Hiab hire and haulage in Okehampton
Okehampton sits on the A30 at the northern foot of Dartmoor, which makes it a town we pass through constantly on the way between Cornwall and east Devon. That means a job here is often easy to fit into a run that is already happening.
It is an agricultural market town with the moor immediately to the south, and the work splits between farms, the moor and the trade units along the main road.
Access
Fast on the A30, slow off it
The dual carriageway runs right past the town, so the approach is among the quickest of anywhere we cover, and the estates along the Exeter road are easy to reach.
The town centre itself is compact and narrow in the way market towns are, and workable with a bit of care.
South onto the moor the picture changes within a mile or two: narrow lanes, high ground, weather that changes fast, and verges that will not take an outrigger. We plan moorland jobs properly rather than setting off and hoping.
The work
Agriculture, moorland and through-traffic
Farm work dominates: machinery moved between holdings, containers dropped into yards, feed and water equipment delivered where a flatbed would have to stop at the gate.
Because of the road, Okehampton is also a natural staging point, and we frequently pick up or drop here as part of a longer run.
- Farm machinery and equipment across north Dartmoor
- Containers onto farms, yards and smallholdings
- Deliveries to units along the Exeter road
- Materials into building and conversion sites
- Loads picked up or dropped as part of an A30 run
The lorry
What turns up in Okehampton
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 Okehampton
- Is Okehampton on your regular route?
- Very much so. The A30 through here is the main road between our two counties, so if your timing is flexible there is a good chance we can add your job to a trip already planned.
- Will you go up onto the moor from here?
- Yes, with the route and ground checked first. Northern Dartmoor has the same issue as the southern side: the lanes are tight and the ground beside them is rarely solid enough for outriggers.
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
Tavistock
Stannary town on the western edge of Dartmoor, with the lanes to match.
Devon
Exeter
Devon's capital, with the best road connections and the biggest trade estates in the county.
Devon
Crediton
Mid Devon market town a few miles from Exeter, with a long main street and a busy trade estate.
Devon
Holsworthy
Deep farming country in north-west Devon, where almost every job is agricultural.
Cornwall
Launceston
Cornwall's ancient capital, with the county's most workable edge-of-town industrial estates.
Or see every town we cover in Devon.
Enquiry
Get a price for a job in Okehampton
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.