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When we think about haulage and transportation of products, the image that typically comes to mind is that of a heavy-duty vehicle (HGV) pulling a container or normal flatbed truck that has cargo secured to it. However, there are many types of items that are just unable to be carried using these methods. As a result, hauliers, along with businesses and consumers, are sometimes left bewildered about how they may have their shipments delivered to them.

Here is where a HIAB vehicle may assist put an end to logistical headaches by providing a workable option for moving unique shipments from point A to point B. These trucks, which are outfitted with a hydraulic crane for loading, are capable of safely transporting goods that are not often carried. Here at A R Banks, we are heavy haulage experts who have come together to create this handy guide for all the reasons HIAB vehicles are a great choice when it comes to transporting goods. For more information relating to HIAB lorries, including their benefits, check out our blog The Benefits of HIAB Haulage now!

The Most Frequent Applications for a HIAB Lorry

The HIAB trucks are extremely well engineered, which enables them to be versatile and long-lasting for a wide variety of applications within the field of transportation of products. Almost everything that we make use of in our day-to-day lives was probably brought to its current location by an HIAB, HGV, or truck at some point in the past; the mode of transportation that it came on was determined only by how anomalous a load it was when it was being delivered.

HIAB trucks do share a number of components, though, and those components are things that the drivers are accustomed to seeing. We have included a brief summary of some of them, as well as the reasons why employing an HIAB truck to transport such items is frequently the most advantageous choice for haulage businesses.

Containers for Transporting Goods

It is possible that it would be practicable to load shipping containers onto a flatbed waggon while they are still at the ports. On the other hand, it might not be that easy to get it off of the vehicle and into the storage area at the opposite end of its voyage. When you use an HIAB truck to transport a shipping container by road, you will have access to a hydraulic crane that will help you move the container to the location where it is going to be unloaded.

Farm & Agricultural Equipment

When it comes to the amount of tensile strength and lifting power that an HIAB crane possesses, it should never be underestimated. These extremely powerful vehicles are capable of carrying a broad variety of agricultural and plant equipment, and they may be the best option when it comes to moving items like tractors across long haul distances because of their ability to handle a wide variety of loads. Additionally, they may be utilised to lift a wide variety of various sorts of heavy things.

Installations That Are Modular

Transporting fully constructed modular units that are going to be added to an existing property can be challenging at times, and tearing them down can be expensive in terms of both time and money. On the other hand, shifting the entire structure onto the back of an HIAB truck and transporting it can assist fix both of these problems in a one fell swoop. In the past, we have helped get items like sauna units to the location where they needed to be by transporting them on the back of our HIAB rentals and then installing them in one piece once they were there.

Materials for Construction

It is common practice (particularly on big development sites) for numerous building materials to be distributed across the site to a variety of different areas so that they may be utilised in a variety of structures and by a variety of members of the construction team. In the past, doing this with a waggon required physically unloading pallets of goods at each location where they were dropped off. However, if the items are being unloaded using an HIAB truck, the crane can do all of the hard lifting, and it may even be able to carry the goods closer to their destination than manual unloading could.

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