Encore is more than a trucking company we are a specialty lifting and moving solutions provider whose strengths are in its people.
An Edmonton based company founded on providing innovative solutions in transportation, moving and lifting to the many industries it serves across western Canada and beyond.
Highly trained and certified, our employees meet the demands of the many industries it serves, from urban utilities, healthcare, oil & gas, education and public infrastructure, no challenge is too big to overcome or provide a necessary solution.
Essential to meeting the needs of industry and beyond, Encore has grown into the industry leader in specialty moving and lifting solutions – from picker services, mini-cranes, jack & roll.
Building trust in our community and to lead by providing efficient, cost effective, and innovative service, Encore’s mission is to lead the lifting community in the safe transport and specialty lifting of all goods within a framework of empowered employees, integrity and trust.
Hauling. Lifting. Moving. Installation. We do it all.
At Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. we move, haul and install all types of commodities. You can now add piano to that list. Riley used one of our 25 ton knuckle boom pickers to lift a customer’s baby grand up to the second story of his home. Although not the heaviest pick (weighing in around 600 lbs), […]
Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. is a picker company but we also haul all types of commodities all over Western Canada. One of the advantages of using Encore Trucking is that we can lift, load, haul and deliver almost all of our customers materials. We haul girder cranes, precast concrete, transformers & electrical equipment, reels, […]
Unit #503 has arrived! This is our largest knuckle picker and the biggest in Alberta. For more information on it and a brief write up about the unit, you can check out our previous blog post. Take a look at some of the photos of its inaugural arrival at Encore Trucking HQ below.
Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd. moves job shacks and skids all the time but this one was a little different. Weighing in at 20,000 lbs and dimensions of 16′ h x 13′ w x 24′ l, this shack was a big one. This required a double-drop trailer, multiple permits, 2 pilot cars and one of […]
Encore is excited to announce its newest addition to the fleet, unit #503! This will be the largest articulating picker truck in our fleet. Please take a moment to read a few words regarding this new crane from one of our directors, Jim Lucas. We are in the process of mounting a massive Fassi 1950 […]
Encore Trucking has recently started working for a customer based out of the UK who flies shipments of pipe into Canada via the Edmonton International Airport. This is a unique job and Encore is definitely excited to be a part of it. This ongoing job consists of accessing the runway via the cargo terminal and […]
Encore Trucking is ideally situated in Edmonton and equipped to load, store and deliver loads throughout the city (and all of Alberta). We have a convenient, large (7 acres) yard, that is gated, fenced, lit and secure, on the East side of Edmonton. It is located just off the Yellowhead, or Hwy 16 at this point; […]
This is our story of our placement of a unit in Fort Chip started in the summer of 2015 when we were attempting to deliver some construction material to the new swimming pool in Fort Chip. The only route is via the barge. When we contacted Guy Thacker of Fort Chip Marine; he was very […]
One of the advantages of Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd‘s picker fleet is our ability to both load and transport. Often our customers need a commodity to be picked up in one location and offloaded or installed at another. Encore Trucking can do everything, eliminating the need for a third party tractor and trailer. Shack or […]
In addition to a recent outdoor girder crane installation in Nisku, we did a second tandem lift in the indoor portion of the facility as well. Again, we used our 50 ton knuckle picker and a 45 ton picker to get this girder crane installed. You can check out the first part on the blog […]
Our 50 ton straight boom picker has been hard at work throughout the city. Whether he is installing rooftop units, lifting light poles on the Anthony Henday or doing man-basket work, our operator Chris always has something on the go. With 155 ft of stick and 195 ft with the jib, this picker reaches where most trucks […]
We recently installed a huge double girder crane in Nisku. The total end weight on this thing was around 79,000 lbs and required our 50 ton knuckle picker and one of our 45 ton knuckle picker trucks to install all the pieces. Check out some photos from the job below. These tandem lift jobs are […]