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Cherry Picker Hire in Gauteng

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Cherry Picker Hire on a mine site near Gauteng
Size class
10–40 m working height
Gets to site
Drives to site
Wettest months
Oct–Mar

Phoning hire yards one by one to price cherry picker hire in Gauteng takes a morning you don't have. Send one request instead and we pass it to plant hire companies who serve towns, farms and project sites across Gauteng. They quote on the cherry picker, the hours or hire period, the operator and transport.

Cherry Picker Hire for Gauteng jobs

Need cherry picker hire in Gauteng? Independent access hire companies serving Gauteng and the wider Gauteng quote on truck-mounted and self-propelled cherry pickers, with or without an operator. Give the working height, reach and dates, and local suppliers price the hire and travel directly.

Want to know more first? Our cherry picker hire guide covers the sizes, what to check and what affects the price.

Hiring plant in Gauteng

Plant hire in Gauteng hardly slows down. TLBs dig services and footings for housing estates on every edge of the metros, while excavators, graders and rollers build warehouse platforms, widen roads and reclaim old mine dumps. The ground changes quickly: Highveld clay and shale in the south and east, granite with hard corestones around northern Johannesburg, and dolomite on the West Rand and in Centurion, where geotechnical checks and strict water control come before any digging. Thunderstorms between October and March turn open trenches into ponds, so a pump is worth adding. Heavy traffic on the N1, N3 and R21 makes float timing as important as the machine rate.

A truck-mounted cherry picker with its basket raised to the roof edge of a commercial building in South Africa
A truck-mounted cherry picker with its basket raised to the roof edge of a commercial building in South Africa

Typical cherry picker hire requests in the area come from:

  • Housing estates and townships: fitting street lights, cameras and electric fence brackets along an estate perimeter
  • Factories, warehouses and logistics parks: maintaining roof sheeting, lighting and ducting inside a high warehouse
  • Shopping centres, offices and schools: installing signage, cladding and lighting on a shopping centre or office block
  • House plots and renovations: reaching a double-storey roof, gutters or a tall tree in a suburban garden
  • 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

Why get a quote in Gauteng first?

Prices for cherry picker hire in Gauteng depend on the size of cherry picker, the hours or hire period, whether an operator and fuel are included, and how far it travels to your site. A quote based on your docket is the quickest way to know what you will pay, and it shows what is included before anything arrives.

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

The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.

Service area: Gauteng and surrounds

Hire companies on our network work throughout Gauteng, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Cullinan. For remote sites and farms, ask about transport each way, the minimum hire and whether the operator needs accommodation.

Frequently asked questions

What does cherry picker hire cost in Gauteng?
It depends on the cherry picker size, the hours or hire period, whether you need an operator and fuel, and transport to your site. Fill in the hire docket and a plant hire company working in Gauteng will quote you. See plant hire rates for how quotes are built up.
When is the wet season for earthworks in Gauteng?
Most rain in Gauteng falls from Oct to Mar, about 700 mm a year. Ask how the hire company charges for standing time when rain stops work, and plan bulk earthworks for drier months where you can.
Do you hire out machines yourselves?
No. We don't hire, operate or transport anything. We pass your request to independent hire companies, who quote you directly. Give the machine, size, period and site so the quotes are easy to compare.

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Enter how long you need it to see the working days.

Drives to site under its own power; travel time may be charged.

A rough guide: 5-day weeks, 22-day months and 9-hour shifts. The hire company confirms minimum hire, hours and transport.

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