Shipping a Tiny House Across the Country and Overseas

Tiny House Transport and Heavy Haul Shipping

A tiny house on a trailer is an oversized load with a roof, and it ships like one. Width past 8.5 feet, height past 13.5 feet, and a structure that has to arrive square and watertight all push a tiny house move out of the standard-trailer category. Texas International Freight hauls and ships tiny houses across the country and overseas, with the permits, securing, and route planning the load needs. Where is yours going?

What Makes a Tiny House an Oversized Load

Most tiny houses run 8 to 10 feet wide, 13 to 14 feet tall on a trailer, and 20 to 40 feet long, weighing anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 pounds. Any of those numbers can cross a legal limit, and height is usually the one that forces a route survey. We confirm the exact width, height, length, and weight before we quote, because the dimensions decide the trailer, the permits, and the road the load can take.

Trailers and How a Tiny House Loads

A tiny house built on its own road-legal trailer can often be towed directly with the right permits. A house built on a foundation frame rides on a flatbed, step-deck, or removable-gooseneck lowboy that keeps the total height legal. We pick the trailer to the structure and secure it with rated chains, straps, and blocking and bracing so it holds through braking and crosswinds.

Permits, Escorts, and Route Planning

An over-width or over-height tiny house needs oversize permits for every state it crosses, and tall loads often need pilot cars and a surveyed route around low bridges and tight turns. Our heavy haul trucking desk pulls the permits and plans the road before the wheels turn.

Domestic Hauling Across the Country

We move tiny houses from Texas and across the Lower 48, and we run cross-border loads into Canada and Mexico with customs handled. The work sits alongside our wider heavy equipment hauling.

Shipping a Tiny House Overseas

For an international move, a tiny house ships as breakbulk cargo or on a flat rack, or inside a 40-foot high-cube container when it is built to fit. The domestic haul to the port, the export filing, and the ocean booking run as one shipment, and cargo insurance covers the value across the water.

Protecting the Structure in Transit

A house has to arrive as square as it left. We secure interior contents against shifting, brace cabinetry and glazing, and check weatherproofing before transit. Sound export packing and a pre-move inspection keep road vibration and sea motion from opening a seam.

Working With Texas International Freight

You get one team to size the trailer, pull the permits, secure the house, and book the road or ocean leg, with our project logistics desk planning any multi-leg move. Send us the dimensions, weight, and destination, and we build the plan.