Hiab hire and haulage in Liskeard
Liskeard is a market town on the A38 between Bodmin and Plymouth, which puts it on the main artery through south-east Cornwall. It is a working town rather than a tourist one, and the pattern of work here reflects that.
The interesting part geographically is Moorswater, in the valley below the town, where the industrial estate sits beneath the railway viaduct.
Access
Up top and down below
The town itself is on a hill, with a compact centre and the usual narrow streets around the old market.
Moorswater is down in the valley, and getting there means a descent on a road narrower and steeper than the map suggests. It is perfectly doable and we do it regularly, but it is not somewhere to send a driver who has never been without telling them first.
A38 access is good, which is what makes Liskeard easy to combine with Plymouth or Saltash work on the same day.
The work
Agriculture, trade and moor-edge work
The livestock and agricultural trade around Liskeard generates steady equipment and container work, and the farms on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor are a regular destination.
Moorswater and the smaller estates supply the trade side: materials, plant and machinery moved in and out.
- Deliveries and collections at Moorswater
- Farm equipment and containers around the moor edge
- Plant moved along the A38 corridor
- Steel and materials into local building sites
- Work combined with Plymouth or Saltash runs
The lorry
What turns up in Liskeard
One vehicle: a 30TM HMF hiab with 10 metres of reach on a cheesewedge body, carrying up to 10 tons. It brings the load and lifts it into place, so there is no second machine to arrange and nobody waiting about at either end.
Questions
Common questions about Liskeard
- Do you cover Looe and the coast south of Liskeard?
- Yes, though the lanes down to the coast are narrow and Looe itself has the same constraints as any Cornish harbour town. Worth a conversation before booking.
- Can you get into Moorswater?
- Yes, we work there regularly. The approach is steeper and narrower than people expect, but it is a known quantity for us.
Nearby
We also cover
Some of these are over the county line, which makes no difference to us: we work both sides of the Tamar and there is no surcharge for crossing it. Each is labelled with the county it is actually in.
Cornwall
Saltash
The gateway to Cornwall, and the town where our two counties meet.
Cornwall
Bodmin
Where the A30 and the A38 separate — the most useful junction in Cornwall.
Cornwall
Callington
Small market town under Kit Hill, in the old mining country of the Tamar valley.
Cornwall
St Austell
China clay country — the most industrial landscape in Cornwall, and it still generates work.
Or see every town we cover in Cornwall.
Enquiry
Get a price for a job in Liskeard
Tell us what is moving, roughly what it weighs, and how far it has to go from where a lorry can stand. That is usually enough for a straight answer.