Cherry Picker Hire in South Africa

Types of cherry picker for hire

Choose by working height, outreach and where the machine must stand:

• Truck-mounted cherry pickers drive to site, set up on stabilisers and suit street lighting, signage and building fronts
• Self-propelled boom lifts on wheels or tracks for factories, warehouses and long building elevations
• Trailer-mounted lifts for light jobs, towed behind a bakkie
• Spider lifts on narrow tracks for tight gardens, atriums and soft ground

For straight-up work on a flat floor, a scissor lift or scaffolding hire can be better value. Give the height you must reach and how far out from the base, not only the building height.

Cherry picker hire cost and prices

Cherry picker hire cost depends on working height, machine type and whether you need an operator. Truck-mounted units usually come with an operator and are charged per hour with a minimum, while self-propelled lifts are more often hired dry by the day, week or month with delivery on a truck. Cherry picker hire prices typically account for:

• Working height and outreach
• Hire period, with a lower daily rate on longer hire
• Operator, travel and delivery each way
• Damage waiver or insurance and a deposit

Ask for the cherry picker hire price per day and per week. A job that runs over by one day can make the weekly rate cheaper.

Working safely at height

Work in a basket falls under the OHS Act and the Construction Regulations 2014 rules on working at height. Everyone in the basket should wear a harness clipped to the anchor point, and the operator must be trained on that type of machine. Check the ground for soft spots, manholes and slopes, and keep a safe distance from overhead power lines. Stop work when wind exceeds the machine's limit, which happens quickly in Cape winter fronts and Highveld storms. Barricade the area below the basket.

Cherry picker hire near me

Truck-mounted units bill travel time, so a supplier close to your site is usually cheaper. Send the address, height and dates, and we pass your request to nearby companies. For lifting materials rather than people, compare crane hire and telehandler hire.

What to include in your request

• Give the working height and outreach
• Describe the ground and setup area
• State the dates and hours of work
• Say if you need an operator

Cherry Picker Hire on different jobs

• House plots and renovations: reaching a double-storey roof, gutters or a tall tree in a suburban garden
• Housing estates and townships: fitting street lights, cameras and electric fence brackets along an estate perimeter
• Shopping centres, offices and schools: installing signage, cladding and lighting on a shopping centre or office block
• Factories, warehouses and logistics parks: maintaining roof sheeting, lighting and ducting inside a high warehouse
• Roads, pipelines and civil works: fitting overhead signs and maintaining street and bridge lighting
• Mines and quarries: inspecting and maintaining conveyors, structures and lighting towers at a plant
• Farms, dams and game lodges: repairing packhouse roofs, shade-net poles and tall farm sheds

Frequently asked questions

Cherry Picker Hire by province and city

• Gauteng
• Mpumalanga
• North West
• Limpopo
• Northern Cape
• Free State
• KwaZulu-Natal
• Eastern Cape
• Western Cape

• Johannesburg
• Pretoria
• Centurion
• Midrand
• Sandton
• Randburg
• Roodepoort
• Krugersdorp
• Randfontein
• Germiston
• Boksburg
• Benoni
• Kempton Park
• Alberton
• Vanderbijlpark
• Vereeniging
• eMalahleni (Witbank)
• Middelburg
• Secunda
• Mbombela (Nelspruit)
• Rustenburg
• Brits
• Klerksdorp
• Potchefstroom
• Polokwane
• Tzaneen
• Lephalale
• Kimberley
• Kathu
• Upington
• Bloemfontein
• Welkom
• Sasolburg
• Durban
• Pinetown
• Pietermaritzburg
• Richards Bay
• Newcastle
• Ladysmith
• Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
• East London
• Kariega (Uitenhage)
• Cape Town
• Bellville
• Paarl
• Stellenbosch
• George
• Worcester

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