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What Do We Move?
From CNC machines and transformers to shipping containers and abnormal loads-everything BrightRig handles, and how we approach each type of job.
Published 4 May 2026 · 9 min read
From CNC machines and transformers to shipping containers and abnormal loads-everything BrightRig handles, and how we approach each type of job.
Published 4 May 2026 · 9 min read
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People often assume a crane and rigging company only handles one type of load - a mobile crane parked on a construction site lifting steel. In practice, BrightRig's work spans a much wider range: factory machinery, shipping containers, power infrastructure, renewable energy components, and oversized industrial equipment that needs special permits to travel on public roads.
What connects all of it isn't the object itself, it's the discipline behind moving it. The categories below cover what we move most often.
Machinery moves are the core of our day-to-day work-repositioning equipment within a factory, installing new machinery, or relocating a production line to a new facility. Common equipment includes:
These moves usually involve disconnection, rigging, and reinstallation to precise tolerances-sometimes within a single building, sometimes between cities. See our machine moving services →
Container moves are a distinct discipline-different rigging points, different handling, and often restricted-access placements that a standard delivery vehicle can't reach. We move:
We place containers over walls, into courtyards, onto rooftops, and inside buildings where a truck alone can't manoeuvre. See our container moving services →
Transformer rigging is one of the most demanding specialisations in the trade. Transformers are heavy relative to their footprint, fragile in ways that aren't obvious from the outside, and must be handled without tilting beyond specified angles to protect internal windings. We move:
These jobs are often coordinated around planned outages or emergency replacements, working alongside utility and municipal electrical teams.
Renewable energy projects bring some of the largest and most logistically complex loads we handle, typically moved as exceptional or abnormal loads:
These loads almost always require route surveys and permits well in advance, given their dimensions relative to standard road infrastructure.
Any load that exceeds standard road transport limits-generally wider than 2.5 metres, longer than 22 metres, higher than 4.3 metres, or heavier than 56 tons gross vehicle mass-is classified as an abnormal load under South African road regulation. This applies across several of the categories above: large transformers, wind turbine components, heavy construction machinery, and oversized industrial vessels can all fall into this category depending on their dimensions.
Abnormal loads require permits from the relevant road authority and, above certain thresholds, escort vehicles. BrightRig manages this as part of the transport process-route assessment, permit applications, and escort coordination. See our abnormal load transport services →
BrightRig moves industrial machinery (CNC machines, presses, injection moulders, generators, compressors, printing presses, food and beverage equipment), shipping containers and modular units, transformers and electrical plant, construction equipment, wind energy components, pre-cast concrete elements, oil and gas equipment, and general abnormal or oversized loads. If it needs to be lifted, rigged, or transported safely, it's within our scope.
Yes. Sensitive equipment such as transformers, CNC machining centres, and precision manufacturing equipment requires careful handling-controlled tilt angles, vibration-conscious rigging, and correct lifting points. We plan each move around the specific tolerances of the equipment involved.
Yes. Loads that exceed standard legal dimensions or mass limits are classified as abnormal loads and require permits, and in some cases escort vehicles. BrightRig handles the full process-route assessment, permit applications, and escort coordination-as part of the transport service.
Yes. In addition to industrial machinery, BrightRig moves shipping containers, site office containers, refrigerated containers, and modular units-repositioning them on site, transporting them between locations, or placing them in restricted-access areas using cranes.
This page covers the categories we move most often, but it isn't exhaustive. If you have a piece of equipment, structure, or load that isn't listed, contact BrightRig with the details-dimensions, weight, and site conditions-and we'll assess it.
Tell us what you need moved-dimensions, weight, and site-and we'll tell you honestly what's involved.
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