Deitz House Moving Engineers, Inc. Celebrates 80 Years of Excellence

A Letter from CEO Daniel Deitz Marking Eight Decades

​To Those Who Have Supported Our Family Business Across Generations,

Walter Deitz had a knack for knowing how machines worked. If he wasn't sure, he'd take the thing apart, figure it out, and put it back together like new. He had an unwavering willingness to tackle any challenge. When he was just 13 years old, he built a motorcycle from parts he found or bartered from around the family farm. His little sister was amazed when it started, and Walter rode it until his interest turned to cars and trucks.

​In 1945, with a wife and six children to feed, Walter was contacted about a house that needed to be moved. Using his 1936 International semi-truck, a homemade lowboy trailer, and his mechanical wits, Walter and his 13-year-old son, Richard, successfully moved the house for a very happy customer. Deitz House Moving Engineers was born. It is a thrill for me, Daniel Deitz, to announce the 80th anniversary of this still family-owned Muskegon, Michigan business started by my grandfather and father.

Walter Deitz moving the first home by Deitz House Moving in 1936 in Muskegon, Michigan.

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