In the world of transport, we speak of it as decking transport, Piggyback transportation or Saddlemount transportation.
Piggyback transport usually refers to one vehicle towing another, while piggyback trucking more often refers to a truck towing one or more trucks.
Piggyback transport refers to the transport of goods or vehicles in which the transport unit is transported on the back of another. It is a specialized form of intermodal transport and combined transport.
Piggyback transport is a form of combined transport. It involves transporting one mode of transport on the “back” of another. For example the transport of a locomotive by train, or the towing of one or more trucks by another truck. We can also transport trucks by train, trucks by boat, boats by train or by truck. The possibilities of piggyback decking are limitless. Decking (Piggyback) will allow you to save labour, fuel and mileage on your vehicles.
Our Decking (Piggyback) transport and delivery services are a great way to move more than one vehicle at a time. We can use your truck or ours to move your vehicles anywhere in North America. Note that we also offer transport services and delivery by train.
You have several vehicles to move a long distance. You do not want to increase the mileage on the odometer of the vehicles, your vehicles are not in a condition to hit the road. With this service, we will meet your needs and your savings concerns, we can also use one of our trucks to pull your other trucks or in most circumstances take one of your trucks as the lead vehicle. We can determine with you the best solution for your needs.
In general, all daycab and sleeper tractor type vehicles as well as all cab and chassis trucks can be moved in piggyback/decking mode.
In general, you can pull up to 4 cab and chassis trucks as well as day cab and Low roof Sleeper tractors in piggyback/decking mode. For small cab and chassis trucks such as Hino, Izusu, depending on the model, it is possible to go up to 6 vehicles. Regarding High roof sleeper tractors, depending on the model, we can travel with 2 or 3 vehicles in piggyback/decking mode. We can make the trips with a lead truck to pull the "decked" vehicles or via specialized platforms which will be pulled by our vehicle. Depending on your needs, Transteck will look at the most advantageous option for you.
Depending on the type of truck used for this delivery method, the number of vehicles to be moved and the distance to be traveled, different preparation steps may be required of you. We will give you all the details of the actions to take specifically according to your unique service need. Our team is also able to take care of the preparation of your vehicles.
Yes, if a minimum of one axle is rolling on the road in most provinces and states. If the vehicle is on a trailer, it does not need to be registered.
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