Crane hire companies have a complete range of industrial cranes available for hire.
Even deciding what kind of crane you need is a complex process that will require you to provide planned location, weight of load and distance from the centre of rotation (slew) of the crane that the load will be moved. This is because a crane can move a heavy load a small distance from the centre of slew, or a lighter load a larger distance from the centre of slew. There are tables for each crane type, detailing safe distances and loads that can be moved.
You have two options, Crane Hire or a Contract Lifting Service
Crane Hire
Hiring a crane is a much more complex procedure than you might expect if you are a first time hirer.
As can be expected with any large piece of industrial machinery there are complex Health and Safety procedures to comply with.
When hiring a crane conditions the client must provide an appointed person and supply the hire company operator with a detailed method and safety statements, drawn up by a competent and trained person, prior to the lift. The appointed person must supervise the lifting operation as detailed in BS 7121 (Safe Use of Cranes) and provide qualified personnel such as slingers, signallers and crane operators.
Hiring cranes and plant is inevitably accompanied by risk. The cost of a modern mobile crane ranging from