HIAB crane hire, Manchester
The lorry brings the load and lifts it
Most lifting problems in Manchester are not really lifting problems. The item is not especially heavy. It is just that the thing has to end up somewhere a lorry cannot reach, and there is nothing on site to pick it up with. That is what a HIAB is for.
We run our own vehicles out of Miles Platting with our own drivers, ALLMI and CPCS trained. You get the lorry and the man together. He drives it in, sets the outriggers down, lifts the load off the bed, swings it over whatever is in the way and sets it down level. Then he packs up and goes. No forklift to book, no second vehicle, and nobody from your side standing about waiting with a machine.
Because we are in the city, a Manchester job is often a short morning rather than a day out. Salford, Trafford, Tameside, Oldham, Bury and Stockport are all inside half an hour of the yard in normal traffic, and the wider North West is routine work for us.
Manchester HIAB hire gets asked for under a lot of names. Some people ask for a HIAB crane, some for a truck mounted crane or a self-loading lorry, and plenty just want to know what the lorries with the folding arm parked on the industrial estate are and whether they can book one. They are all this. Describe the load and where it has to finish up and we will tell you which of ours suits it.
What we get called for
HIAB work around Manchester
- Site cabins and welfare units delivered, stacked and set down level
- Shipping containers dropped in, collected or shifted across a yard
- Plant and machinery moved between depots and sites
- Steel beams and fabricated steelwork lifted into position
- Precast concrete, kerbs, planks and panels placed for the groundworks crew
- Machines lifted into and out of mill and factory buildings
- Tanks and vessels set onto a base or a bund
- Garden rooms and pods lifted over a fence into a back garden
- Signs, kiosks and display units installed and levelled
- One off items with no obvious lifting points
Tight city access is most of the job
Manchester is full of places a lorry can only just get into. Old mill yards, railway arches, back streets with cars on both sides, industrial estates laid out for vans. We spend a lot of our time working out where the lorry has to stand before anything can be lifted, because once it is standing in the right spot the lift itself is usually simple.
So tell us what is in the way when you email. A hedge, a wall, a low bridge on the approach, an overhead cable, a gateway that looks wide until you try it. None of those necessarily stop the job. All of them change which vehicle we send and how long we book the lorry out for. Telling us up front means the lift is planned around it before the lorry sets off.
Common questions
HIAB crane hire in Manchester, answered
What is HIAB crane hire, in plain terms?
You are hiring a lorry with a lifting arm on the back, and the man who works it. The lorry brings the load and then picks it up off its own bed and puts it where you want it. That is the whole idea. Nothing else has to turn up to do the lifting.
How quickly can you get to me in Manchester?
We are at Drewett Street in Miles Platting, so most of Greater Manchester is a short run for us. Same day is often possible if you get in touch early enough and the work is straightforward. Next day is usually comfortable. Email us and we will tell you honestly what we have free.
Do I need to provide a driver?
No. Our own driver comes with the lorry every time, works the lift and is responsible for it.
What sort of things do you lift?
Containers, site cabins and modular units, plant and machinery, steel, precast concrete, tanks, pods, signs, machines going into or out of a factory, and a lot of one off awkward items. If you can describe it in an email we can usually tell you quickly whether it is our sort of job.
What do you need to know before you can price it?
What the item is, where it is now, where it is going, and what the access is like at both ends. Access changes the answer more than anything else, so mention the narrow gate, the parked cars, the overhead cable or the soft ground even if you think it is obvious.
Do you offer trade accounts?
Yes. Regular customers can have every job on one monthly invoice instead of an invoice per job. Each job is still priced on its own. Email us and ask for a trade account form.
