Machine Moving

Precision machine moving services across the Southeast

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Machine Moving Made Easy

Midsouth hires only qualified millwrights, riggers, and mechanics for every machine moving project. We take full responsibility for our customers’ equipment, from setting and aligning to preventative maintenance.

Midsouth Mechanical provides full-service rigging as well as complete project planning for relocating a single machine or your entire plant. Let our professional team of experienced employees help you facilitate every aspect of machine moving from machinery decommissioning and removal to short or long-distance heavy hauling. We even provide machinery storage until your plant is ready for installation.

Need new machinery installed? Midsouth is a certified installer for many machinery manufacturers. Our riggers are continuously being updated with the manufacturers’ rigging and installation specifications. We take pride in maintaining and updating our rigging, heavy hauling, and machinery moving equipment.

Plant Relocation Services

Moving a factory requires detailed planning and careful execution. Midsouth Mechanical is ready to take on all of the tasks necessary to safely decommission, rig and crate, transport, store, install, and finally recommission your plant. Minimize downtime and keep costs low with our experienced team doing the heavy lifting.

If you aren’t sure where to begin with your plant relocation, call us for a free consultation. Even if we don’t work together, we can still offer guidance and recommendations for your project.

Warehousing

If you need to store large machines or even an entire factory, we have adequate warehousing space all over the Southeast. We can decommission, crate, and transport your machinery to one of our secure warehouses. Our warehouses are configured to maintain machinery at optimal conditions for long-term storage.

Midsouth Mechanical is an ISNetworld Approved mechanical contractor servicing industrial plants with the following services:

  • Heavy Machine Moves
  • Plant Re-Location Services
  • Specialized Rigging
  • Setting and Alignment
  • Equipment Storage and Warehousing

Midsouth Mechanical clients get results.

Just ask them.

PSI

Midsouth Mechanical has consistently met or exceeded our expectations each and every project. The cooperation and collaboration that Midsouth Mechanical brings to the table is greatly appreciated. All projects have been completed in a timely manner with excellent results.

Thomas H.

President, PSI

Midsouth Mechanical is very capable in rigging, transporting, and installing machinery of all types. Midsouth Mechanical also installed many other services, such as installing large 10” compressed-air piping loops, underground repairs, design of tooling/processing aids, insulation, many auxiliary items.

Charles P.

Milliken, Project Manager

We utilized Midsouth Mechanical most recently on a large project located in Columbus, Georgia, and they were great to work with from the bidding phase all the way through completed construction. We have found that Midsouth Mechanical’s quality of work to be excellent and their pricing very competitive.

Chase C.

VP, Carlisle General Contracting

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    Safety is paramount in everything we do.

    ISNetworld Member – Midsouth Mechanical has maintained an A rating through ISNetworld since joining in 2012.

    Avetta Approved Contractor – Since 2012 Midsouth has maintained A ratings as an Avetta approved contractor.

    OSHA Trained – All team members are equipped with OSHA 10 certification. OSHA training is performed in house through our OSHA Certified Trainer.

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