The HIAB wagon and drag combines a rigid HIAB crane truck with a draw-bar trailer. It lifts up to 10.9 tonnes at minimum radius, carries up to 14 tonnes and reaches to 17 metres — extending the load platform to carry long, wide or heavy construction loads that a standard rigid cannot accommodate.
The HIAB wagon and drag configuration solves a common problem in construction transport: loads that are too long for a standard rigid but don't require the full payload of an artic. A Volvo 8-wheel rigid HIAB crane truck coupled with a draw-bar trailer — a 44-tonne gross-train-weight combination — creates an extended load platform ideal for long structural steel sections, portal frame components, piling cage sections and long timber spans.
HIAB wagon and drag hire from HIAB Services UK operates throughout the UK. The combination of the draw-bar trailer's extended load bed with the HIAB crane's precision placement capability means that long, heavy loads can be collected and placed in a single visit. Our wagon and drag fleet is particularly popular with steel fabricators, structural engineers and principal contractors managing complex multi-element deliveries.
Lifts up to 10.9 tonnes at minimum radius (capacity reduces with reach) — handles heavy steel, precast concrete and large container lifts at the delivery point.
Carries up to 14 tonnes — significantly greater than a standard rigid HIAB for bulk long load runs.
Crane reach up to 17 metres — places loads precisely without repositioning the vehicle combination.
Extended load platform — handles structural steel too long for a standard rigid lorry.
Flatbed drag trailer — towed behind the rigid HIAB lorry on the road, then uncoupled and positioned on site so the lorry is freed for other work.
Nationwide throughout England, Scotland and Wales — one-off and contract hire.
Working to recognised UK transport, lifting and safety standards — across England, Scotland and Wales.
