Shipping and Relocating Heavy CNC Machines
A CNC machine is heavy, precise, and unforgiving of a rough move. A machining center can weigh from a few thousand pounds to over 40,000, with calibrated ways and spindles that a careless lift knocks out of tolerance. Texas International Freight moves and ships CNC machines domestically and overseas, with the rigging, protective handling, and crating a precision machine needs. What are you relocating?
Why CNC Machines Are Hard to Move
The value sits in precision that rough handling destroys. A machining center carries a heavy, top-sensitive mass on calibrated ways, and shock or twist in transit can throw the geometry out of tolerance. The machine has to be rigged, secured, and cushioned so it arrives ready to recalibrate and run, not rebuild.
Protecting the Machine in Transit
We lock or remove the moving axes, secure the spindle and tooling, drain or secure fluids, and cushion the machine against shock and vibration. Sound export packing in a custom crate protects the controls, the ways, and the casting across the route.
Rigging, Loading, and Unloading
CNC moves live or die on the rigging. We use the right forklifts, gantries, and cranes to lift at the machine’s rated points, load it level, and set it down without shock. The same care applies at the destination, where we position the machine on its pad.
CNC Machine Types We Handle
We move vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and turning centers, mills, routers, laser and plasma cutters, and press brakes, from a single machine to a full shop relocation.
Domestic and Overseas CNC Machine Transport
Across the country, a CNC machine moves on an air-ride trailer sized to its weight, secured for the road. Overseas, it ships in a container crated for the sea, or as breakbulk for an oversized machine, with the domestic haul, export filing, and ocean booking on one plan through our project logistics desk.
Working With Texas International Freight
CNC machines move alongside the forklifts and cranes we handle, with one team for the rigging, the haul, and the customs clearance. Send us the machine, weight, and destination, and we return a routing and a quote.
Get Your CNC Move Booked
Texas International Freight moves and ships CNC machines domestically and overseas, with rigging, protective crating, documentation, and customs handled. Send us the machine, weight, and destination, and we return a routing and a quote.
Contact Information:
- Phone: +1 877-489-9184
- Email: ship@txintlfreight.com
- Address: 11511 Katy Fwy #320, Houston, TX 77079
- Web Form: Request a Quote
How heavy a CNC machine can you move?
From a few thousand pounds to over 40,000, and larger with the right rigging and trailer. We size the lift and the trailer to the machine’s weight and footprint.
How do you protect a CNC machine during shipping?
We lock or remove the moving axes, secure the spindle and tooling, manage fluids, and cushion the machine in a custom crate against shock and vibration.
Can you ship a CNC machine overseas?
Yes. It ships in a container crated for the sea, or as breakbulk for an oversized machine, with the domestic haul, export filing, and ocean booking on one plan.
What equipment do you use to load CNC machines?
The right forklifts, gantries, and cranes to lift at the machine’s rated points, load it level, and set it down without shock.
Do you handle rigging and set-down at the destination?
Yes. We position the machine on its pad at the destination with the same rigging care used at origin.
