What we move in Plant City
First Responder Transport moves sheds, tractors, heavy equipment and vehicles in and around Plant City on a gooseneck flatbed, and brings a tracked skid steer for land clearing and a welding rig for rent. It is a short run from Thonotosassa, where the truck is based. Text a photo and the address and you get a fixed price back, usually inside the hour, seven days a week.
Sheds in Plant City
Plant City's building department says a premanufactured or kit shed of 150 square feet or less does not need a permit. Every shed, whatever its size, still has to meet the setbacks and be anchored to the ground. Over 150 square feet, a premanufactured shed has to carry an insignia showing its design criteria and be permitted, and a custom-built shed of any size needs professionally designed drawings with anchoring details, and a permit.
The city also lists moving a building or structure as work that needs a permit. If your shed is anywhere near the 150 square foot line, call the building department before the move. The permit is the owner's, not the mover's. More in do you need a permit to move a shed in Florida.
Farm country
Plant City calls itself the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, and a lot of the land around it is farmed. Tractors, utility vehicles and farm trucks go on the same low gooseneck deck as everything else, chained down at four points. A tractor that has not started in years is a normal job: say whether it rolls and whether it steers, because that decides how it gets loaded.
Clearing ground is covered too. Plant City requires a permit to clear land, and its grand trees stay protected even where a species otherwise would not be. Tell us which trees stay and the machine keeps well clear of them.
Runs in and out of Plant City
A shed going from Plant City to Auburndale. A tractor from a field outside town to a yard in Lakeland. Equipment west along I-4 to a site in Tampa. Each one is quoted the same way, off a photo, and the price is agreed before the truck leaves.
The welding rig goes out to Plant City sites too: $400 a day for a Miller Bobcat on a trailer, delivered and collected.
What to send for a price
- A photo of the load: the shed, the machine, the vehicle or the lot.
- A photo of the access at both ends. This is the one people forget, and it is the one that changes the price.
- Both addresses, or at least both towns.
- When it needs to happen. Nights and weekends are fine.
You get a real number back, usually inside the hour. The price that comes back is the price on the invoice.
Questions people ask
Do you move sheds in Plant City?
Yes. Sheds are moved whole on a gooseneck flatbed and set down level at the new spot, in Plant City and the rest of eastern Hillsborough County.
Do I need a permit to move a shed in Plant City?
The city lists moving a structure as work that needs a permit, and exempts premanufactured sheds of 150 sq ft or less, as long as they meet the setbacks and are anchored. If yours is close to that line, check with the building department before the move.
Do you move tractors and farm equipment?
Yes. Farm, utility and compact tractors, and farm vehicles that do not run. Send a photo and say whether it rolls and steers.
Do I need a permit to clear land in Plant City?
Yes. Plant City requires a permit to clear land, and grand trees are protected. The permit is the owner's.
Do you work nights and weekends?
Yes. Seven days a week, at any hour, and the price is agreed before the job starts.
