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Crane Fall-Off Loads on Flatbed & Step Deck

When a crane moves, the RGNs carry the iron — and a trail of freight follows that does not need an RGN at all. Counterweights, mats, rigging, boom inserts. Those fall-off loads are what we haul, and we haul a lot of them.

MDJ Services truck hauling red crane boom sections on a plant road in Southeast Texas
Truck 56 moving crane boom sections between lifts

The freight that follows the crane

Counterweight slabs, crane mats and pads, rigging boxes, spreader bars, and boom or jib inserts that fit legal on a 48-foot deck. Counterweights are dense, awkward, and unforgiving of sloppy securement — we chain them the way the yard loads them, and the load shows up the way it left.

We run under your move

Most of our crane work comes through heavy-haul carriers and brokers who own the customer relationship. That suits us fine. You keep the crawler and the superlift on your trailers; we cover the flatbed and step deck freight around them, hit the site window, and send clean paperwork that does not need chasing.

Straight about what we run

We do not run RGNs or oversize heavy-haul — the crawler itself is not our load. If it is legal on a flatbed or step deck, it rides with us. Tell dispatch what the move looks like and we will tell you exactly which pieces we can take off your plate.

Straight answers

Crane Support Hauling questions

+What is a crane fall-off load?

Everything that follows a crane move but does not need the RGN: counterweight slabs, crane mats and pads, rigging boxes, spreader bars, and boom or jib inserts that ride legal on a 48-foot deck. The heavy-haul trailers carry the iron; the fall-off freight is ours.

+Do you haul crane counterweights?

All the time. Counterweights are dense, awkward, and unforgiving of sloppy securement — we chain them the way the yard loads them, and each slab or stack rides legal under 48,000 pounds. Tell dispatch the slab weights and we will tell you the truck count.

+Do you haul the crane itself?

No — we do not run RGNs or oversize heavy-haul, and we will not pretend otherwise. The crawler stays on your trailers. What we do is cover every legal flatbed and step deck load around it so your specialized equipment is not wasted on mats and rigging.

+Do you work under heavy-haul carriers and brokers?

Most of our crane work arrives exactly that way, and it suits us fine. Your customer stays your customer. We hit the site window, keep you posted without being chased, and send paperwork clean enough to invoice the day the load delivers.

+Can you meet a crane assembly schedule?

That is the job. Assembly is a sequence — mats down, pads built, counterweights staged before the crew goes home. We coordinate delivery order with whoever is running the lift plan so the crane never stands waiting on a flatbed.

+Can you haul boom sections?

Inserts and jib sections that ride legal-dimension on a flatbed or step deck, yes. Sections that run oversize belong on the heavy-haul side of the move, and we will flag that at quote time rather than at the pickup.

Book crane support capacity

Call with the load details — dimensions, weight, pickup, and delivery — and dispatch gives you a rate and a window.

Call Dispatch — (409) 540-9398