Minneapolis's manufacturing shops run on CNC — and their tolerances don't get a day off. We move VMCs, HMCs, lathes, and full machine shops across the Minneapolis metro, lifted from the OEM's points, hauled on air-ride, and re-leveled to spec so the spindle cuts true the morning you power back up.
Quick answer: Badass Logistics provides CNC machine moving in Minneapolis, MN and the surrounding metro. We move VMCs, HMCs, lathes, grinders, and full machine shops — lifted from the OEM's points, hauled on air-ride, and re-leveled to spec. Our crews work across Minneapolis and nearby Minnesota metros, and moves between facilities run as project freight under the same plan — usually quoted the same day. Call (307) 284-1332.
Minneapolis's industrial base — Upper Midwest manufacturing — runs on CNC. Machining centers, lathes, grinders, and the job shops that feed them count on precision, and when one of those machines has to move it can't be muscled like a pallet. It's an instrument that holds ten-thousandths, and it has to come back online holding them.
That's the job Badass Logistics is built for in Minneapolis. We pull the manufacturer's lift and jacking data before a wrench turns, protect the ways, lock the axes and spindle, and move on air skates and air-ride — then set, level, and square the machine to spec. And when the machine is headed to another plant, the same crew manages it as project freight — crated, loaded, and rigged back in at the other end, no hand-off.
Minneapolis's machine shops sit where its industry sits — the Medical Alley device-manufacturing cluster centered on Fridley, the Midway industrial district straddling Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the Mississippi riverfront milling and grain-processing district. They cut for the metro's medical device manufacturing and contract sterilization, grain milling and food processing, industrial electronics and controls, and outdoor power and turf equipment manufacturing — which is what puts real tolerance pressure on a shop that has to move without losing a delivery date.
Minneapolis, MN runs on Upper Midwest manufacturing, and almost none of it stays put. Same crews and the same CNC machine moving standards across the region:
Minneapolis's industrial base — Upper Midwest manufacturing — runs on equipment that doesn't move like freight. Keeping the rest of production running while machines move is usually the hardest part of the plan. Typical machine-tool moves for Minneapolis customers include:
Getting a machine out of a Minneapolis shop is usually the harder half. The stock here is a mix of postwar single-storey suburban plants in Fridley and Eagan with clear-span bays alongside older multi-storey brick mill buildings along the riverfront with narrow freight elevators and tight floor plates — and for a machine holding ten-thousandths, the route out of the building is as much of the job as the lift itself. The parts those spindles cut end up inside the rest of the metro's plant — cleanroom device-assembly lines, sterilization and packaging equipment, CNC machining centers, grain milling and conveying equipment, and stamping presses — which is why a shop move here is rarely the only rigging job on the schedule.
VMCs, HMCs, and transfer lines across the Minneapolis metro.
Flat-bed and slant-bed lathes and multi-axis turning centers across the Minneapolis metro.
Surface, cylindrical, and CNC grinders plus wire and sinker EDM across the Minneapolis metro.
Multi-machine cells and complete machine-shop moves across the Minneapolis metro.
Plenty of Minneapolis jobs start and finish on one floor. The rest have to travel — to a new building across the metro, a sister plant down I-35, I-90 and I-94, or a facility in another state. We don't hand that part off. It runs as project freight inside the same plan: machines crated or prepped on site, loads sequenced to the rig-out, transport through our licensed broker and carrier partners with dedicated capacity for bigger moves, and our crew waiting at the destination to set it.
Served by BNSF, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National, with BNSF's Midway Terminal switching much of the metro's carload traffic. The Port of Minneapolis/St. Paul on the Mississippi River handles barge shipments of grain, aggregates and other bulk commodities. With I-35, I-90 and I-94 for the road legs, a machine going from a Minneapolis shop to a plant in another state can travel more than one way — and a machine tool's routing is chosen for shock and vibration, not for speed.
Every CNC machine moving job in Minneapolis, MN is quoted from the actual work, not a rate sheet. These are the things that move the number — send them with your request and you'll get a real quote back fast:
Photos of the equipment, its nameplate, and the path out of the building save a site visit on smaller Minneapolis jobs. For bigger moves we walk both sites before we price anything.
The same Minneapolis crews handle every kind of industrial rigging. If your job looks more like one of these, start here:
Running a trucking fleet out of Minneapolis? See truck dispatch for fleets of 4+ trucks.
Working throughout Minneapolis, MN and the surrounding metro — backed by a nationwide network of 88 locations when a move crosses state lines.
CNC Machine Moving throughout Minneapolis and the industrial suburbs around it — the towns below are where the plants, shops and distribution parks actually sit:
| Town | County | From downtown |
|---|---|---|
| St. Paul, AK | Aleutians West Census Area County | 3259 mi |
| Bloomington | Hennepin County | 10 mi |
| Brooklyn Park | Hennepin County | 9 mi |
| Plymouth | Hennepin County | 10 mi |
| Eagan | Dakota County | 13 mi |
| Maple Grove | Hennepin County | 11 mi |
| Eden Prairie | Hennepin County | 13 mi |
| Burnsville | Dakota County | 15 mi |
| Shakopee | Scott County | 18 mi |
| Rogers | Hennepin County | 20 mi |
| Saint Paul | Ramsey County | 9 mi |
| Woodbury | Washington County | 15 mi |
| West Coon Rapids | Hennepin County | 13 mi |
| Coon Rapids | Anoka County | 10 mi |
| Blaine | Anoka County | 13 mi |
| Lakeville | Dakota County | 23 mi |
| Minnetonka | Hennepin County | 13 mi |
| Apple Valley | Dakota County | 17 mi |
| Edina | Hennepin County | 8 mi |
| Minnetonka Mills | Hennepin County | 9 mi |
| Saint Louis Park | Hennepin County | 5 mi |
| Maplewood | Ramsey County | 13 mi |
| Richfield | Hennepin County | 7 mi |
| Cottage Grove | Washington County | 19 mi |
Moving across the metro or out of state? See all our Minneapolis services or get a quote.
Most Minneapolis jobs don't stop at one service. The crew that rigs a machine out is the crew that manages the move and sets it back down — so you're dealing with one company from the disconnect to the re-level, not three subcontractors pointing at each other.
Machine has to come off the floor, through the door, or onto a pad before it travels? That's the rigging side of the same Minneapolis crew.
industrial rigging in Minneapolis →Presses, compressors, generators, full production lines — disconnected, rigged, hauled, and re-leveled across Minneapolis as one accountable job.
machinery moving in Minneapolis →Moving the whole floor instead of one machine? Phased teardown, sequenced loads, and reinstallation planning for Minneapolis plants.
Minneapolis plant & factory relocation →In Minneapolis we also run riggers, machinery movers, and plant relocation, plus project freight for the jobs we rig — or see every service we offer in Minneapolis.
The same Minneapolis crew also handles millwright services, machinery removal, crane and rigging services, and machinery loading and unloading.
Specialty rigging in Minneapolis: heavy lift rigging, chiller and HVAC rigging, transformer and generator rigging, MRI and medical equipment rigging, lab equipment moving, and printing press moving.
Tell us what's moving and where. We'll route the nearest crew and quote it fast.
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