Hiab hire and haulage in Bideford
Bideford is a working port town on the Torridge, and it still handles commercial shipping as well as the traffic out to Lundy. The quay is the centre of the town in a way that is unusual now.
The defining feature for anyone driving something heavy is the bridge situation: there are two, and only one of them is any use to us.
Access
Two bridges, and only one for lorries
The old Long Bridge across the Torridge is medieval, narrow and weight-restricted, and it is not a crossing for a loaded lorry. The modern Torridge Bridge carrying the A39 is, and that is the route we take.
Knowing which bridge a route uses matters here more than in most towns, and a satnav will not always get it right.
The quayside has decent access but the usual caution about quay edges and made ground applies. Caddsdown and the business parks on the edge of town are straightforward.
The work
Port, trade and north Devon property
Quayside and marine work comes up regularly, as does trade movement around the business parks.
Beyond the town, north Devon has a great deal of rural property and conversion work, with the access problems that go with it.
- Quayside and port-related lifts
- Deliveries around Caddsdown and the business parks
- Steel and materials into rural conversion work
- Containers onto farms, yards and plots
- Plant moved across north Devon
The lorry
What turns up in Bideford
One vehicle: a 30TM HMF hiab with 10 metres of reach on a cheesewedge body, carrying up to 10 tons. It brings the load and lifts it into place, so there is no second machine to arrange and nobody waiting about at either end.
Questions
Common questions about Bideford
- Do you use the old bridge?
- No. The Long Bridge is weight-restricted and not suitable for a loaded lorry, so we route over the A39 Torridge Bridge. Worth knowing if you are giving directions.
- Can you work on the quay?
- Yes, with the usual check on where the outriggers go. Quay edges and made ground need asking about rather than assuming.
Nearby
We also cover
Some of these are over the county line, which makes no difference to us: we work both sides of the Tamar and there is no surcharge for crossing it. Each is labelled with the county it is actually in.
Devon
Barnstaple
North Devon's main town, and the commercial centre for everything around it.
Devon
Holsworthy
Deep farming country in north-west Devon, where almost every job is agricultural.
Cornwall
Bude
The far north coast — a long way from the A30, and worth planning properly.
Devon
South Molton
Livestock town on the Link Road, at the southern edge of Exmoor.
Or see every town we cover in Devon.
Enquiry
Get a price for a job in Bideford
Tell us what is moving, roughly what it weighs, and how far it has to go from where a lorry can stand. That is usually enough for a straight answer.