Cranes, lifting and machinery
Guides
Practical guides to cranes, lifting and moving heavy machinery, written by the people who plan and carry out the work. Choose a topic below.
Cranes
How the main types of crane work, what each is suited to, how to size a crane for a lift and how to buy crane work.
- Types of Crane: Which One Does Your Lift Need?The main types of crane compared, from all-terrain and city cranes to spider, loader and tower cranes, and how to choose.
- Crane Hire or Contract Lift: What Is The Difference?Crane hire or contract lift: who plans the lift, who supervises it and who insures it, what you must provide, and how to choose.
- How Much Does Crane Hire Cost?What decides the cost of crane hire: the crane, time on site, access, ground, crew and extras, and what to send us for a fast quote.
- What Size Crane Do I Need?How to work out what size crane you need from the weight, radius and height of the lift, and why load charts matter.
Crane types
Factory Relocation
Planning and running a factory move, from the first survey to production restarting at the new site.
- How to Plan a Factory RelocationHow to plan a factory relocation in six steps: restart date, asset register, site surveys, move sequence, responsibilities and comms.