and keeping your people clear of every lift.
Riggers are the specialists who attach, lift and position heavy loads. They work out the centre of gravity, choose rated slings and pick points, and raise, skid or set the machine with gantries, skates or jack-and-roll. For lifting or repositioning inside your Oshawa plant with no trucking, see our industrial rigging services in Oshawa.
There is no flat rate; each move is priced on its own. The price follows the machine’s weight and size, access at both sites, the lifting method, distance, permits and escorts, and timing, such as a changeover weekend or a short-notice start. For a rough range, use our Heavy Lifting and Moving Calculator, then send the details for an exact quote.
Yes, once the load is over the limits. On City of Oshawa roads a moving permit is required above 2.60 m wide, 4.15 m high, 23 m long or Highway Traffic Act weights, and the City wants the application 10 to 15 business days ahead. A Durham Region permit comes first if the route uses Regional roads, and Highway 401 needs an MTO permit. We handle all three.
Yes. Presses, press brakes, weld cells, robots and conveyors are the backbone of Oshawa’s auto supply chain. We confirm the weight of each section, block the slide, remove the dies and plan around the pit. Large presses travel in sections on separate trailers, overhead picks go to a licensed crane partner, and lines are rebuilt in sequence for your restart.
Your team or the OEM backs up the control and drains the coolant; we fit shipping brackets, lock the axes and secure the spindle. The machine is lifted by gantry or heavy-capacity forklift, rolled on skates, braced on the trailer, then levelled at the new site for the OEM technician to recommission. More on CNC machine moving in Oshawa.
Yes. Our millwrights place each machine on its anchors or pads, level it, align it with the equipment around it and leave it ready for your licensed electricians to reconnect power. Machines that arrive in sections are rebuilt and squared on site, so a move from Oshawa to Whitby, Ajax or Bowmanville ends with equipment ready for start-up, not crates on a dock.
All of Oshawa, from the Northwood Business Park by the airport to the Highway 401 industrial lands and the harbour, plus Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Courtice, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Orono, Port Perry, Uxbridge and Port Hope. We also run loads between Durham Region and Toronto, York Region and the rest of Ontario, and haul equipment across the US border.
No. We move industrial machinery and plant equipment only: presses, CNC machines, production lines, transformers and similar. For a home or office move in Oshawa, a residential or commercial moving company is the right call, and for equipment or crane rental, a rental yard. If a machine, a line or a whole plant needs to move, send us the details.
