Poltimore Plant Ltd
W.J.BALSDON & SONS
Specializing in all types of general haulage, abnormal loads, truck mounted cranes and plant hire for over 50 years.
Our Services
Heavy Haulage and Abnormal loads
Ability to move loads up to 95 tons in weight, 14 feet tall, 120 feet long and as wide as will fit!
plant and machinery movement
We have a variety of extendable step-frames, flat trailers and rigids
lorry mounted cranes
We can lift over a ton at a distance of 33m with our 110 ton/m Fassi
Tipper hire
Two 6 wheel tippers for muckaway, as well as the ability to arrange tipping facilities
Plant Hire
A range of plant available for hire
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We pride ourselves on being devon’s original heavy haulier
It all started in 1958, when the late Wally Balsdon established the business driving a BTD6 bulldozer felling trees and removing roots. In the 1970’s he progressed into the demolition industry, and decided that rather than hiring in transport to move his machinery, he would move his own equipment with his own trucks. It is from these primitive beginnings with a Leyland Marathon and 4-in-line trailer painted in red and yellow that the fleet we know today grew…
From the smallest of mini diggers to the heaviest of crushers, the largest of cabins and everything in between, we’ve moved it all over the years, and this experience is what puts us above the rest.
Years Established
Generations
Case Studies
DSRRB Boiler lifts
Weighing up to 20 tons and with a replacement value that can be over £1m, the lifting and turning of a railway locomotive boiler is not for the faint hearted.
hms calcutta figurehead
From Bickleigh in Devon to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the movement of this priceless figurehead required some careful planning.
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new case study coming soon